Kirkwall Cathedral...a grand setting for @thinkuhi graduation.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Kirkwall Cathedral...a grand setting for @thinkuhi graduation.
In prehistoric Scotland, deer were important for food, tools and clothing, but did people also believe they held a kind of power? 🦌
@orkat3.bsky.social tells us more and explains how archaeology can help us understand our relationship with these animals today: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
@orkat3.bsky.social tells us more and explains how archaeology can help us understand our relationship with these animals today: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
June 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
An unexpected and spectacular find from Skaill farm, Rousay - a carved sandstone head.
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
Dig diary – week two at Skaill, Rousay
An unexpected and spectacular find - a carved sandstone head.
archaeologyorkney.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
An unexpected and spectacular find from Skaill farm, Rousay - a carved sandstone head.
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#archaeology #excavation #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
Congratulations to @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and @thinkuhi.bsky.social teaching staff @jenharland.bsky.social and @antoniathomas.bsky.social such brilliant news and so well deserved. #Archaeology #Orkney #Art #Vikings #Fish #Zooarchaeology #ThinkUHI
UHI Award Associate Professorships theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/25/u...
UHI Award Associate Professorships
Associate Professorships have been awarded to four academics by the University of the Highlands and Islands: Antonia Thomas, UHI Archaeology Institute; Jen Harland, UHI Archaeology Institute; Miche…
theorkneynews.scot
April 25, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Congratulations to @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and @thinkuhi.bsky.social teaching staff @jenharland.bsky.social and @antoniathomas.bsky.social such brilliant news and so well deserved. #Archaeology #Orkney #Art #Vikings #Fish #Zooarchaeology #ThinkUHI
It's the @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social open-day at Stenness today, 11am-4pm in the hall. So for #StandingStoneSunday the Stones of Stenness. Come along and see all the post excavation research #Archaeology #ThinkUHI
July 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's the @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social open-day at Stenness today, 11am-4pm in the hall. So for #StandingStoneSunday the Stones of Stenness. Come along and see all the post excavation research #Archaeology #ThinkUHI
The new #ThinkUHI Viking and Early Medieval Studies webpage is now live bit.ly/41UZIBl @uhiperth.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 9:35 AM
The new #ThinkUHI Viking and Early Medieval Studies webpage is now live bit.ly/41UZIBl @uhiperth.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
Congratulations to @archsoundscapes.bsky.social this is very exciting
#Research #Archaeology #Leadership #ThinkUHI #Orkney
#Research #Archaeology #Leadership #ThinkUHI #Orkney
UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer Dr Ben Elliott is one of 13 academics in Scotland selected for the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s new Research Leadership Scheme.
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2026/04/30/rse-leadership/
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2026/04/30/rse-leadership/
April 30, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Congratulations to @archsoundscapes.bsky.social this is very exciting
#Research #Archaeology #Leadership #ThinkUHI #Orkney
#Research #Archaeology #Leadership #ThinkUHI #Orkney
This looks totally awesome! Many congratulations @archsoundscapes.bsky.social and @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social #Mesolithic #Neolithic #Archaeology
#ThinkUHI
#ThinkUHI
A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers today has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme.
#archaeology #research #mesolithic #paleolithic #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#archaeology #research #mesolithic #paleolithic #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
‘Prehistoric Policies’ research project secures British Academy funding
A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme.
archaeologyorkney.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This looks totally awesome! Many congratulations @archsoundscapes.bsky.social and @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social #Mesolithic #Neolithic #Archaeology
#ThinkUHI
#ThinkUHI
How exciting, the #Medieval sandstone head found at the @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social excavation at Skaill Farm, Rousay #Orkney made the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social list of fascinating finds of 2025
#Archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHI
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seve...
#Archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHI
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seve...
Seventy-Two Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2025, From a Luxury Spa in Pompeii to a Pair of World War I Messages in a Bottle
The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the missing torso of a Buddha statue and a hidden Picasso painting
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
How exciting, the #Medieval sandstone head found at the @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social excavation at Skaill Farm, Rousay #Orkney made the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social list of fascinating finds of 2025
#Archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHI
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seve...
#Archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHI
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seve...
@adammarkham.bsky.social and I did another thing! Thanks to @sgsah.bsky.social for supporting us
#Zooarchaeology #archaeology #ThinkUHI
#Zooarchaeology #archaeology #ThinkUHI
Our PhD students Kath Page and Adam Markham led a session for the 2025 SGSAH summer school in Glasgow last week.
#archaeology #postgraduate #research #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#archaeology #postgraduate #research #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
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.
archaeologyorkney.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@adammarkham.bsky.social and I did another thing! Thanks to @sgsah.bsky.social for supporting us
#Zooarchaeology #archaeology #ThinkUHI
#Zooarchaeology #archaeology #ThinkUHI
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.
#archaeology #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/12/u...
#archaeology #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/12/u...
Funding secured to expand digital archaeology across Outer Hebrides - Archaeology Orkney
The Uist Virtual Archaeology Project has secured funding that will allow it to expand into Barra and Harris.
archaeologyorkney.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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.
#archaeology #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/12/u...
#archaeology #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/12/u...
Dates set for our 2025 excavations at The Cairns and Skaill farm. And don't forget 'Digging for Britain' next week.
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/01/04/2...
#Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #IronAge #SouthRonaldsay #Rousay #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/01/04/2...
#Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #IronAge #SouthRonaldsay #Rousay #ThinkUHI
2025 dig dates set . . . and a 'Digging for Britain' reminder - Archaeology Orkney
Dates set for The Cairns and Skaill farm excavations.
archaeologyorkney.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Dates set for our 2025 excavations at The Cairns and Skaill farm. And don't forget 'Digging for Britain' next week.
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/01/04/2...
#Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #IronAge #SouthRonaldsay #Rousay #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/01/04/2...
#Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #IronAge #SouthRonaldsay #Rousay #ThinkUHI
The page detailing Structure Twenty-Seven - the finest, but most enigmatic, Neolithic building on the Ness has been updated to incorporate 2024's excavation work.
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
Structure Twenty-Seven updated
Structure Twenty-Seven's page has been updated to incorporate the findings from the 2024 excavation season.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The page detailing Structure Twenty-Seven - the finest, but most enigmatic, Neolithic building on the Ness has been updated to incorporate 2024's excavation work.
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
The swans on the local pond at @ThinkUHI have eight cygnets.
@swanwatchuk.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Birds
@swanwatchuk.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Birds
June 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The swans on the local pond at @ThinkUHI have eight cygnets.
@swanwatchuk.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Birds
@swanwatchuk.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Birds
Thanks to @archscot.bsky.social magazine for featuring my
#prehistoric #reddeer research along with
@archaeoholz.bsky.social research on the importance of #Shells and the LIFTE project on #Scotlands continental trade. @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social #ThinkUHI #Zooarchaeology
#prehistoric #reddeer research along with
@archaeoholz.bsky.social research on the importance of #Shells and the LIFTE project on #Scotlands continental trade. @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social #ThinkUHI #Zooarchaeology
January 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Thanks to @archscot.bsky.social magazine for featuring my
#prehistoric #reddeer research along with
@archaeoholz.bsky.social research on the importance of #Shells and the LIFTE project on #Scotlands continental trade. @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social #ThinkUHI #Zooarchaeology
#prehistoric #reddeer research along with
@archaeoholz.bsky.social research on the importance of #Shells and the LIFTE project on #Scotlands continental trade. @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social #ThinkUHI #Zooarchaeology
Thank you to #SSSACS @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social for inviting me to present my research today. Great to see so many @insuhi.bsky.social and @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social students presenting and attending #ThinkUHI #archaeology
February 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thank you to #SSSACS @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social for inviting me to present my research today. Great to see so many @insuhi.bsky.social and @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social students presenting and attending #ThinkUHI #archaeology
It's been a fantastic few days talking to folks in Wester Ross #Scotland about the #archaeology of #reddeer. Thanks to @sgsah.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and @wrbiosphere.bsky.social for making it happen and to #Gairloch #Museum and #Plockton for hosting me #SGSAH #ThinkUHI
April 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It's been a fantastic few days talking to folks in Wester Ross #Scotland about the #archaeology of #reddeer. Thanks to @sgsah.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and @wrbiosphere.bsky.social for making it happen and to #Gairloch #Museum and #Plockton for hosting me #SGSAH #ThinkUHI
2024’s top finds – ‘stamped’ pottery sherd from Structure Forty.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024s-stampe...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024s-stampe...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
2024’s top finds – ‘stamped’ pottery sherd from Structure Forty
A first for the Ness – stamped decoration on a pottery vessel.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 9:39 AM
2024’s top finds – ‘stamped’ pottery sherd from Structure Forty.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024s-stampe...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024s-stampe...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
We are now on Bluesky! Show us some love and hit the follow button 💜
#UHI #ThinkUHI #UCU #UCUScotland
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
#UHI #ThinkUHI #UCU #UCUScotland
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We are now on Bluesky! Show us some love and hit the follow button 💜
#UHI #ThinkUHI #UCU #UCUScotland
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
#UHI #ThinkUHI #UCU #UCUScotland
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
I'm at the @sgsah.bsky.social #Earth symposium supported by @britishacademy.bsky.social of #Scotland on #EarthDay hearing all the wonderful research being undertaken to address the #Global #ClimateCrisis. This fine chap is overseeing it all!
#Glasgow #RedDeer #ThinkUHI
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
#Glasgow #RedDeer #ThinkUHI
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
April 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I'm at the @sgsah.bsky.social #Earth symposium supported by @britishacademy.bsky.social of #Scotland on #EarthDay hearing all the wonderful research being undertaken to address the #Global #ClimateCrisis. This fine chap is overseeing it all!
#Glasgow #RedDeer #ThinkUHI
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
#Glasgow #RedDeer #ThinkUHI
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
Hoy was the destination for a student field trip yesterday, led by institute director, Professor Jane Downes.
#archaeology #heritage #orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/04/01/h...
#archaeology #heritage #orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/04/01/h...
A taste of the 'dark, enchanted isle' on students' whistle-stop trip to Hoy - Archaeology Orkney
Hoy was the destination for a student field trip yesterday, led by institute director, Professor Jane Downes.
archaeologyorkney.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Hoy was the destination for a student field trip yesterday, led by institute director, Professor Jane Downes.
#archaeology #heritage #orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/04/01/h...
#archaeology #heritage #orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/04/01/h...
Unbelievable - we are at over 700 signatures now!
Show your support for @thinkuhi.bsky.social staff and help get us to 800!
#SaveUHI #ThinkUHI #StopTheCuts
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
Show your support for @thinkuhi.bsky.social staff and help get us to 800!
#SaveUHI #ThinkUHI #StopTheCuts
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
Further update - we are over the 600 mark
Help us get to 700 today!
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/save-uhi-stop-the-cuts
Help us get to 700 today!
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/save-uhi-stop-the-cuts
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Unbelievable - we are at over 700 signatures now!
Show your support for @thinkuhi.bsky.social staff and help get us to 800!
#SaveUHI #ThinkUHI #StopTheCuts
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
Show your support for @thinkuhi.bsky.social staff and help get us to 800!
#SaveUHI #ThinkUHI #StopTheCuts
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
The UHI #Archaeology Institute is delighted to welcome Dr Colleen Batey as a visiting associate professor.
#ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
#ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
Archaeology Institute welcomes new visiting professor
The UHI Archaeology Institute is delighted to welcome Dr Colleen Batey as a visiting associate professor.
archaeologyorkney.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The UHI #Archaeology Institute is delighted to welcome Dr Colleen Batey as a visiting associate professor.
#ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
#ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
PhD candidate Sarah-Jane Haston on her experience of excavating Structure Five's central hearth in 2024.
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
Getting to the bottom of Structure Five’s central hearth
PhD candidate Sarah-Jane Haston on her experience of excavating Structure Five's central hearth in 2024.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
PhD candidate Sarah-Jane Haston on her experience of excavating Structure Five's central hearth in 2024.
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch