Kath Page
@orkat3.bsky.social
#Archaeologist #zooarchaeologist #SGSAH funded #PhD student at #UHI #Orkney researching human #reddeer relationships in prehistory
Working @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social today hunting for #Reddeer bone. What a view!!
#Zooarchaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
#Zooarchaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Working @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social today hunting for #Reddeer bone. What a view!!
#Zooarchaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
#Zooarchaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
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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 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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!
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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
tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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
tinyurl.com/yc5ave7f
This would be a very different film if it was made in #Orkney 😂🤣👰♂️⛪️🥂🍺
Watched The Blackening last night for the first time... it was SO good.
I'm very much a comedy over horror girlie, so it was right up my alley.
It's not just your typical parody. Incredibly well done 🙂↕️
I'm very much a comedy over horror girlie, so it was right up my alley.
It's not just your typical parody. Incredibly well done 🙂↕️
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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.
www.bajr.org/deep-concern...
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has found itself embroiled in a series of controversies, shaking public confidence in Scotland’s most important cultural body
Its shocking to see the impact on the staff
It breaks my heart.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has found itself embroiled in a series of controversies, shaking public confidence in Scotland’s most important cultural body
Its shocking to see the impact on the staff
It breaks my heart.
Deep Concerns for Historic Environment Scotland - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
By David Connolly and Hana Kdolska, BAJR Admins Controversy, Accountability, and a Way Forward Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has found itself embroiled in a series of controversies over the past...
www.bajr.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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.
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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
🏺🧪🦅 #archaeobirds
Buckquoy, Orkney: addressing the Pictish-Viking transition in northern Scotland | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Buckquoy, Orkney: addressing the Pictish-Viking transition in northern Scotland
www.cambridge.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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
🏺🧪🦅 #archaeobirds
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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...
institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/30/n...
New Visiting Professor at the UHI Institute for Northern Studies Publishes a New Translation of the Orkneyinga Saga.
The University of the Highlands and Islands Institute for Northern Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Jesch as Visiting Professor to the expanding team of research…
institutefornorthernstudies.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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...
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
The genetic history of the Orkney Islands tells a fascinating story filled with contrasts. In his latest blog post @thinkuhi.bsky.social Dr Andrew Jennings discusses the results of recent genetic studies in #Orkney
www.vikingislands.co.uk/p/a-genetic-...
www.vikingislands.co.uk/p/a-genetic-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Really interesting blog tracing the #genetic lineage of #Orkney from the #Neolithic through to the #Viking era to the modern day #Archaeology
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
#ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #Orkney #UHIOrkney
Join us to celebrate tenth anniversary of the UHI Archaeology Institute
We’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of the UHI Archaeology Institute in November and would be delighted if you could come along and join in.
archaeologyorkney.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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October 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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🌊Here comes the Irish Sea. The Western seacoast of Britain had a thriving maritime trade community during the Neolithic. They must have been expert and seasoned mariners. Navigating by the sun, moon and stars⛵☀️🌕🌃 #Maritime #Prehistory #Wirral #Neolithic
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌊Here comes the Irish Sea. The Western seacoast of Britain had a thriving maritime trade community during the Neolithic. They must have been expert and seasoned mariners. Navigating by the sun, moon and stars⛵☀️🌕🌃 #Maritime #Prehistory #Wirral #Neolithic
Amazing, yet slightly terrifying at the same time! #Deer #TravellingInStyle
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Amazing, yet slightly terrifying at the same time! #Deer #TravellingInStyle
I enjoyed looking at this when I saw the exhibition last year in York. It's a beautiful piece of interactive art. #Mesolithic #Archaeology #RedDeer
To ease you into the weekend, here's a lovely film by Guy Schofield, one of two winners of this year's President’s Award.
The film is about an interactive mural commissioned by York Museums Trust for the exhibition Star Carr: Life After The Ice.
Enjoy! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
youtu.be/xv_0yjWpK0s?...
The film is about an interactive mural commissioned by York Museums Trust for the exhibition Star Carr: Life After The Ice.
Enjoy! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
youtu.be/xv_0yjWpK0s?...
