Archaeology Scotland's Student Awards 2025: Submission deadline for UG & PGT Dissertations - 9 January 2026. The awards ceremony will take place during the Scottish Student Archaeology Conference in spring 2026. Full details and submission link: tinyurl.com/53rh7tek @archscot.bsky.social

www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/12/n... A complete skeleton, in exceptional preservation, of a dog, deliberately deposited around five millennia ago alongside a finely polished bone dagger.

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Yesterday we had some unusual, festive visitors who stopped off at the library on their way to work! 🦌🦌 This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.

Looking East and looking West, which view do you like the best? 12 hours apart, the skies light up over #Sutherland

Fantastic open access resource 😊 #Zooarchaeology #Archaeology

#Vikings #Women what's not to love? A fantastic talk by Shanna on her #PhD research.

Interesting blog on the extinction of species from Scotland by @animalarchaeology.com I pass the commemoration stone to the last #Wolf killed in #Sutherland most days. It makes me feel very sad. #Zooarchaeology

This is fantastic news. The opportunities AEONS will provide are immense. #UHI #Archaeology Institue is tiny compared to other universities, yet continues to deliver world-class research and education, AEONS will enable this research to continue and grow. Congratulations to the whole team #Orkney

If you are a masters or early stage PhD student interested in evolutionary biology, consider applying for a place on Guarda Summer School. Based in the Swiss alps, this was one of the best experiences of my PhD! Application deadline: 20 Jan 2026 tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...

Two for #TombTuesday Holm of Papay South - Chambered cairn as seen by the birds of Winter and the birds of Summer. (Holmie sheep in formation. #Papay #Orkney #neolithic

Just a quick reminder of our free online seminar on Thursday 11th December 2025, 7pm.... 'Hidden in Plain Sight: Recovering Female Leadership in the Viking Age' by PhD candidate Shanna Bryman. tinyurl.com/25zxwy46

#TombTuesday The northeast cairn at the Cairns of Balnuaran of Clava. The entrance is aligned with the midwinter sunset which illuminates the interior of the burial chamber. It also contains several cup marked stones. #BronzeAge #Wcotland #Archaeology #Solstice

Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!

#StandingStoneSunday The stone circle surrounding the southwest cairn at the Cairns of Balnuaran of Clava, on a misty moisty morning! #BronzeAge #Scotland

#Christmas moon over Inverness tonight #Scotland

The full moon is making tonight's #aurora all pastel prettiness #Sutherland #Scotland #MerrieDancers

Arrr... X does not mark the spot on this map. Does that mean there's no treasure?? We'll just have to drink the rum instead! #Orkney

This is very exciting news @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social #Orkney BBC News - St Magnus Cathedral's 100-year-old organ to get £500,000 restoration www.bbc.com/news/article...

Congratulations to Dr Shane McLeod @thinkuhi.bsky.social who has been awarded the prestigious Murray Prize for History 2025 by @socantscot.bsky.social for his paper 'Watching the waters: sentinel sites in the Inner Hebrides and western seaboard of Scotland' tinyurl.com/3yu784wz

My dear hubby and @leivers.bsky.social have just published this book, which I'm sure is of interest to many of you. Also, free to download! Happy Christmas! ☺️

Hippos?! In Devon?! Check out this fully-funded PhD opportunity @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social focused on the isotope ecology of the non-analogue faunal communities of MIS5e Britain @ukri.org NERC/BBSRC funded via QUARTILES - open to U.K. & international applicants! 🦛 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Hoping for aliens/pirate treasure/ancient magical balls

To celebrate #HillfortsWednesday, here's a fantastic recreation of the ramparts of Cadbury Castle in #Somerset under construction in the Iron Age, painted by the late great Victor Ambrus 🤩 From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social

Yipppeeee... I knew they couldn't leave it sleeping for too long 😉 too many secrets still to uncover at this phenomenal site #Archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic

Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.

Brilliant article by my wonderful old desk buddy Cammie on her research into human #seal entanglement in #Orkney ##Zooarchaeology #Selkie

Today was a big day for UHI Orkney with the annual graduation ceremony taking place in St Magnus Cathedral, #Orkney. #archaeology #postgraduate #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Bagpipes in the cathedral.... @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI Orkney graduation commences with staff procession...

Seals singing in a sea cave #Orkney 🦭🎧

New chapters of the South East Scotland Archaeological Research Framework (SESARF) are now live on the ScARF website and ready for your input! Read all about the framework, how you can contribute, and more exciting updates in our November newsletter: bit.ly/4ohXxPO

Always been a fan of the Welsh Wonder to be honest... Tidy!

A lunchtime walk around snowy #Sutherland between sunshine and #snow showers. My son took the #Reddeer photo. #Scotland is just glorious in the #Winter

In case I haven't bored you enough, here's an update on my #PhD research exploring the #reddeer deposits at the Ness. Thanks to @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social and @orkneyarchaeology.bsky.social for their ongoing support #Neolithic #Archaeology share.google/FoxAnF1rJA9H...

This headline does not mean what I thought it meant 🧪💋

Light dusting of snow this morning in Sutherland, Scotland. Mind how you go if you are out and about or travelling to graduation at UHI Orkney on Friday.

I think its time to dig out 50 Words for #Snow and listen to #KateBush sing about snogging* a #snowman... #Winter #Sutherland #Scotland *not just snogging... 😲😖☃️

Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

The deadline for applying for a part-funded MRes investigating intertidal peat at the Bay of Skaill, #Orkney, is December 3, 2026. #archaeology #postgraduate #research #studyarchaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #UHIOrkney

@archaeoholz.bsky.social 😂

In her heart, she knew that he didn't have much going for him apart from that shell collection. Neptune & Amphitrite, 1583, by Cornelis van Haarlem whose day is today.

What a difference a day makes... #Orkney #November #Storm

Working @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social today hunting for #Reddeer bone. What a view!! #Zooarchaeology #Orkney #Neolithic

I absolutely snorted out loud in an important, quiet historic reading room. And then had the giggles for 5 minutes. Fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers!

November and December is a busy month for seminars @thinkuhi.bsky.social On Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7pm, Tom Fairfax discusses 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of the Orkneyinga Saga' in our free online Public Seminar Series. tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f

This would be a very different film if it was made in #Orkney 😂🤣👰‍♂️⛪️🥂🍺

A great summary of a shocking and deeply worrying decline of a once beloved institution. From the awful behaviour of senior managers to the not fit for purpose replacement of Canmore, an essential archaeological and heritage tool (and yes the purple absolutely sucks). Fingers crossed things improve.

Fascinating new interpretation of Buckquoy at Orkney's Bay of Birsay. Dating may put the entire occupation in the pre-Scandinavian Pictish period, and/or perhaps supports ideas of a long & complex transition. I can't wait to look over the bird assemblage data again in this light. 🏺🧪🦅 #archaeobirds

The @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research staff at the institute. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/30/n...

Really interesting blog tracing the #genetic lineage of #Orkney from the #Neolithic through to the #Viking era to the modern day #Archaeology