Our online short course starting in January 2026 focuses on #runes – a writing system that developed in western Europe in the first millennium AD. #archaeology #ThinkUHI #Viking #Norse #Runology

Professor Ingrid Mainland, Dr Jen Harland and Dr Julia Cussans presented papers at the recent Association for Environmental #Archaeology Conference, held in Stavanger, Norway. #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

Our plans to establish a new environmental #archaeology laboratory in Kirkwall have been #approved by Orkney Islands Council.

The summaries for another two Westray sites, surveyed as part of the 'From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade' project are now available online.

The discovery and excavation of an 18th century wreck in #Sanday is in the running for Current Archaeology’s 2026 Rescue Project of the Year, with voting now open to the public. #archaeology #history #orkney

The UHI #Archaeology Institute is delighted to welcome Dr Colleen Batey as a visiting associate professor. #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

A film by Art and Archaeology graduate Jamie McNeill has been shown as part of the Neosfest experimental film festival in Mexico.

Human remains are the subject of a postgraduate short-course in Orkney this week, with students travelling from across the UK and USA to take part. #archaeology #postgraduate #studyarchaeology #ThinkUHI

Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon was talking #Orkney placenames recently at the Scottish Place Name Society Autumn Conference. #archaeology #history #ThinkUHI

The UHI #Archaeology Institute marked a major milestone recently with a tenth anniversary celebration at the UHI Orkney campus in Kirkwall. #studyarchaeology #ThinkUHI #UHI Orkney

Dr Antonia Thomas is en route for Finland, where she is an invited speaker on a PhD course at the University of Oulu.

Involved in the development of the Orkney renewables industry? Have stories, photographs or objects you’d like to share? Head to the Robert Rendall Building, Stromness, for the TRANSECTS story sharing sessions on Nov 29. 11am-1pm or 2-4pm. Drop-in lunch 1-2pm. archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/25/t...

Join the TRANSECTS team in Stromness on Saturday, November 29, to talk marine renewables in #Orkney.

A small team of diggers will return to the Ness of Brodgar in 2026, following a major programme of geophysical survey across the site. #archaeology #excavation #Orkney #Neolithic #NessOfBrodgar #TimeTeam

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

Our next online seminar, on Friday, November 28, features Dr Colleen Batey and focuses on #viking grave goods – in particular damaged weaponry. #archaeology#viking#viking #ThinkUHI

Earlier this month, Dr Antonia Thomas was joined by several current and former MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology students in Bilbao, in the Basque Country, to attend the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory (CHAT) conference. #archaeology #ArtandArchaeology #CHAT #CHAT2025

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

A group of MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will officially open their exhibition in Stromness with a series of short talks at the Northlight gallery on Thursday, November 20.

Artist Joanne B. Kaar will work with the UHI Orkney team to explore marine energy transitions in Orkney as part of the ongoing TRANSECTS project.

Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.

Orkney Islands Council’s archaeology fund re-opens for Orkney project applications. #archaeology #excavation #orkney #postexcavation

Orkney Islands Council’s archaeology fund re-opens for Orkney project applications. #archaeology #excavation #orkney #postexcavation

'Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney', a new book by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards is out now. #BronzeAge #Prehistory https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/01/animating-dead/

We’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of the UHI #Archaeology Institute on November 14 and would be delighted if you could come along and join in. #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #Orkney #UHIOrkney

The 36th Field Runologists Workshop, which took place in #Orkney this week, has been hailed a great success! #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

As part of the Field Runologists’ Meeting, a group of international experts in runic inscriptions are hosting a "Rune Relay" in #Orkney next week.

The first of three ORCA industrial heritage surveys from Westray, looking at the Cornhouse,, is now online.

The UHI Archaeology Institute team behind Uist Unearthed is looking for an assistant for the next stage of the award-winning, virtual #archaeology project.

A group from the UHI Archaeology Institute travelled down to Inverness at the weekend for the 2025 Highland Archaeology Festival.

Two chapters from UHI Archaeology Institute contributors feature in a new book looking at social and economic interaction in tedieval and early modern European countryside.

The #archaeology of Uist is the subject of a new book by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Rebecca Rennel and Dr Emily Gal.

'Animating the Dead: An #Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in #Orkney' by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards follows decades of research and incorporates new excavation results and radiocarbon dates from sites across the county. Available to pre-order now. #BronzeAge #Prehistory

Friday afternoon saw a field trip to the recently re-opened “Tomb of the Eagles”, led by Professor Colin Richards. #archaeology #neolithic #orkney #chamberedcairn #chamberedtomb

October's story sharing event in the TRANSECTS project focuses on whales and whaling in #Orkney. #archaeology #history

Dr Antonia Thomas will be giving two guest lectures during a brief visit to Norway this week. #archaeology #artandarchaeology #research #ThinkUHI

The next of our online seminars, which features Dr Reid Weber, takes place on Friday, September 26, from 4-5pm.

Some photographs of Saturday's excursions to the Knowes of Trotty as part of the first Orkney #Archaeology Festival. #orkney #BronzeAge #ThinkUHI

Three new surveys, carried out as part of the "From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade" industrial heritage project, have been added to a new #Stronsay section. #orkney #archaeology #heritage #industrialheritage

UHI MLitt graduate Kat Nickola presented her research at the annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) last week. #archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

The #TRANSECTS project is seeking embedded artist(s) for workshops and a mini-residency roles to explore marine energy transitions and coastal community resilience in #Orkney.

UHI Archaeology Institute students were among the volunteers at the ongoing #excavation of a #Neolithic chambered cairn in Orkney’s East Mainland. #archaeology #orkney #chamberedcairn #chamberedtomb #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Our art and #archaeology masters has secured a 100 per cent student satisfaction rating for fifth year running. #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

It’s been another exciting week of excavation at the Iron Age Swartigill site, with some remarkable finds and intriguing developments within the structures. Read more here. #archaeology #IronAge #excavation #caithness #ThinkUHI

A short video from Jim Rylatt showing the Stone of Setter in the #Eday landscape. #orkney #archaeology #Neolithic #standingstone #standingstones www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/setter-stone...

A summary of the first week of excavation at Swartigill, #Caithness, from director Rick Barton. #excavation #IronAge #ORCA #ThinkUHI

A new 3d model, courtesy of UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Logan O'Brien, of the #Sanday #Neolithic structure at the end of the 2025 dig last week. #Orkney #Excavation #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

The 2025 dig at Skaill farm, #Rousay, ended on July 25. Here project co-director Dan Lee provides a summary of the third and final week. #archaeology #excavation #SkaillFarm #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

Join us for an informal session of sharing stories, photographs or objects relating to Orkney's role in the oil industry on Saturday, August 30, in the King Street Halls, Kirkwall. #Orkney #Transects #oil

#Sanday 2025: That's this season's dig finished, the trench backfilled and we're beginning to get packed up for the journey home. #orkney #Neolithic #archaeology #BronzeAge #excavation #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney