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Dr Emily Gal

@egalarch.bsky.social
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South Uist. Archaeologist at UHI North, West and Hebrides/UHI Archaeology Institute. Archaeology of islands and coasts in prehistory. Sand, weather, and also digital heritage #outerhebridesunearthed www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeology-instit…

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PCA @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today we have a very special #FindsFriday ... a timelapse of the micro-excavation of the Iron Age Norfolk Carnyx Hoard. It’s pretty amazing to see the micro-excavation process and get a glimpse of the carnyx, boar standard and shield bosses as they're revealed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI9L...
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Micro-excavation of the Iron Age Norfolk Carnyx Hoard
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
These look good!
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A busy time for the team, lovely to see this out after a wonderful launch in Barra! Not great at updating with project activity here, facebook/instagram better! linktr.ee/outerhebride...
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outerhebridesunearthed Official: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter | Linktree
Welcome to Outer Hebrides Unearthed: the augmented reality app for archaeological exploration in the Outer Hebrides. Barra | Uist | Harris | Lewis
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Unless they're back again I think this was actually back in April, certainly hasn't looked like this any day this week😭
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Absolutely shocking decision, please sign and share if you studied at Cardiff/used ASSL, or just value libraries. A place I have very fond memories of, and couldn't have got through my degrees without.
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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
‘Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage’ is now out in the wild! You can download an open-access copy (PDF) or read the free digital edition on Manifold uolpress.co.uk/book/explori.... Loved working on this with Eirini Goudarouli, @amsichani.bsky.social & the @uolpress.bsky.social team.
Book cover for Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage in purple, pink and yellow with University of London Press logo and Digital Cultural Heritage series strapline
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 07/05/2026
📰 Pioneering new imaging technique enables archaeologists to reconstruct thousands of years of construction phases at a prehistoric crannog (artificial island) on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Archaeologists reveal wooden secret beneath ancient stone island
The Neolithic island in Loch Bhorgastail appears to be made of stone, but researchers have used new techniques to investigate the site.
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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
👀 Community Heritage Leadership Trainee opportunity with Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social). Application Deadline: 12th May 2026. Full details available at: nextstepinitiative.org.uk/the-communit...
Recruitment poster for the Community Heritage Leadership Trainee Program with the Learning Team at Archaeology Scotland. Application Deadline: 12th May 2026. Full details available at: https://nextstepinitiative.org.uk/the-community-archaeology-leadership-placement/
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CAAInt.bsky.social @caaint.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
New paper! Torbergsen, ET. 2026. Bridging the Gap: Using Mobile Augmented Reality to Reconnect Museum Artifacts at Lofotr #Viking Museum in Norway with Their Original Contexts. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 9(1): 169–183. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/jcaa... @ubiquityopen.bsky.social
Relationship between the AR on the iPad and the real environment. The screen shows the short side of the Viking chieftain’s house and, to the left, part of the smaller Viking house. The simulation is offset by about one metre due to GPS limitations (Photo: Fink R. Juhl).
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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
So delighted to see that this is finally live - it was a joy and an honour to work on this super important project with such an amazing team of researchers!
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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
More must-see www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Digital art helps bring Britain's 'Pompeii' at Whittlesey to life
The installation uses AI to tell the story of a Bronze Age settlement destroyed by a fire.
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Internet Archaeology @intarcheditor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New in IA72:Breathing Life into Archaeological Archives: Crafting Compelling Narratives with 3D Digital Storytelling Jiří Unger, Dalibor Dzurilla, Martin Košťál and Jiří Košta doi.org/10.11141/ia.... #archaeology 🏺 #3D #reconstruction #virtual #storytelling #visualisation #communication
Educational Infographics of Archaeological Sites in the Czech Republic
A collection of six infographic panels, arranged in two rows of three, detailing various archaeological sites and historical periods. Each panel features a title, a timeline (BCE), a map or 3D reconstruction, and descriptive text.
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National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
#HeritageScience PhD opportunity with the University of Highlands & Islands: 🌿 ‘Threatened Archaeological Heritage in Scottish Island Contexts: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies’ ⏰ Deadline: Sunday, April 05, 2026 Register your interest: buff.ly/VraciuP @@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
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Threatened Archaeological Heritage in Scottish Island Contexts: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"...the authors connect the sites to today’s visitors and bring them to life in a colourful way without compromising on the scientific knowledge: archaeological story telling as its best." Uist Unearthed reviewed for the latest @antiquity.ac.uk #NewBookChronicle! @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Professor Niall Sharples is our guest on Friday, Feb 27, for our monthly online research seminar.
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Seminar: Prof Niall Sharples on Bornais and the Norse settlement of the Hebrides
Professor Niall Sharples is our guest on Friday, Feb 27, for our monthly online research seminar.
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It’s been a successful weekend for the UHI Archaeology Institute at the Scottish Student archaeology Society conference (SSACC) conference in Aberdeen.
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Dissertation prizes top off successful student conference in Aberdeen
It’s been a successful weekend for the UHI Archaeology Institute at the Scottish Student archaeology Society conference (SSACC) conference in Aberdeen.
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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A66 Creative Commissions – NOW OPEN for applications! Oxford Cotswold Archaeology are thrilled to announce an open call for two Creative Commissions, each worth up to £9,650, inspired by the archaeological discoveries along the A66! 📅 March 1 2026 🔗 tr.ee/6ArLbX
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Cambridge Archaeological Unit @cambridgearch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
It’s always satisfying to work with good stratigraphy as this section of deposits, representing a sequence where the landscape is dipping into a hollow, from Needingworth Quarry highlights. Understanding this profile provides vital information that helps to unpick the story of a site and landscape.
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The UHI Archaeology Institute is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to record and analyse the human remains from a Pictish/Norse cemetery in Orkney.
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Post-doctoral researcher sought for analysis of Newark cemetery remains
ORCA is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to record and analyse the human remains from a Pictish/Norse cemetery in Orkney.
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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Exquisite data-driven digital storytelling. H/t: @benproctor.co.uk searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com
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Searching for Birds
An interactive story about the birds that capture our curiosity, told through data, visuals and illustrations
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Patrick Gleeson @papgleeson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Come join the Ecologies of Governance team, working with Andy Seaman, Duncan Wright, Rich Madgwick and me on our AHRC project. 30 month Palaeoecology postdoc to work on our five case study landscapes based at QUB - Archaeology at Queen's www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ146/p...
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Palaeoecology Research Fellow (Ecologies of Governance) at Queen's University Belfast
An opportunity for an academic position as a Palaeoecology Research Fellow (Ecologies of Governance) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
aww. he looks like my boy Noodle
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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The strong winds of Storm Bram coincided with high tides, potentially causing coastal erosion. When it’s safe you can help monitor changes by reporting any damage you see. Use Dynamic Coast's new Coastal Erosion Reporter tool at www.DynamicCoast.com Thank you! #stormbram #coastarch #hessupported
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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
New landmark research out today: We've just launched Trowel and Error, the most in-depth look in 25 years at how audiences want to engage with archaeology. The findings are clear: people want human, accessible, story-led archaeology. Read the report here 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/our-work/tro...
Person smiling whilst taking part in a workshopPerson with glasses creating a collage
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Cool MRes alert!
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Fancy playing a locative app-based Avebury game? logaculture.eu/news-events/...
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Avebury - LoGaCulture
Case Studies Case Studies 1 and 2The Avebury World Heritage Site, UK Partners: UOS, BU and NTProject Themes: Ethical Design for Access and Engagement; Creation and Authoring; Transmedia, Tourism, and ...
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 07/11/2025
NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles. #AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵 @northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
Double-sided comb made from bone.
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
thankyou for sharing!
