Ben Elliott
@archsoundscapes.bsky.social
Lecturer in Archaeology at UHI. PI of the Prehistoric Policies project, unpicking narratives of Deep Time Heritage in Just Transition policy. beyond that, I do sound, antlers, craft & masks in Early European Prehistory. Based in Orkney.
Graduation day! Congratulations to all those crossing the stage in St Magnus' Cathedral today. Well done all.
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
#archaeology #postgraduate #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
Graduation day at UHI Orkney
Today was a big day for UHI Orkney with the annual graduation ceremony taking place in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Graduation day! Congratulations to all those crossing the stage in St Magnus' Cathedral today. Well done all.
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Also - come and get my job! Which I’m still partially doing, but someone needs to take up the slack/ allow me to send them to far flung locations to retrieve mysterious ancient samples. See the World*!
*mainly Britain.
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*mainly Britain.
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(Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist
Salary for this Role: LRS level from £36,535 per annum plus benefits SLRS level from £45,700 per annum plus benefits Job Title: (Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist Reports to: Po...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Also - come and get my job! Which I’m still partially doing, but someone needs to take up the slack/ allow me to send them to far flung locations to retrieve mysterious ancient samples. See the World*!
*mainly Britain.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
*mainly Britain.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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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
#archaeology #postgraduate #research #studyarchaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #UHIOrkney
Available now – part-funded MRes investigating intertidal peat in Orkney’s West Mainland
The deadline for applying for a part-funded MRes investigating intertidal peat at the Bay of Skaill, Orkney, is December 3, 2026.
archaeologyorkney.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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
#archaeology #postgraduate #research #studyarchaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #UHIOrkney
A bump for this, in advance of our UWA Deep Time Heritage Seminar tomorrow morning. Sadly, I won't be physically in Perth, but I am looking forward to presenting some of our (very) early work to wider world via Zoom. This project is FUN!
Project Researcher (environmental policy) @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
Temporary 12 months post of Project Researcher as part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social funded ‘Prehistoric Policies’ project.
Job Ref 019121, search www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo....
@iaiarchaeo.bsky.social, @cifa-ec.bsky.social
Temporary 12 months post of Project Researcher as part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social funded ‘Prehistoric Policies’ project.
Job Ref 019121, search www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo....
@iaiarchaeo.bsky.social, @cifa-ec.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A bump for this, in advance of our UWA Deep Time Heritage Seminar tomorrow morning. Sadly, I won't be physically in Perth, but I am looking forward to presenting some of our (very) early work to wider world via Zoom. This project is FUN!
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Prehistoric Policies seeks to understand how ideas about the deep time human past, or claims about our evolved human nature, are used to support the development of policies engaging with the climate and environment emergency.
Put simply, some of the claims are a bit iffy...
Put simply, some of the claims are a bit iffy...
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Prehistoric Policies seeks to understand how ideas about the deep time human past, or claims about our evolved human nature, are used to support the development of policies engaging with the climate and environment emergency.
Put simply, some of the claims are a bit iffy...
Put simply, some of the claims are a bit iffy...
Our 12 month environmental policy researcher position is now live! Come and work with @graemewarren.bsky.social at UCD on our @britishacademy.bsky.social funded Prehistoric Policies project with @alicerudge.bsky.social and me. It'll be fun, I promise! my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our 12 month environmental policy researcher position is now live! Come and work with @graemewarren.bsky.social at UCD on our @britishacademy.bsky.social funded Prehistoric Policies project with @alicerudge.bsky.social and me. It'll be fun, I promise! my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
#UAD is up and running! Behold the grandeur of @uniarchday.bsky.social at @britishacademy.bsky.social!
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#UAD is up and running! Behold the grandeur of @uniarchday.bsky.social at @britishacademy.bsky.social!
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And with possibly the most picturesque excavation pictures you'll ever see, @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social will also be at #UAD25 to chat to!
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
And with possibly the most picturesque excavation pictures you'll ever see, @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social will also be at #UAD25 to chat to!
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I'll be at the British Academy on Monday, representing @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social alongside colleagues from universities from across the UK and speaking on the "What use is Archaeology anyway? Archaeology and global 21st century challenges" panel.
I'll be at the British Academy on Monday, representing @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social alongside colleagues from universities from across the UK and speaking on the "What use is Archaeology anyway? Archaeology and global 21st century challenges" panel.
University Archaeology Day 2025 - the future of our past is in YOUR hands! - Archaeology Orkney
We're one of the organisations represented at the annual University Archaeology Day, in the British Museum, London, on July 13.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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I'll be at the British Academy on Monday, representing @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social alongside colleagues from universities from across the UK and speaking on the "What use is Archaeology anyway? Archaeology and global 21st century challenges" panel.
I'll be at the British Academy on Monday, representing @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social alongside colleagues from universities from across the UK and speaking on the "What use is Archaeology anyway? Archaeology and global 21st century challenges" panel.
I knew her before the medals!
Congratulations to Professor Chantal Conneller, Professor of Early Prehistory for receiving the Grahame Clark Medal from the British Academy! 🏅🦕
Find out more⬇️
https://bit.ly/43ivms8.
Find out more⬇️
https://bit.ly/43ivms8.
October 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I knew her before the medals!
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University staff confirm strike action dates amid dispute over job cuts | STV News
University staff confirm strike action dates amid dispute over job cuts
University and College Union Scotland (UCU) confirmed four days of strike action will begin on October 30.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
University staff confirm strike action dates amid dispute over job cuts | STV News
HOY! On a choppy Hamnavoe crossing last week. Old Man in the distant haze.
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
HOY! On a choppy Hamnavoe crossing last week. Old Man in the distant haze.
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Are you a student at a UK university and looking for support to come to TAG York? Did you know the Royal Archaeological Institute Cheney Bursary is available to support you?
You can find more details here: www.royalarchinst.org/grants/bursa...
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
You can find more details here: www.royalarchinst.org/grants/bursa...
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
Bursaries
Cheney Bursaries for StudentsAs a result of a bequest left by Frank Cheney, the Institute has a fund to enable students that attend a UK university to attend RAI Meetings and conferences. Individuals ...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Are you a student at a UK university and looking for support to come to TAG York? Did you know the Royal Archaeological Institute Cheney Bursary is available to support you?
You can find more details here: www.royalarchinst.org/grants/bursa...
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
You can find more details here: www.royalarchinst.org/grants/bursa...
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
Huge turnout last night to celebrate Orkney poaching Jimmy Perez from Shetland. Sadly Ann Cleaves didn't do any keepy uppies on stage, so we just had to make do with her being witty, kind and insightful instead.
October 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Huge turnout last night to celebrate Orkney poaching Jimmy Perez from Shetland. Sadly Ann Cleaves didn't do any keepy uppies on stage, so we just had to make do with her being witty, kind and insightful instead.
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The UHI Archaeology Institute team behind Uist Unearthed is looking for an assistant for the next stage of the award-winning, virtual #archaeology project.
Western Isles job opportunity with new virtual archaeology project
Augmented reality at Cladh Hallan, South Uist. The UHI Archaeology Institute team behind Uist Unearthed is looking for an assistant for the next stage of the award-winning, virtual archaeology project. The full-time position, which runs from January 2026 to May 2027, is to help deliver the new Barra and Harris Unearthed project. Since it was launched in 2021…
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October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The UHI Archaeology Institute team behind Uist Unearthed is looking for an assistant for the next stage of the award-winning, virtual #archaeology project.
Go Rose!!!
The exhibition at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes consists of screenprints, paintings and relief prints, alongside books, lithographs, prints, paintings, drawings and maps drawn from the museum's own collection.
Art meets archaeology in new exhibition about Wiltshire landscape - BBC News
Artist and archaeologist Dr Rose Ferraby's exhibition aims to show Wiltshire's influence on art.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Go Rose!!!
Fun at the Highland Archaeology Festival this weekend in sunny, leafy Inverness. @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social staff, students and alumni all well represented! Lovely to see some of the Tarradale Through Time team and feedback on our latest post ex results. Managed to dodge the marathon runners.
September 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fun at the Highland Archaeology Festival this weekend in sunny, leafy Inverness. @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social staff, students and alumni all well represented! Lovely to see some of the Tarradale Through Time team and feedback on our latest post ex results. Managed to dodge the marathon runners.
140 hours of paid work for anyone on an Arts and Humanities doctoral programme at a Scottish HEI, co-ordinating the incredible @sgsah.bsky.social Earth Scholarship programmes 2026 Symposium. Closes 16/10/25. Go go go!
