Publication success for AEONS facilities manager
UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer Dr Julia Cussans is one of the authors in a new monograph detailing the Romano-British villa and prehistoric settlement at Low Ham, Somerset.
Category: Zooarchaeology
Link: The riddle of the red deer – the research continues…
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Kath Page outlines her ongoing research into red deer in prehistory and at the Ness of the Brodgar.
Link: MRes student researching Neolithic food preparation within Ness complex
Gianluca Marzagalli, from Italy, is undertaking a Masters by Research (MRes) at the UHI Archaeology Institute, looking at Structure Twelve’s animal remains in relation to the preparation of food.
Jen and Holly among contributors to new Royal Society journal
Dr Jen Harland and PhD student Holly Young are among the contributors in a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Link: Gianluca focusing on Neolithic food preparation for MRes degree
UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Gianluca Marzagalli outlines his research into the animal remains from the Ness of Brodgar’s Structure Twelve in relation to the preparation of food.
Link: The archaeology of Scotland’s natural larder: shellfish – new article by PhD student Holly Young
UHI Archaeology institute PhD student Holly Young has written an article on shellfish for the DigIt! Scotland blog.
Archaeology Institute PhD students lead SGSAH summer school session
Our PhD students Kath Page and Adam Markham led a session for the 2025 SGSAH summer school in Glasgow last week.
SGSAH funding sets another two UHI postgraduates on the path to a PhD
We are delighted to confirm that another two of our postgraduate students are on the road to a PhD following successful funding applications from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH).
Red deer in prehistory – PhD student delivering two talks later this month
The relationship between red deer and people in prehistory is the subject of two talks by Kath Page, one of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s PhD students, later this month.
Link: Fuel for the fires? Burnt bone analysis at the Ness of Brodgar
An update from UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Jackson Clark on his research into the burnt animal bone from Structure Eight at the Ness of Brodgar.
Staff and student research features in latest Archaeology Scotland magazine
There’s a definite UHI Archaeology Institute flavour to the new issue of Archaeology Scotland Magazine with three articles from students and lecturers.
New environmental archaeology masters degree starting in 2026
A new environmental archaeology masters degree is coming to the UHI Archaeology Institute in 2025.
Ness of Brodgar faunal assemblage outlined at Oxford environmental archaeology conference
Dr Julia Cussans presented a well-received paper on the animal bone assemblage at the Ness at the 44th Association for Environmental Archaeology conference in Oxford.
Students gather in Orkney for two weeks of practical sessions
The UHI Archaeology Institute has been buzzing these past two weeks with students from across the network in Orkney for their two-week environmental archaeology practical module.
Welcome additions to the institute’s skeletal reference collection
The new year has seen some major additions to the UHI Archaeology Institute’s skeletal reference collection.
‘Orkney’s enigmatic seal-ationship’ – research showcase online
The results of her Camellia Biswas’ research project – Orkney’s Enigmatic Seal-ationship: Mapping Dynamics of Eco-Cultural Evolution Of Human-Seal Relations in the Orkney Islands – are now available online.
Researcher bound for Orkney on three-month scholarship exchange
The UHI Archaeology Institute will host a researcher from India in April as part of an international programme run by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH).
PhD thesis earns prize for UHI Archaeology Institute researcher
Dr Magdalena Blanz has been awarded the BAG-Förderpreis 2021 by the Austrian Society for Bioarchaeology (BAG) for her PhD dissertation.