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

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)

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 🤣

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 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…

Not really one for signs from the universe…but that one I’ll take ✨

And so it begins
2025 babyyyyyyyy 🤘

Just a heads up, it’s a bit windy out

Yeah alright, I retract my cynicism. Touché Orkney weather.

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 🐚

What a morning! 🌅

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 😅

I recently got illustrated and turned into a gif by a very talented pal and fellow archaeology student. It serves as a far better introduction to me than I could ever actually write. Though I always keep my shoes on in the office…