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 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 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 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 Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
MITFORD LECTURE, NICK CARD This year marks the centenary of the discovery of the original Brodgar stone, a beautifully decorated slab, discovered during ploughing in 1925. We are honoured to Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
ANTOINE RUCHONNET, Addyman Archaeology Lifting the veil of the future has been a concern for humans from the omens of ancient Mesopotamia to computer-generated horoscopes. As a method, Shang divination Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
DR RUSSELL Ó RÍAGÁIN, University of St Andrews, takes a settlement-based approach to the social processes at work in mid-west Scotland between the Early Iron Age and later Middle Ages, Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
DR ANNE CRONE, AOC Archaeology, will be talking about how long-running excavations at Black Loch of Myrton in Dumfries and Galloway have transformed our understanding of Iron Age life. Initially Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
DR SOPHIA ADAMS, British Museum, tells the story of a remarkable find. In December 2021 a metal detectorist reported a possible in-situ deposit of Iron Age metalwork in a field in North Yorkshire. Investigation by Durham University and The British Museum, with support from Historic England, revealed an exceptional discovery. What at first appeared to Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
PROFESSOR TOM DAWSON, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Exactly two hundred years ago, William Daniell published the final part of his eight-volume ‘Voyage Round Great Britain’. He’d started his journey in 1813, and over the course of ten years, created 308 drawings as he travelled the entire coast. More than half of his hand-coloured engravings were Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
TOM ADDYMAN, ADDYMAN ARCHAEOLOGY, SIMPSON & BROWN ARCHITECTS Clestrain Hall was built in the 1760s and was the childhood home of arctic explorer John Rae. It is an exceptional survival of Georgian architecture and is currently being restored for a new future by the John Rae Society. The archaeological team is led by historic buildings Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
MITFORD LECTURE, PROFESSOR MIKE PARKER PEARSON In the last two decades research on Stonehenge has revolutionised our understanding of this iconic stone circle and its builders. Archaeological excavations and a remarkable range of scientific methods have cast light on many new aspects of when, how and why Stonehenge was built. With some of Stonehenge's stones now known Continue reading "https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd"
