Absolutely shocking decision, please sign and share if you studied at Cardiff/used ASSL, or just value libraries. A place I have very fond memories of, and couldn't have got through my degrees without.

‘Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage’ is now out in the wild! You can download an open-access copy (PDF) or read the free digital edition on Manifold uolpress.co.uk/book/explori.... Loved working on this with Eirini Goudarouli, @amsichani.bsky.social & the @uolpress.bsky.social team.

📰 Pioneering new imaging technique enables archaeologists to reconstruct thousands of years of construction phases at a prehistoric crannog (artificial island) on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

👀 Community Heritage Leadership Trainee opportunity with Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social). Application Deadline: 12th May 2026. Full details available at: nextstepinitiative.org.uk/the-communit...

New paper! Torbergsen, ET. 2026. Bridging the Gap: Using Mobile Augmented Reality to Reconnect Museum Artifacts at Lofotr #Viking Museum in Norway with Their Original Contexts. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 9(1): 169–183. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/jcaa... @ubiquityopen.bsky.social

So delighted to see that this is finally live - it was a joy and an honour to work on this super important project with such an amazing team of researchers!

More must-see www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New in IA72:Breathing Life into Archaeological Archives: Crafting Compelling Narratives with 3D Digital Storytelling Jiří Unger, Dalibor Dzurilla, Martin Košťál and Jiří Košta doi.org/10.11141/ia.... #archaeology 🏺 #3D #reconstruction #virtual #storytelling #visualisation #communication

#HeritageScience PhD opportunity with the University of Highlands & Islands: 🌿 ‘Threatened Archaeological Heritage in Scottish Island Contexts: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies’ ⏰ Deadline: Sunday, April 05, 2026 Register your interest: buff.ly/VraciuP @@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social

"...the authors connect the sites to today’s visitors and bring them to life in a colourful way without compromising on the scientific knowledge: archaeological story telling as its best." Uist Unearthed reviewed for the latest @antiquity.ac.uk #NewBookChronicle! @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social

Professor Niall Sharples is our guest on Friday, Feb 27, for our monthly online research seminar.

It’s been a successful weekend for the UHI Archaeology Institute at the Scottish Student archaeology Society conference (SSACC) conference in Aberdeen.

A66 Creative Commissions – NOW OPEN for applications! Oxford Cotswold Archaeology are thrilled to announce an open call for two Creative Commissions, each worth up to £9,650, inspired by the archaeological discoveries along the A66! 📅 March 1 2026 🔗 tr.ee/6ArLbX

It’s always satisfying to work with good stratigraphy as this section of deposits, representing a sequence where the landscape is dipping into a hollow, from Needingworth Quarry highlights. Understanding this profile provides vital information that helps to unpick the story of a site and landscape.

The UHI Archaeology Institute is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to record and analyse the human remains from a Pictish/Norse cemetery in Orkney.

Exquisite data-driven digital storytelling. H/t: @benproctor.co.uk searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com

Come join the Ecologies of Governance team, working with Andy Seaman, Duncan Wright, Rich Madgwick and me on our AHRC project. 30 month Palaeoecology postdoc to work on our five case study landscapes based at QUB - Archaeology at Queen's www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ146/p...

The strong winds of Storm Bram coincided with high tides, potentially causing coastal erosion. When it’s safe you can help monitor changes by reporting any damage you see. Use Dynamic Coast's new Coastal Erosion Reporter tool at www.DynamicCoast.com Thank you! #stormbram #coastarch #hessupported

New landmark research out today: We've just launched Trowel and Error, the most in-depth look in 25 years at how audiences want to engage with archaeology. The findings are clear: people want human, accessible, story-led archaeology. Read the report here 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/our-work/tro...

Cool MRes alert!

Fancy playing a locative app-based Avebury game? logaculture.eu/news-events/...

NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles. #AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵 @northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology

Bumping this again! Come and work with us in lovely Uist. You will be joining the @uhinwh.bsky.social Archaeology team at cnocsoilleir.org with plenty of travel to Barra and Harris too! #archaeology #digitalheritage #digitalarchaeology

#Archaeology job alert!🏺 Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed. www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac... Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist Please share!

Fresh off the press - latest from the LAST project: "Under Pressure? Living with Climate Change and Environmental Hazards in the Past and Now" (Open access) link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Thanks to all contributors, and to my great co-editors: Marcel Bradtmöller, Sonja B. Grimm and Noa Lavi!!

The UHI Archaeology Institute has added two new “year in industry” undergraduate degrees to our portfolio - the first and only two of their kind in Scotland. Click the link for full details. #archaeology #studyarchaeology #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Morning sunshines: Here is a great way for historians, archaeologists, classicists and Egyptologists to do something tangible to help Gazan students in our fields. Only c.2,000£ are missing: We can do this! gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...

Looking for some free archaeology inspired fun this summer? Check out these locative games inspired by Avebury @nattrustarch.bsky.social logaculture.eu/news-events/...

Who was NG10 and what was the world they lived in? The sister paper to our CAJ paper is now out in Antiquity and the cover image no less! Working on these papers with this group, has been one of the richest academic experiences I have had in my career. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Nice job for someone!

We are delighted to confirm that another two of our postgraduate students are on the road to a PhD following successful funding applications from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH). #archaeology #research #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

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

Great time at #IronAgeDialogues, at the Julian Hodge no less, scene of a few late night essay writing sessions! Had to miss Fri's hillfortfest but glad to catch excellent talks by my @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social colleagues Martin Carruthers and @archaeoholz.bsky.social. Thankyou to all organisers!!

Nice blog!

BRONZE AGE FORUM 2025 Hosted by @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social on 14-16th Nov 2025 Tickets on sale now via bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com Waged Ticket - €60.00 Unwaged/Student Ticket - €20.00 Conference ticketholders will also have the option to attend a reception @nmireland.bsky.social

New in IA69: Evidencing and ensuring impactful research from developer-funded #archaeology by Sadie Watson (MOLA). 🏺 #archaeology #UK #developer-funded #impact #research #socialvalue #publicbenefit #participation doi.org/10.11141/ia....

This looks SO good! I think a cheeky visit home is in order

Project Manager, Public Archaeology AOC Holdings LTD Salary: £37,123 – £42,252 (depending on experience) Closing Date: 10/03/25 Location: Edinburgh www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

V happy to share this news! Funding secured for a project to create digital heritage interpretation experiences at archaeological sites in Barra and Harris. Excited to build on learning from Uist Unearthed, to landscapes with a new set of opportunities and challenges for heritage interpretation.

I wrote an article for The Conversation about generative AI visualisation in #archaeology, will discuss it further in a thread tomorrow. 🏺 theconversation.com/how-ai-image...

Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

Outer Hebrides heritage jobs alert! >Outer Hebrides Heritage Forum >Manager, Admin Support and Development Officer roles >Closing date 13th Feb 👇 www.ohheritageforum.com

This sounds like a lovely project!

If you see this post quote with a bridge from your gallery.

New issue out on climate change and heritage! ed. by @ellster17.bsky.social & Sara Ayres-Rigsby. "How we can help make our collective memory, as embodied by our shared cultural heritage, available for future generations on a global scale?" #ClimateHeritage www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjfa20/5...

Our next Archaeology and Local Studies course begins in January, so if you're interested in learning a bit more about the #archaeology of your area, and archaeology generally, get in touch. #ThinkUHI #StudyArchaeology

Reading through the @tag45.bsky.social abstracts book with the first coffee of the day and it looks SO GOOD and I'm sad I'm not going