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Bumping this again! Come and work with us in lovely Uist. You will be joining the @uhinwh.bsky.social Archaeology team at cnocsoilleir.org with plenty of travel to Barra and Harris too! #archaeology #digitalheritage #digitalarchaeology
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Yep! In our lovely and v new home cnocsoilleir.org
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Cnoc Soilleir - Home of Ceòlas and UHI North, West & Hebrides
Àite airson ionnsachaidh, ealain agus tachartasan | A space for learning, arts and events
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
#Archaeology job alert!🏺 Excited to share this vacancy for a Project Assistant to support delivery of our new digital heritage interpretation project - Barra and Harris Unearthed. www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac... Based at Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist Please share!
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Staff - Vacancies - Project Assistant
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Thanks Claire! Selected pages of the book can be used to trigger AR media inc models, videos, etc - via the soon to be updated Uist Unearthed app. Important to us that the book 'stands alone' however, so also fully readable without the AR elements.
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
see reply above - soft cover to also be available at a significantly reduced price, and believe the ebook should be too.
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Thanks for sharing Adam, pleased to say there will also be a soft cover version at a much less eyewatering price! 🥳Unsure on release dates for that.
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
wow! beautiful!
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Astrid J. Nyland @arkeostrida.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Fresh off the press - latest from the LAST project: "Under Pressure? Living with Climate Change and Environmental Hazards in the Past and Now" (Open access) link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Thanks to all contributors, and to my great co-editors: Marcel Bradtmöller, Sonja B. Grimm and Noa Lavi!!
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Under Pressure?
This open access book gathers case studies of resilience and coping strategies in hunter-gatherer societies who were confronted with natural hazards
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The UHI Archaeology Institute has added two new “year in industry” undergraduate degrees to our portfolio - the first and only two of their kind in Scotland. Click the link for full details. #archaeology #studyarchaeology #undergraduate #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney
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New ‘year in industry’ archaeology degrees are a first for Scotland
We’re delighted to announce the addition of two new “sandwich” undergraduate degrees to our portfolio - the first and only two of their kind in Scotland.
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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Morning sunshines: Here is a great way for historians, archaeologists, classicists and Egyptologists to do something tangible to help Gazan students in our fields. Only c.2,000£ are missing: We can do this! gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...
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Help Gazan students to complete their university degrees
The war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff...
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Wahey! Congrats Alan, looking forward to seeing you around virtually
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Dr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Looking for some free archaeology inspired fun this summer? Check out these locative games inspired by Avebury @nattrustarch.bsky.social logaculture.eu/news-events/...
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Avebury Adventures: Exploring Avebury through Locative Games - LoGaCulture
25th-26th July 2025, 10am-4pm, Visitor Reception Barn at Avebury Come to Avebury for the launch of a panoply of locative games! Experience history in and around the ancient landscape with games and st...
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Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Who was NG10 and what was the world they lived in? The sister paper to our CAJ paper is now out in Antiquity and the cover image no less! Working on these papers with this group, has been one of the richest academic experiences I have had in my career. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber - Volume 99 Issue 405
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Nice job for someone!
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We are delighted to confirm that another two of our postgraduate students are on the road to a PhD following successful funding applications from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH). #archaeology #research #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
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SGSAH funding sets another two UHI postgraduates on the path to a PhD
We are delighted to confirm that another two of our postgraduate students are on the road to a PhD following successful funding applications from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH).
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers today has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme. #archaeology #research #mesolithic #paleolithic #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
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‘Prehistoric Policies’ research project secures British Academy funding
A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme.
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Cool! Congratulations @archsoundscapes.bsky.social and team
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Great time at #IronAgeDialogues, at the Julian Hodge no less, scene of a few late night essay writing sessions! Had to miss Fri's hillfortfest but glad to catch excellent talks by my @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social colleagues Martin Carruthers and @archaeoholz.bsky.social. Thankyou to all organisers!!
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Nice blog!
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Dr Emily Gal @egalarch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It was nice to meet you!
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Animals & Society in Bronze Age Europe @ansoc-erc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
BRONZE AGE FORUM 2025 Hosted by @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social on 14-16th Nov 2025 Tickets on sale now via bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com Waged Ticket - €60.00 Unwaged/Student Ticket - €20.00 Conference ticketholders will also have the option to attend a reception @nmireland.bsky.social
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bronze age forum 2025
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