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#Archaeologist #zooarchaeologist #SGSAH funded #PhD student at #UHI #Orkney researching human #reddeer relationships in prehistory
Brilliant article by my wonderful old desk buddy Cammie on her research into human #seal entanglement in #Orkney
##Zooarchaeology #Selkie
What a privilege to be among the final contributing authors for @sapiens.org. This piece grows out of my Earth fellowship in Orkney, Scotland, exploring deep-time human–seal relations.
Grateful for the chance to share it and keen to hear what you think. www.sapiens.org/culture/seal...
Connections and Conflicts With Seals in a Scottish Archipelago
An environmental archaeologist investigates deep-time, mythical, and contemporary relations between seals and Orkney Islanders.
www.sapiens.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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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
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.
archaeologyorkney.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Bagpipes in the cathedral.... @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI Orkney graduation commences with staff procession...
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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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
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Always been a fan of the Welsh Wonder to be honest... Tidy!
Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A lunchtime walk around snowy #Sutherland between sunshine and #snow showers. My son took the #Reddeer photo. #Scotland is just glorious in the #Winter
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
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The riddle of the red deer – the research continues…
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Kath Page outlines her ongoing research into red deer in prehistory and at the Ness.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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This headline does not mean what I thought it meant 🧪💋
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed
www.biology.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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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.
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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... 😲😖☃️
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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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...
PhD: AHRC Studentship | University of Exeter
Project descriptionThe University of Exeter is offering up to three fully funded AHRC doctoral studentships and training and development opportunities across a range of the AHRC’s disciplines for cand...
www.exeter.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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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
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
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.
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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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.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What a difference a day makes... #Orkney #November #Storm
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Working @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social today hunting for #Reddeer bone. What a view!!
#Zooarchaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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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
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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.

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November 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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 🙂‍↕️
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 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.
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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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
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
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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...
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
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-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you are in #Orkney come along, I will be doing something #RedDeer related, possibly... maybe...
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM