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Organization profile
The Institute is unique within Scotland, in that it combines teaching, academic research, and commercial applied research and consultancy. The commercial arm of the institute, ORCA and ORCA Marine, provide professional archaeological and heritage services to Northern Scotland - providing everything from archaeological excavations and evaluations, through to heritage consultancy services, marine archaeological investigations and geophysical survey. This unique partnership sees the Institute’s academic staff working alongside the ORCA and ORCA Marine staff with regards to teaching and research, providing our students with an unparalleled experience of practical and applied archaeology, as well as facilitating world class archaeological research in both Northern Scotland and the wider world.
The Highlands and Islands has particularly rich and diverse archaeological heritage - from Neolithic stone-built settlements, tombs and stone circles, to Iron Age brochs, Pictish and Viking settlements and burials, historical archaeology such as the clearances to remains from the First and Second World Wars - situated in landscapes which are distinctive and often fragile.
However, although the Institute carries out internationally significant research within the Highlands and Islands region, we also work much farther afield – with current research projects ongoing in Easter Island, Nepal and Tanzania.
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Profiles
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Nick Card
- Archaeology Institute
- Orkney College UHI - Senior Projects Manager Ness of Brodgar
Person: Academic Research Active
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Martin Carruthers
- Tourism Research Network
- Archaeology Institute
- Orkney College UHI - Lecturer in Archaeology
Person: Academic Research Active, Academic Related
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International Network for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland (INCAScot)
Hale, A., Thomas, A., Brophy, K. & MacGregor, G.
29/03/21 → 28/03/23
Project: Research
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Points in the Ambience – Travels with Archaeologists and Artists in Orkney.
Brind, S., Harrold, J., Hale, A., Lee, D. & Thomas, A., 28 Jan 2022, In: The Drouth.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Trace element ratios in tooth enamel as palaeodietary indicators of seaweed consumption and coastal grazing, and their broader applicability
Blanz, M., Stewart, S., Mainland, I., Ascough, P., Raab, A., Feldmann, J. & Taggart, M. A., 1 Feb 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 139, 11 p., 105551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Case Study: Contemporary Archaeology in the Highlands
Brophy, K., Hale, A., MacGregor, G. & Thomas, A., 1 Dec 2021, Highland Archaeology Research Framework : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.Research output: Other contribution
Open AccessFile
Prizes
Activities
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They are preserved forever: visualising the memorialisation of archipelagic religious communitity identities
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Invited speaker) & James Moore (Invited speaker)
25 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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University Research Conference
Sarah Jane Gibbon (Speaker) & Ingrid Mainland (Speaker)
13 Jan 2022 → 14 Jan 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Orkney International Science Festival 2021
Nick Card (Speaker), Antonia Thomas (Speaker), Martha Johnson (Speaker) & Ann Clarke (Speaker)
5 Sep 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press / Media
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Graffiti hunt finds 600 marks in Orkney's St Magnus Cathedral
3/05/22
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Easter Island at risk from rising seas, weather
17/03/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Student theses
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How the Vikings inhabited Scotland: a social zooarchaeological approach
Author: Cooke, S., 18 Dec 2017Supervisor: Downes, J. (Supervisor) & MacLeod Rivett, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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The Experience of Space and Place in World Heritage Site Management
Author: Renwick, E. K., 1 Mar 2017Supervisor: Downes, J. (Supervisor), Clarke, S. (Supervisor) & Howard, P. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney: Process, Temporality and Context
Author: Thomas, A., 11 Feb 2016Supervisor: Downes, J. (Supervisor) & Edmonds, M. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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