News  |  Posted March 7, 2017

Society wins award!

The Society has won the CV Magazine 2017 Large Business Award for Best Scottish History Organisation. Created by a highly experienced and passionate team of business experts, advisors and insiders, Corporate Vision (CV) Magazine provides discerning readers worldwide with a wealth of news, features and comment on the corporate issues of the day.  Of the Awards they say, “Every day …

Society-funded Research

The Achavanich Beaker Burial project

The Society helped transform an early Bronze Age burial into one of the best researched of its kind.

The Society helped transform an early Bronze Age burial into one of the best researched of its kind.

Society-funded Research

Medieval and Post Medieval window glass in Scotland

Scientific analysis of window glass fragments interrogates their composition and manufacture.

Scientific analysis of window glass fragments interrogates their composition and manufacture.

Society-funded Research

Stevenson In Vulcano

Investigating 19th century Scottish industry abroad and within a European context using a Society grant

Investigating 19th century Scottish industry abroad and within a European context using a Society grant

Society-funded Research

Investigating human-cetacean relationships in the Outer Hebrides

The Society funded the identification of whale bone from Cladh Hallan, South Uist.

The Society funded the identification of whale bone from Cladh Hallan, South Uist.

News  |  Posted January 30, 2017

ScARF Skills Building Workshop: Lithics

Applications are now closed. For details of future workshops, please visit the ScARF website. Throughout 2017 and 2018, ScARF will be hosting a programme of free to attend workshops for those working in archaeology and museums with the aim of encouraging collaboration and building on existing skills within the sector. The aim is to take the workshops across the country …

News  |  Posted January 25, 2017

Research in Progress 2017

Archaeological Research in Progress Day Conference Planning is underway for the Archaeological Research in Progress (ARP) conference which will take place on Saturday 27 May 2017  in Edinburgh. The Society is managing the event this year (with our partners Archaeology Scotland) and we are keen to put together a programme reflecting the best practise and new research findings from across …

Society-funded Research

Analysis of floor surface deposits at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney

A Society grant funded thin-section analysis of deposits excavated at the Ness of Brodgar.

A Society grant funded thin-section analysis of deposits excavated at the Ness of Brodgar.

News  |  Posted January 19, 2017

Stunning Artwork Launches Scottish Archaeology Celebrations

A Glasgow-based artist has brought new life to six stories from the Mesolithic to Victorian era as part of Dig It! 2017 Dig It! 2017, the year-long celebration of Scottish archaeology, commissioned the artwork as the centrepiece for their event programme. The printed teaser programme features 49 events and is available across Scotland, while the online listings feature over 80 …

News  |  Posted January 4, 2017

Three new SAIR papers now available

We’re pleased to start 2017 with three new Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, available now through ADS. The latest papers to be added to our Open Access collection, which publishes significant excavation reports and large-scale surveys, present the results of an extensive sequence of archaeological investigations from the landscape of Loch Tay; the discovery of two Early Bronze Age cists near Stonehaven; and …

Publications

Three new SAIR papers now available

We’re pleased to start 2017 with three new Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, available now through ADS. The latest papers to be added to our Open Access collection, which publishes significant excavation reports and large-scale surveys, present the results of an extensive sequence of archaeological investigations from the landscape of Loch Tay; the discovery of two Early Bronze Age cists near Stonehaven; and …