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Tag: bones

Excavation Skaill Farmstead Student Stories

UHI Student Ross Drummond and the #Skaillsaga

Conas atá tú? It’s Ross again! This time reporting about Pt. 2 of my ‘Summer of Digging’, at Skaill Farmstead on Rousay. The project at Skaill has been running since 2015, with this season’s activities (July 9th-24th) being the fourth year on site.

By seanlisle1Thursday, August 16, 2018 (2:17am)Monday, March 15, 2021 (11:19am)
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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.

By seanlisle1Thursday, August 9, 2018 (2:54am)Sunday, March 14, 2021 (10:59am)
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Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2018

The Cairns Day Eighteen – 2018

By seanlisle1Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (11:55pm)Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (11:57pm)
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Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2018

The Cairns Day Sixteen – 2018

By seanlisle1Tuesday, July 10, 2018 (9:58am)Tuesday, July 10, 2018 (11:19pm)
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