Holly Young
@archaeoholz.bsky.social
A generally ridiculous human, constantly on some kind of side quest!
Archaeologist at ORCA, PhD student at UHI Archaeology Institute based in Orkney studying how Iron Age people used marine molluscs! 🐚 big shell fan 🐚
Archaeologist at ORCA, PhD student at UHI Archaeology Institute based in Orkney studying how Iron Age people used marine molluscs! 🐚 big shell fan 🐚
Don’t think I’ll ever get over how magic getting to dig at Cnoc Coig was. Oronsay is a spectacular place and holy heck what a team of brilliant archaeologists. A proper joy to learn from such a fab bunch! I’m never gonna shut up about this!
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Don’t think I’ll ever get over how magic getting to dig at Cnoc Coig was. Oronsay is a spectacular place and holy heck what a team of brilliant archaeologists. A proper joy to learn from such a fab bunch! I’m never gonna shut up about this!
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
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Standing on Cnoc coig
July 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Standing on Cnoc coig
This project is just absolute magic. Oronsay is treating us outrageously well and Lord, we love a Mesolithic shell midden 🫶
First day digging went brilliantly. Found some old bags of shells that were used as backfill.
🤣🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
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@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This project is just absolute magic. Oronsay is treating us outrageously well and Lord, we love a Mesolithic shell midden 🫶
Was so convinced I was gonna be super chill about my first ever academic publication…turns out I was absolutely not. Go figure!! 🤣
Some really cool shell work out of the University of Mainz and UHI 🐚 within an amazing issue about deep time human impacts of marine ecosystems!!!
(Link below)
Some really cool shell work out of the University of Mainz and UHI 🐚 within an amazing issue about deep time human impacts of marine ecosystems!!!
(Link below)
July 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Was so convinced I was gonna be super chill about my first ever academic publication…turns out I was absolutely not. Go figure!! 🤣
Some really cool shell work out of the University of Mainz and UHI 🐚 within an amazing issue about deep time human impacts of marine ecosystems!!!
(Link below)
Some really cool shell work out of the University of Mainz and UHI 🐚 within an amazing issue about deep time human impacts of marine ecosystems!!!
(Link below)
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A change for your diaries - the open day at The Cairns excavation in South Ronaldsay has been moved back a week to Friday, July 11, 2025.
#archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
New date for open day at The Cairns
The open day at The Cairns excavation in South Ronaldsay has been moved back a week and will now take place on Friday, July 11, 2025.
archaeologyorkney.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A change for your diaries - the open day at The Cairns excavation in South Ronaldsay has been moved back a week to Friday, July 11, 2025.
#archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
#archaeology #IronAge #excavation #TheCairns #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
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In prehistoric Scotland, deer were important for food, tools and clothing, but did people also believe they held a kind of power? 🦌
@orkat3.bsky.social tells us more and explains how archaeology can help us understand our relationship with these animals today: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
@orkat3.bsky.social tells us more and explains how archaeology can help us understand our relationship with these animals today: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
June 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In prehistoric Scotland, deer were important for food, tools and clothing, but did people also believe they held a kind of power? 🦌
@orkat3.bsky.social tells us more and explains how archaeology can help us understand our relationship with these animals today: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
@orkat3.bsky.social tells us more and explains how archaeology can help us understand our relationship with these animals today: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
Top tier joy being back at The Cairns this week for Iron Age goodness. Can’t believe I get six glorious weeks of this till I get sucked back into the office! Savouring every windy second of it 🤣
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Top tier joy being back at The Cairns this week for Iron Age goodness. Can’t believe I get six glorious weeks of this till I get sucked back into the office! Savouring every windy second of it 🤣
Wrote this fun little piece for Dig It! Honestly it’s such a constant joy to get to talk about how weird and wonderful marine shells in archaeology are! 🐚
Around 1,500 years ago, a spectacular Iron Age feast took place at The Cairns in Orkney, where over 18,600 limpets and periwinkles were cooked in a huge pit 🐚
The shells were then put back inside the pit, possibly to create a monument commemorating the event: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
The shells were then put back inside the pit, possibly to create a monument commemorating the event: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
June 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wrote this fun little piece for Dig It! Honestly it’s such a constant joy to get to talk about how weird and wonderful marine shells in archaeology are! 🐚
Reposted by Holly Young
Look at this!
This well preserved 𝘤𝘺𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 (panther cowrie) was found in a Gloucestershire Saxon burial, alongside other items such as bracelets and beads. Panther cowrie shells are found all over the Red Sea & highlight the trade & exchange happening all over Europe during the period 🐚
This well preserved 𝘤𝘺𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 (panther cowrie) was found in a Gloucestershire Saxon burial, alongside other items such as bracelets and beads. Panther cowrie shells are found all over the Red Sea & highlight the trade & exchange happening all over Europe during the period 🐚
May 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Look at this!
This well preserved 𝘤𝘺𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 (panther cowrie) was found in a Gloucestershire Saxon burial, alongside other items such as bracelets and beads. Panther cowrie shells are found all over the Red Sea & highlight the trade & exchange happening all over Europe during the period 🐚
This well preserved 𝘤𝘺𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 (panther cowrie) was found in a Gloucestershire Saxon burial, alongside other items such as bracelets and beads. Panther cowrie shells are found all over the Red Sea & highlight the trade & exchange happening all over Europe during the period 🐚
A sunshine weekend ☀️
May 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A sunshine weekend ☀️
Absolutely LIVING for the conclave livestream.
I never had 133 cardinals carrying me through the last few months of my PhD on my bingo card for this year; but here we are.
I never had 133 cardinals carrying me through the last few months of my PhD on my bingo card for this year; but here we are.
May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Absolutely LIVING for the conclave livestream.
I never had 133 cardinals carrying me through the last few months of my PhD on my bingo card for this year; but here we are.
I never had 133 cardinals carrying me through the last few months of my PhD on my bingo card for this year; but here we are.
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In the first week of registration being open, we’ve had 79 folks register for the #IronAgeDialogues conference!
This is going to be so much fun I can’t wait to see everyone I’m going to hug you all and yap your ears off until you’re so sick of me 🥹
Register here:
www.ironagedialogues.co.uk/
This is going to be so much fun I can’t wait to see everyone I’m going to hug you all and yap your ears off until you’re so sick of me 🥹
Register here:
www.ironagedialogues.co.uk/
Iron Age Dialogues
🗓️ 30 April - 02 May 2025
📍 Cardiff University
www.ironagedialogues.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In the first week of registration being open, we’ve had 79 folks register for the #IronAgeDialogues conference!
This is going to be so much fun I can’t wait to see everyone I’m going to hug you all and yap your ears off until you’re so sick of me 🥹
Register here:
www.ironagedialogues.co.uk/
This is going to be so much fun I can’t wait to see everyone I’m going to hug you all and yap your ears off until you’re so sick of me 🥹
Register here:
www.ironagedialogues.co.uk/
Reposted by Holly Young
There’s a distinct UHI Archaeology Institute flavour to the new issue of Archaeology Scotland Magazine with three articles from students and lecturers.
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/07/a...
#archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/07/a...
#archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
February 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
There’s a distinct UHI Archaeology Institute flavour to the new issue of Archaeology Scotland Magazine with three articles from students and lecturers.
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/07/a...
#archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/07/a...
#archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
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UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray is giving an @orkneyarchaeology.bsky.social talk on St Magnus in Kirkwall on February 20.
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/05/s...
#archaeology #history #Orkney #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/05/s...
#archaeology #history #Orkney #ThinkUHI
Exciting news promised at PhD student's Kirkwall talk on St Magnus - Archaeology Orkney
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray is giving an Orkney Archaeology Society talk on St Magnus in Kirkwall on February 20.
archaeologyorkney.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray is giving an @orkneyarchaeology.bsky.social talk on St Magnus in Kirkwall on February 20.
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/05/s...
#archaeology #history #Orkney #ThinkUHI
archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/05/s...
#archaeology #history #Orkney #ThinkUHI
I find that rather than being overjoyed by a large groatie buckie haul, I’m made immediately suspicious about what’s about to happen that I need all this luck for…
January 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I find that rather than being overjoyed by a large groatie buckie haul, I’m made immediately suspicious about what’s about to happen that I need all this luck for…
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Sending up The Batsign. I'm looking at an enigmatic red deer antler artefact from an Early Neo context in England. Broken off at upper beam and then they've used groove and splinter to make a circular arrangement of weird ?needles? with interior wear. Anyone seen similar (other than Runnymede)?
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sending up The Batsign. I'm looking at an enigmatic red deer antler artefact from an Early Neo context in England. Broken off at upper beam and then they've used groove and splinter to make a circular arrangement of weird ?needles? with interior wear. Anyone seen similar (other than Runnymede)?
Not really one for signs from the universe…but that one I’ll take ✨
January 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Not really one for signs from the universe…but that one I’ll take ✨
And so it begins
2025 babyyyyyyyy 🤘
2025 babyyyyyyyy 🤘
January 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
And so it begins
2025 babyyyyyyyy 🤘
2025 babyyyyyyyy 🤘
Just a heads up, it’s a bit windy out
December 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Just a heads up, it’s a bit windy out
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Reminder of the Iron Age Dialogues conference hosted in Cardiff 30 April-2 May! 🛖🐮🌾🗡️🐦⬛🦴
The Call for Papers closes on 10 January. Submit an abstract of up to 250 words to [email protected] if you’re interested in presenting!
Website: www.IronAgeDialogues.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Reminder of the Iron Age Dialogues conference hosted in Cardiff 30 April-2 May! 🛖🐮🌾🗡️🐦⬛🦴
The Call for Papers closes on 10 January. Submit an abstract of up to 250 words to [email protected] if you’re interested in presenting!
Website: www.IronAgeDialogues.co.uk
Nice that we got our lovely office view back just in time for that bonnie Orkney winter weather…🤣
December 18, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Nice that we got our lovely office view back just in time for that bonnie Orkney winter weather…🤣
It’s a good day to be a shell fan 🐚
December 10, 2024 at 6:23 PM
It’s a good day to be a shell fan 🐚
What a morning! 🌅
November 27, 2024 at 9:46 AM
What a morning! 🌅
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The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 22, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
Someone told me once that the final year of your PhD is primarily fixing the mistakes you made in the first years…never have I felt this more acutely than in the last week of phasing hell 😅
November 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Someone told me once that the final year of your PhD is primarily fixing the mistakes you made in the first years…never have I felt this more acutely than in the last week of phasing hell 😅