Archaeology at UoA
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Official Twitter account for the Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen
Spotting her first MALDI plate! Thanks to @archaeoprotein for offering this wonderful training opportunity to @Sarah_Barakat_ and helping us develop our ZooMS capacity @UoA_Archaeology - and for running our first PALaEoScot samples with us! @ERC_Research @UKRI_News funded
This week #PALaEoScot has been testing this wee rock shelter, hopeful for signs of Scotland’s earliest archaeology. So far just some cracking lithology (literally) and a very friendly dog - but watch this space! 🦴 🦌 🦣 🪨 with @mesodeeside @UKRI_News
Wonderful to be here at the opening of the Edinburgh’s first burgher’s exhibition. Part of the Edinburgh 900 celebrations, the exhibition runs until November at St Giles’ Cathedral and features DNA, facial reconstructions and our isotopic insights! @EdinCulture @HistEnvScot
Congratulations to our newest PhD, Dr Ellie Graham. For her thesis, Ellie tracked erosion and damage to vulnerable coastal sites using drone technology - well done Dr Graham! #climatechange #archaeology #scotland supported by @QUADRATdtp @NERCscience
This week our super Cultural Heritage MSc students led us on a cheekily-titled ‘Shitty Heritage Walk’. Together we explored 19th C public health & urban reform, & were also reminded that the treatment of waste & waste workers reveals a great deal about who we are, then & now💩🚮
Because we could all do with a bit more sunshine right now! 🌞 more on the fascinating vitamin D work from our own @WhatKatieDigs and @Orshi_Cz
What can the hair of a 400-year-old Aberdeen man tell us about our exposure to sunlight over the centuries?
A ceremony to repatriate Tasmanian ancestral remains held in University of Aberdeen collections since the 1850s will take place on 21 March. The University contacted the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre in 2019, which led to a proposal to return the remains of a young man. This was…
More on the unusual fishy bears of PALaEoScot 🐻 🐟 🐻❄️
Did polar bears once roam wild in the Scottish Highlands? Our archaeologists, along with National Museums Scotland, investigated...
Want access to cutting-edge Scottish archaeological research? Hear the latest on the Ness of Brodgar, a Bronze Age hoard, Perth’s lost priory and more at Archaeological Research in Progress online and in Edinburgh on 3 May. Tickets now on sale: bit.ly/ARPConference2… #ARP2025
Join the PALaEoScot project! We are seeking a PhD student to conduct novel ZooMS and sedaDNA studies in Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Scotland! Fully funded research, 36 months, stipend and fees (NB. U.K. domiciled fees only). Closing 13/4/25 findaphd.com/phds/project/f…
Who says Buchan flint is not knappable?! Lovely work from our in-house stone-whisperer Dr Will Mills #flintfriday #experimentalarchaeology #mesolithic #palaeolithic #iceage
Like Late Pleistocene reindeer, we are in the process of migrating - to Bluesky! Find us @ uoa-archaeology.bsky.social
A Pictish spearbutt which may have been used in close combat, a unique 'Celtic' bangle, and a rare shipwreck are just some of Scotland's most amazing archaeological discoveries from 2024 🤩 Dig into our list of finds which range from 4100 BC to the 1980s: digitscotland.com/five-of-scotla…
Calling all archaeology students and ECRs! We're offering a limited number of bursaries for SSASC 25 in Edinburgh. If you're interested in attending, we can help cover the costs! The application deadline is 31st Jan 2025. How to apply: bit.ly/41nBwXY #HESSupported
What a fabulous day! Congrats to all our level 3 students for their amazing Prehistoric Britain fair exhibits!
📢 Scotland calling! Aberdeen’s Global Scholarship programme offers qualifying self-funded international PGT students a £8,000 fee waiver when taking our taught Masters courses (on campus, full time). See: abdn.ac.uk/study/funding/…. Check eligibility here abdn.ac.uk/study/funding/….
