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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 2d

thankyou for sharing!

Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 5d

Bumping this again! Come and work with us in lovely Uist. You will be joining the @uhinwh.bsky.social Archaeology team at cnocsoilleir.org with plenty of travel to Barra and Harris too!

#archaeology #digitalheritage #digitalarchaeology

Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 12d

#Archaeology job alert!🏺

Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed.

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...

Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist

Please share!

Staff - Vacancies - Project Assistant

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk

Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 12d

Yep! In our lovely and v new home cnocsoilleir.org

Cnoc Soilleir - Home of Ceòlas and UHI North, West & Hebrides

Àite airson ionnsachaidh, ealain agus tachartasan | A space for learning, arts and events

cnocsoilleir.org

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 12d

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 12d

#Archaeology job alert!🏺

Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed.

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...

Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist

Please share!

Staff - Vacancies - Project Assistant

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Claire! Selected pages of the book can be used to trigger AR media inc models, videos, etc - via the soon to be updated Uist Unearthed app. Important to us that the book 'stands alone' however, so also fully readable without the AR elements.

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 13d

see reply above - soft cover to also be available at a significantly reduced price, and believe the ebook should be too.

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for sharing Adam, pleased to say there will also be a soft cover version at a much less eyewatering price! 🥳Unsure on release dates for that.

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · Aug 14

wow! beautiful!

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Astrid J. Nyland @arkeostrida.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fresh off the press - latest from the LAST project: "Under Pressure? Living with Climate Change and Environmental Hazards in the Past and Now" (Open access) link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Thanks to all contributors, and to my great co-editors: Marcel Bradtmöller, Sonja B. Grimm and Noa Lavi!!

Under Pressure?

This open access book gathers case studies of resilience and coping strategies in hunter-gatherer societies who were confronted with natural hazards

link.springer.com

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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 21

The UHI Archaeology Institute has added two new “year in industry” undergraduate degrees to our portfolio - the first and only two of their kind in Scotland. Click the link for full details.
#archaeology #studyarchaeology #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

New ‘year in industry’ archaeology degrees are a first for Scotland

We’re delighted to announce the addition of two new “sandwich” undergraduate degrees to our portfolio - the first and only two of their kind in Scotland.

archaeologyorkney.com

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Dr Katherine Blouin @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · Jul 9

Morning sunshines: Here is a great way for historians, archaeologists, classicists and Egyptologists to do something tangible to help Gazan students in our fields.
Only c.2,000£ are missing: We can do this!
gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...

Help Gazan students to complete their university degrees

The war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff...

gogetfunding.com

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · Jul 2

Wahey! Congrats Alan, looking forward to seeing you around virtually

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Dr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck.bsky.social · Jun 25

Looking for some free archaeology inspired fun this summer? Check out these locative games inspired by Avebury @nattrustarch.bsky.social
logaculture.eu/news-events/...

Avebury Adventures: Exploring Avebury through Locative Games - LoGaCulture

25th-26th July 2025, 10am-4pm, Visitor Reception Barn at Avebury Come to Avebury for the launch of a panoply of locative games! Experience history in and around the ancient landscape with games and st...

logaculture.eu

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Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · Jun 24

Who was NG10 and what was the world they lived in? The sister paper to our CAJ paper is now out in Antiquity and the cover image no less! Working on these papers with this group, has been one of the richest academic experiences I have had in my career. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber - Volume 99 Issue 405

www.cambridge.org

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · Jun 24

Nice job for someone!

Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social · Jun 23

Come and work with us! We are looking for an Operations Manager for our sparkly new AEONS environmental arch facilities and labs. Operations Manager – Facilities (Institute of Archaeology) - ORK09488 | Orkney Islands Council | myjobscotland myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...

Operations Manager – Facilities (Institute of Archaeology) - ORK09488 | Orkney Islands Council | myjobscotland

View details and apply for this management (education) role in Kirkwall with Orkney Islands Council on myjobscotland

myjobscotland.gov.uk

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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · Jun 3

We are delighted to confirm that another two of our postgraduate students are on the road to a PhD following successful funding applications from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH).
#archaeology #research #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

SGSAH funding sets another two UHI postgraduates on the path to a PhD

We are delighted to confirm that another two of our postgraduate students are on the road to a PhD following successful funding applications from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH).

archaeologyorkney.com

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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · May 8

A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers today has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme.
#archaeology #research #mesolithic #paleolithic #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch

‘Prehistoric Policies’ research project secures British Academy funding

A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme.

archaeologyorkney.com

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · May 8

Cool! Congratulations @archsoundscapes.bsky.social and team

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · May 6

Great time at #IronAgeDialogues, at the Julian Hodge no less, scene of a few late night essay writing sessions! Had to miss Fri's hillfortfest but glad to catch excellent talks by my @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social colleagues Martin Carruthers and @archaeoholz.bsky.social. Thankyou to all organisers!!

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · May 6

Nice blog!

SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · May 6

A Norse fish processing site, a rocket pole, limekilns, intertidal poetry and more – all within an hour’s walk of John O’ Groats. Read about this wonderful coastal landscape on the Walk of Discovery blog scapetrust.org/a-walk-of-di...
#hessupported #scotarchstrat #coastarch

A Walk of Discovery: Ness of Duncansby, Caithness - The SCAPE Trust

Just east of John O’ Groats at a place called Robert’s Haven, you can see fragments of drystone walls and dark coloured soils full of pottery, shell, and fish bone eroding out of the dunes. Thanks to ...

scapetrust.org

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · May 6

It was nice to meet you!

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Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe @ansoc-erc.bsky.social · Apr 25

BRONZE AGE FORUM 2025
Hosted by @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social on 14-16th Nov 2025
Tickets on sale now via bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
Waged Ticket - €60.00
Unwaged/Student Ticket - €20.00
Conference ticketholders will also have the option to attend a reception @nmireland.bsky.social

bronze age forum 2025

bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com

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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · Apr 8

Looks like Kisimul castle in Barra

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Internet Archaeology @intarcheditor.bsky.social · Mar 20

New in IA69: Evidencing and ensuring impactful research from developer-funded #archaeology by Sadie Watson (MOLA).

🏺 #archaeology #UK #developer-funded #impact #research #socialvalue #publicbenefit #participation

doi.org/10.11141/ia....

doi.org

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