St Andrews University Archaeological Society

PROFESSOR DEREK HAMILTON, SUERC, University of Glasgow takes us on a journey into the fascinating world of the application of isotope studies in archaeology. In the past 10 years sulfur isotope analysis has become increasingly used to investigate the movements of prehistoric people and animals. Sulfur isotopes preserved in bone and teeth collagen give us Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"

DR ALEX SMITH, Headland Archaeology presents some of the astonishing discoveries made during the UK’s biggest road upgrade. Rich Roman farmsteads, an abandoned medieval village, Bronze Age cemeteries, a number of Neolithic monuments and even mammoths and woolly rhinos are among amazing archaeological discoveries that were uncovered by MOLA-Headland Infrastructure during Highway England’s £1.5bn A14 Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"

DR DAVID PETTS, University of Durham presents findings from nine years of excavations on the site of the early medieval monastery of Lindisfarne, by a team from Durham University and DigVentures. He explores what this new work can tell us about life and death at this important monastic site, and challenge some of the myths Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"

DEREK HALL, University of St Andrews takes us into Medieval Scotland through its pots. Medieval Scotland always looked towards Continental Europe for its trade and contact and this is probably best ex­pressed in William Wallace’s ‘Lubeck letter’ of 1297 after his victory over the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge telling everyone that Scotland Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"