One of our Early Career Researchers has written a new Case Study about her MLitt research.
Kath is a postgraduate student at the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) Archaeology Institute. She is using zooarchaeological techniques to analyse and explore the significance of red deer during Orkney’s Neolithic period. Kath will continue this work with a PhD at UHI, and we look forward to hearing more about this fascinating work as it progresses.
Shake off those April showers! Read the new ScARF newsletter to stay up to date with our ongoing projects and meet our new team member. We also have an exciting announcement about the future of ScARF! Click here to read.
Visiting Pobull Fhinn stone circles as part of the SIRFA Western Isles symposium (ScARF)
ScARF is pleased to be able to share a much loved resource focussing on West Central Scotland. Exploring Our Past: Essays on the Local History and Archaeology of West Central Scotland, published by Glasgow Museums in 2015. The book was aimed at anyone with an interest in the local history and prehistory of West Central Scotland.
Slezer’s engraving of 17th century Glasgow from the south (c) Culture and Sport Glasgow (Glasgow Museums)
As part of our new project to develop a Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework, we are excited to offer this fully accessible resource which highlights the significance and research potential of the region throughout history and prehistory, with essays spanning the Neolithic period to modern times.
Our Archaeological Science framework has been expanding recently, including two new case studies on The Medieval Bishops of Whithorn and Dietary Isotope Analysis at Portmahomack which are now available on the ScARF website. Both were written for us by Dr Shirley Curtis-Summers and are the first new science case studies to be added as part of our ongoing project to update the national Archaeological Science Research Framework.
In 2021, Eddie and Scott received ScARF Covid-19 bursaries to support fieldwork contributing to their PhDs. As part of Eddie’s research, a series of post-medieval upland features in Gleann Leac-na-Muidhe, Glencoe were surveyed and excavated. Eddie’s research aims to explore the relationship between shieling practice and other upland seasonal industries in the post-medieval Highlands and Islands and aims to re-evaluate interpretations and narratives around these landscapes. His research will involve a series of case studies across upland Scotland utilising archival research, walkover survey and excavation.
Scott’s research aims to make a comparative study of material culture of Christian conversion in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland. He was able to visit 21 Orcadian sites in three weeks, surveying and recording sites in their landscape as well as noting experiential data such as sounds and impressions of the landscape, producing a huge amount of raw data to form the basis for his research in the coming year.
