News | Posted April 13, 2017
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 …
News | Posted January 30, 2017
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 October 25, 2016
Open Access Week, now in its eighth year, is taking place this year from October 24th-30th. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland fully supports Open Access publication. This is because we want our authors’ research to reach as wide an audience as possible, and our readers to have free access to as much of our books and journals content as …
Open Access Week, now in its eighth year, is taking place this year from October 24th-30th. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland fully supports Open Access publication. This is because we want our authors’ research to reach as wide an audience as possible, and our readers to have free access to as much of our books and journals content as …
News | Posted August 26, 2016
The latest report to be added to the ScARF family is Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland. This freely available resource was created by Dr Sally Foster (University of Stirling) and Dr Katherine Forsyth (University of Glasgow), with co-authors Dr Susan Buckham (University of Stirling) and Dr Stuart Jeffrey (Glasgow School of Art), although over 50 authors contributed to the overall …
The latest report to be added to the ScARF family is Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland. This freely available resource was created by Dr Sally Foster (University of Stirling) and Dr Katherine Forsyth (University of Glasgow), with co-authors Dr Susan Buckham (University of Stirling) and Dr Stuart Jeffrey (Glasgow School of Art), although over 50 authors contributed to the overall …
News | Posted August 1, 2016
After finishing a Master at the University of Granada (Spain), I started a PhD at the same university, focused on the use of radiocarbon dating in Archaeology. In particular, we decided to undertake a radiocarbon dating program to explore the chronology and temporality of the megalithic phenomenon in South-eastern Iberia. Despite the extremely rich megalithic phenomenon in this area, with …
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Steering towards the final phase of my PhD, I am very grateful for receiving the student bursary from the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework, which enabled me to attend and present at the 8th International Symposium of 14C & Archaeology in Edinburgh. The smoothly organised symposium was spread out over five days, two of which were full days while the other …
News | Posted July 22, 2016
As a 3rd year PhD student at the University of Edinburgh I am approaching the end of my doctoral studies, but also the start of an independent career as a researcher. Attending conferences is a great way to stay up-to-date with new discoveries and modern techniques, learn about the work conducted by colleagues, and to meet and converse with likeminded …
News | Posted July 14, 2016
I joined the Italian Archaeological Mission at Erimi Laonin tou Porakou, Limassol, Cyprus, in 2010, during my master’s degree studies. Since then, besides participating in the excavation procedures, my work has focused on the selection and preparation of samples suitable for radiocarbon dating, with the final aim of building a reliable 14C-based chronology and estimating the dates for the occupation …
News | Posted April 14, 2016
As a postgraduate student in the final stages of completing my MSc in Archaeological Sciences, the timing could not have better to have be given the opportunity to attend the Association of Environmental Archaeology Conference in Orkney through the ScARF bursary. I am currently preparing to start on my MSc dissertation research, which concerns challenging the notion of a nearly …
News | Posted April 5, 2016
The Society Council Trustees have awarded £11,667 to ten projects examining a wide range of topics from geophysical survey at Duntocher Roman fort to an environmental history of the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707. This year there were twenty six applications for funding totalling £46,484, representing an increase of 57% in number of applications and £21,415 more than last year, and some …