Star Carr : After The Ice
YouTube video by Guy Schofield
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I enjoyed looking at this when I saw the exhibition last year in York. It's a beautiful piece of interactive art. #Mesolithic #Archaeology #RedDeer
Broch-tastic news. Taking experimental #archaeology to the extreme! Such a fantastic project, great news for #Caithness and Scottish archaeology. #IronAge #Broch #Scotland
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
Scotland’s first new broch for 2000 years wins planning approval
The approval of the Caithness Broch Project’s plans represents a major milestone for their bid to build a “faithful replica” on a site near Latheron.
www.northern-times.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Broch-tastic news. Taking experimental #archaeology to the extreme! Such a fantastic project, great news for #Caithness and Scottish archaeology. #IronAge #Broch #Scotland
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
Just because you are an Imperial stag (14 points on your antlers) doesn't mean you own the road! Well, maybe you do 😍🦌
#RedDeer #Autumn #Sutherland #Scotland
#RedDeer #Autumn #Sutherland #Scotland
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just because you are an Imperial stag (14 points on your antlers) doesn't mean you own the road! Well, maybe you do 😍🦌
#RedDeer #Autumn #Sutherland #Scotland
#RedDeer #Autumn #Sutherland #Scotland
Crazy #Aurora dancing over #Sutherland #Scotland tonight, complete with a "Steve" #NorthernLights #MerrieDancers
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Crazy #Aurora dancing over #Sutherland #Scotland tonight, complete with a "Steve" #NorthernLights #MerrieDancers
#Autumn autumning hard in #Sutherland today, no filters required
October 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Autumn autumning hard in #Sutherland today, no filters required
Today I am mostly doing a #Reddeer jigsaw
@nessofbrodgar.bsky.social
#zooarchaeology #archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #NessofBrodgar #Phdlife
@nessofbrodgar.bsky.social
#zooarchaeology #archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #NessofBrodgar #Phdlife
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today I am mostly doing a #Reddeer jigsaw
@nessofbrodgar.bsky.social
#zooarchaeology #archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #NessofBrodgar #Phdlife
@nessofbrodgar.bsky.social
#zooarchaeology #archaeology #Neolithic #Orkney #NessofBrodgar #Phdlife
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Earlier this year, an excavation in Rousay by @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social uncovered an expressive carved stone face. We have a similar fellow in the cathedral, so archaeologists visited today to examine them side by side!
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Earlier this year, an excavation in Rousay by @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social uncovered an expressive carved stone face. We have a similar fellow in the cathedral, so archaeologists visited today to examine them side by side!
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On this day in 1939, HMS Royal Oak sank in Scapa Flow with the loss of 835 men and boys. Today, and every day, we remember them.
October 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On this day in 1939, HMS Royal Oak sank in Scapa Flow with the loss of 835 men and boys. Today, and every day, we remember them.
#FindsFriday This unique carving of a woman was discovered in 1880 in a peat bog in Ballachulish near Loch Leven, #Scotland in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder, the Ballachulish women stands 1.5m tall, has quartz pebbles for eyes and dates to about 600AD. Her purpose is unknown. #IronAge
October 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#FindsFriday This unique carving of a woman was discovered in 1880 in a peat bog in Ballachulish near Loch Leven, #Scotland in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder, the Ballachulish women stands 1.5m tall, has quartz pebbles for eyes and dates to about 600AD. Her purpose is unknown. #IronAge
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*** Skulls and Dancing Skeletons tour rescheduled***
We are pleased to confirm that this special curator tour is going ahead tomorrow, Saturday 11 October. The tour explores the symbolism of hourglasses, candles, bells, skulls and more, and it's all inside! Starts at 10am, costs £15, lasts 1 hour.
We are pleased to confirm that this special curator tour is going ahead tomorrow, Saturday 11 October. The tour explores the symbolism of hourglasses, candles, bells, skulls and more, and it's all inside! Starts at 10am, costs £15, lasts 1 hour.
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
*** Skulls and Dancing Skeletons tour rescheduled***
We are pleased to confirm that this special curator tour is going ahead tomorrow, Saturday 11 October. The tour explores the symbolism of hourglasses, candles, bells, skulls and more, and it's all inside! Starts at 10am, costs £15, lasts 1 hour.
We are pleased to confirm that this special curator tour is going ahead tomorrow, Saturday 11 October. The tour explores the symbolism of hourglasses, candles, bells, skulls and more, and it's all inside! Starts at 10am, costs £15, lasts 1 hour.
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM