Norse feasting on the menu at 2022 Orkney International Science Festival
Professor Ingrid Mainland, of the UHI Archaeology Institute, will be joined by Dr Colleen Batey next week for a talk on feasting in Norse Orkney.
Category: Zooarchaeology
Video: ‘Entangled sources’ – zooarchaeology and the economy of Werden Abbey
The recording of May 2022’s UHI Archaeology Institute’s research seminar featuring Nadine Nolde from the University of Cologne.
Runner-up spot for UHI seaweed-consumption research poster
At the UK Archaeological Science conference in Aberdeen, Dr Magdalena Blanz and colleagues won the runner-up poster prize for early career researchers.
Tomb researchers investigate Neolithic life around the Knap of Howar
Questions regarding Knap of Howar in Papa Westray, Orkney, have resurfaced following the discovery of eroding midden material to the south of the iconic Neolithic structures.
Investigating the genetics of historic right whales in eastern North Atlantic
The UHI Archaeology Institute’s Professor Ingrid Mainland and Martin Carruthers are co-authors of a new paper on the genetics of North Atlantic right whales – the rarest of all large cetaceans.
Chemical evidence of seaweed consumption in sheep – new paper available online
A new paper co-authored by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Professor Ingrid Mainland is now available online.
Video: ‘Of trough and trencher’ – Prof Ingrid Mainland’s inaugural professorial lecture now online
The recording of Professor Ingrid Mainland’s inaugural professorial lecture on Thursday, October 7, 2021.
Inaugural professorial lecture explores the archaeology of food, fodder and feasting
Professor Ingrid Mainland of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute will deliver her inaugural professorial lecture online at 4pm today, Thursday.
Analysis of Cata Sand shells and whalebone under way
Analysis of the whalebone and shells recovered during the excavations at Cata Sand, Sanday, Orkney, is under way at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.
Video: 5,000 years of waiting for the tooth fairy – Ness of Brodgar’s seaweed-eating sheep and the European context
The recording of June 2021’s monthly UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, which took place on Friday, June 25.
New paper – evidence of the grey whale at Scottish archaeological sites
A new paper co-authored by the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s Dr Ingrid Mainland and Martin Carruthers was launched today and is free to access online.
Zooarchaeology session at Slovenian Science Festival
What animal remains can tell us about life in Viking Age Orkney is the subject of a University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute talk at the Slovenian Science Festival this afternoon.
Funded PhD Opportunity – human/animal interaction in Wales (AD700-1000)
Cardiff University and the National Museum Wales have a fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship available focusing on human/animal interactions in Wales between AD700-1000.
Whale bone genetics and the extraordinary closure of Cairns broch
DNA investigations undertaken on a large collection of whale bone from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute Iron Age archaeological site of The Cairns, have afforded a glimpse into the complex relationship of Iron Age communities with whales.
Ancient DNA study at The Cairns lands massive whale tale
Dr Antonia Thomas is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute based in Orkney, Scotland. Antonia’s work focuses on art and archaeology in its broadest sense – from the interpretation of prehistoric art, to the intersections between contemporary art practice and the archaeological imagination.
New UHI archaeology paper examines the origins of aquaculture
The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute is pleased to announce the publication of an important research paper in the Nature Ecology and Evolution journal.
Extracting DNA from The Cairns and Minehowe whalebone collections
This week, Brenna Frasier from Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia and Vicki Szabo from Western Carolina University joined Dr Ingrid Mainland and Martin Carruthers at the UHI Archaeology Institute to examine the collection of whalebone artefacts recovered from The Cairns and Minehowe excavations, Orkney.
MSc student contributes to Ness of Brodgar research
Last month we welcomed Justin Ayres, Masters student from Sheffield University, who joined us to work on the Smart Fauna Structure Ten project at the Ness of Brodgar with Dr Ingrid Mainland from the UHI Archaeology Institute.