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www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/sgsah-ea...
SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Coordinator
The British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarships is an annual programme that has run since 2023 with funding support from the British Council, see link for more details https://www.sgsah.ac.uk...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
140 hours of paid work for anyone on an Arts and Humanities doctoral programme at a Scottish HEI, co-ordinating the incredible @sgsah.bsky.social Earth Scholarship programmes 2026 Symposium. Closes 16/10/25. Go go go!
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/sgsah-ea...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/sgsah-ea...
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The #archaeology of Uist is the subject of a new book by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Rebecca Rennel and Dr Emily Gal.
New interactive book puts the spotlight on the archaeology of Uist
The archaeology of Uist is the subject of a new book by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Rebecca Rennel and Dr Emily Gal.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The #archaeology of Uist is the subject of a new book by the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Rebecca Rennel and Dr Emily Gal.
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To celebrate #HeritageOpenDays and Archaeology Scotland's #ScottishArchaeologyMonth, we’ve made two of our This is Archaeology lectures open access for one week only!
Uist Unearthed:
👉 youtu.be/DYuHN3wUsSc
Dead Isle:
👉 youtu.be/dVbnxMaUNWU
Uist Unearthed:
👉 youtu.be/DYuHN3wUsSc
Dead Isle:
👉 youtu.be/dVbnxMaUNWU
This is Archaeology: Uist Unearthed
YouTube video by Council for British Archaeology
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September 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
To celebrate #HeritageOpenDays and Archaeology Scotland's #ScottishArchaeologyMonth, we’ve made two of our This is Archaeology lectures open access for one week only!
Uist Unearthed:
👉 youtu.be/DYuHN3wUsSc
Dead Isle:
👉 youtu.be/dVbnxMaUNWU
Uist Unearthed:
👉 youtu.be/DYuHN3wUsSc
Dead Isle:
👉 youtu.be/dVbnxMaUNWU
Mesolithic DEATH SQUAD! Great sessions and papers on mesolithic mortuary practices at Ferrara 2025. Lots of beers and pasta and silliness afterwards.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Mesolithic DEATH SQUAD! Great sessions and papers on mesolithic mortuary practices at Ferrara 2025. Lots of beers and pasta and silliness afterwards.
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Test audience for these wonderful colouring sheets our new PhD student Tayla has prepared for our event on Sunday 14th at UoA. Tayla is joining PALaEoScot to work on fragmentary bones from late glacial-early Holocene sites in Scotland using molecular approaches - she’s quite the artist too!
September 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Test audience for these wonderful colouring sheets our new PhD student Tayla has prepared for our event on Sunday 14th at UoA. Tayla is joining PALaEoScot to work on fragmentary bones from late glacial-early Holocene sites in Scotland using molecular approaches - she’s quite the artist too!
Big turnout at WSC on Sunday for our Orkney International Science Festival event. Cultural Geologies of Neolithic Orkney with Mark, followed by ruined Guatemala beach resorts with Diego Contreras' LAMENTO, topped off by fast and slow stone architectures with Viktor Kossakovsky's Architecton.
September 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Big turnout at WSC on Sunday for our Orkney International Science Festival event. Cultural Geologies of Neolithic Orkney with Mark, followed by ruined Guatemala beach resorts with Diego Contreras' LAMENTO, topped off by fast and slow stone architectures with Viktor Kossakovsky's Architecton.
Great opportunity for anyone with project management experience who fancies a slice of island life... We would love to develop cool new projects that bring some Islands Deal benefits to Orkney!
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
Staff - Vacancies - Project Manager - TalEntEd Islands - University of the Highlands and Islands
Current listing of UHI jobs with vacancies from all across our partnership.
www.uhi.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Great opportunity for anyone with project management experience who fancies a slice of island life... We would love to develop cool new projects that bring some Islands Deal benefits to Orkney!
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
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Applications for SHAPE Involve and Engage 2026-27 will open on 1 September. This innovative public engagement programme requires UK researchers to work in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum (GLAM organisation). Find out more: buff.ly/efUOSoL
SHAPE Involve and Engage
A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.
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August 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Applications for SHAPE Involve and Engage 2026-27 will open on 1 September. This innovative public engagement programme requires UK researchers to work in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum (GLAM organisation). Find out more: buff.ly/efUOSoL