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This Blog has been created by The Archaeology Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands in beautiful Orkney. We aim to add features and news about our work on the islands and further afield on a regular basis.
Archaeology Orkney
1d ago
A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute will be back in Sanday in August to continue excavating as part of a project looking at the Neolithic-Bronze Age transition in Orkney.
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Archaeology Orkney
3d ago
An update from Dr Patrick Nørskov Pedersen, who has been examining the Ness of Brodgar axe assemblage, as well as examples from other Neolithic sites in Orkney, as part of his postdoc project, At the Cutting Edge (‘ACE’): The Biographies of Orcadian Neolithic Axes.
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Archaeology Orkney
4d ago
The team behind the award-winning Uist Virtual Archaeology Project have been awarded funding for a new three-year digital heritage interpretation project in the Outer Hebrides.
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Archaeology Orkney
6d ago
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.
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Archaeology Orkney
1w ago
There’s a definite UHI Archaeology Institute flavour to the new issue of Archaeology Scotland Magazine with three articles from students and lecturers.
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Archaeology Orkney
1w ago
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray is giving an Orkney Archaeology Society talk on St Magnus in Kirkwall on February 20.
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Archaeology Orkney
1w ago
ORCA's survey of Millhouse, North Ronaldsay, carried out as part of the From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade industrial heritage project, is now online.
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Archaeology Orkney
2w ago
A doctoral researcher from Norway is heading to Orkney as part of the 2025 SGSAH EARTH Scholarships programme.
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Archaeology Orkney
2w ago
The first North Ronaldsay site surveys, carried out as part of the 'From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade' industrial heritage project, are now online.
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Archaeology Orkney
2w ago
The polls for the 2025 Current Archaeology Awards close on February 10. Have you cast your vote?
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