News  |  Posted January 9, 2018

ScARF Student Bursary Report: Tomas Gerich at the Association of Environmental Archaeology 2018

“I would like to thank the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for giving me an opportunity to attend the Association for Environmental Archaeology conference organised at University of Edinburgh. As an undergraduate archaeology student I have been looking for opportunities to broaden my perspectives on current developments in archaeology and to be able to attend a research conference was an …

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News  |  Posted December 18, 2017

Regional Archaeological Research Framework for Argyll (RARFA) launched!

The ScARF team are pleased to announce that the Regional Archaeological Research Framework for Argyll (RARFA) is now live! http://www.scottishheritagehub.com/rarfa Just over two years ago, in November 2015, Kilmartin Museum organised a two day symposium to bring together all those researching the archaeology and history of Argyll. The symposium brought together a wide range of expert speakers from the world …

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News  |  Posted September 20, 2017

ScARF Bursaries available: Association for Environmental Archaeology conference 2017

Applications have now closed The ‘Association for Environmental Archaeology conference 2017’ will take place from December the 1st to December the 3rd 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (ScARF) is offering student bursaries to support attendance at the conference. These bursaries are designed to allow students to hear about current research in archaeology and participate in discussions within the …

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News  |  Posted July 31, 2017

Day of Archaeology: blog posts from the Society

The ‘Day of Archaeology’ is an annual event where archaeologists (and those involved in archaeology) from all sectors, from all parts of the world write a blog post on the same day (this year on the 27th August). The aim is to illustrate the variety of the work that is done under the ‘archaeology’ banner and the variety of people that …

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News  |  Posted April 20, 2017

ScARF Workshop: OASIS & HERALD

This workshop has now been rescheduled due to illness and will now take place on Monday the 26th June. Places are still available.  Most archaeologists working in Scotland (and the wider UK) will know about OASIS (http://oasis.ac.uk/pages/wiki/Main). OASIS is currently undergoing redevelopment and part of that process involves trying to realise a long held ambition to better integrate museums into …

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News  |  Posted April 13, 2017

“Scotland’s earliest people, their landscape and houses” – Alan Saville Memorial Conference

Conference On the 17th June 2017, there will be a day conference in honour of Alan Saville, past Society of Antiquaries of Scotland President. The day will comprise a set of brief talks but, more importantly, lots of discussion related to the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic occupation of Scotland, focused on the possible dwellings and ‘houses’ that have been excavated over …

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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 …

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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 …

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News  |  Posted November 15, 2016

Scottish History Society publications free to view

The Scottish History Society, in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland, have made sources available that are vital to the study, writing and teaching of Scotland’s history.  Containing more than 180 volumes in total, the six series cover all periods from the 12th to the 20th centuries and a very wide range of topics.  Six series of digitised volumes …

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Scottish History Society publications free to view

The Scottish History Society, in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland, have made sources available that are vital to the study, writing and teaching of Scotland’s history.  Containing more than 180 volumes in total, the six series cover all periods from the 12th to the 20th centuries and a very wide range of topics.  Six series of digitised volumes …

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News  |  Posted October 24, 2016

2016 Rhind Lectures now online!

The 2016 Rhind Lectures by Professor Roey Sweet are now available to view from our Resources section of the website.  Head there now and enter “Rhind” into the search box! “Antiquaries, archaeologists and the invention of the historic town c.1700-1860” was presented by Professor Roey Sweet, University of Leicester, Centre for Urban History.  The lectures were sponsored by AOC Archaeology Group …

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