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Archaeology

Archaeology Meets Design: Creating The Wander Collection

by seanlisle1Wednesday, December 13, 2017 (12:06am)
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The Earl's Palace. Birsay, Orkney.
Excavation Mapping Magnus Outreach

Mapping Magnus community excavation – Palace village, Birsay

A team from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute together with community volunteers will commence the excavation phase of the exciting community archaeology ‘Mapping Magnus’ project by digging test pits around the medieval site of the Bishops Palace.

by seanlisle1Tuesday, September 19, 2017 (1:19am)Saturday, March 27, 2021 (11:46am)
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Picture: Jim Richardson
Conference

‘Our Islands, Our Past’ Conference-International Speaker Line-up.

he University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute looks forward to welcoming an impressive line-up of speakers and contributors to the ‘Our Islands, Our Past’ Conference on the 14th- 17th September.

by seanlisle1Wednesday, August 23, 2017 (3:44am)Friday, August 27, 2021 (2:49pm)
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Archaeology Mapping Magnus

Community Archaeology – Palace Village, Birsay

by seanlisle1Tuesday, August 22, 2017 (5:26am)
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When is a cist, not a cist?

Some of the most significant finds in archaeology are not found by trained archaeologists, but by members of the public.

by seanlisle1Sunday, May 28, 2017 (11:01pm)Wednesday, January 11, 2023 (8:53am)
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UHI Archaeology Institute, UHI Orkney, East Road, Kirkwall. KW15 1LX
(01856) 569000
sigurd.towrie@uhi.ac.uk
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  • UHI Archaeology Institute website
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  • Working Stone – the prehistoric stone tools of Orkney
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Top Posts & Pages

  • Tombs of the Isles - Art and architecture in Neolithic Orkney
  • ORCA
  • Gaan Nort: The oral history of the North Isles
  • Tombs of the Isles – Death and burial in Neolithic Orkney (Part Two)
  • Tombs of the Isles - Death and burial in Neolithic Orkney (Part One)
  • Introductory videos
  • Death and burial in Neolithic Orkney