ScARF Project Updates

• Telling Scotland's Story launched

  04 Feb 2013
  

  An accessible graphic novel style booklet has been produced to accompany the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework

• Conference: Woods, Trade and Boats - NWDG Woodland History conference

  11 Sep 2012
  

  Thursday 25th October 2012 in the A K Bell Library, Perth.

• Conference: 10th Anniversary of the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology conference

  07 Sep 2012
  

  9am -4:45pm on the 17th November 2012, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh.

• Conference: STICK thinktank 2012

  31 Aug 2012
  

  The 5th Annual Scottish Transport and Industrial Collections Subject Specialist Network (STICK) conference will be a discussion thinktank held on Saturday 20th October at Riverside Museum, Glasgow. Attendance is £10 (inc tea & coffee).

• Day Seminar: Science and Heritage in Scotland

  30 Aug 2012
  

  5th September 2012, 9am to 5pm at the University of Aberdeen. A one day seminar looking at science's role in understanding and preserving the past.

• Archaeology Scotland: Sponsored Walk!

  24 Aug 2012
  

  Take part in a sponsored walk on the 23rd September 2012 along the River Tyne from Haddington to East Linton to help raise money for the work of Archaeology Scotland.

• Call for Papers: Scottish Theoretical Archaeology Group

  16 Aug 2012
  

  "With/out? The Practice of Theory in Scottish Archaeology", the fifth STAG conference, will take place at the University of Glasgow on Saturday the 6th Ocotober 2012. The call for papers has now been issued.

• Open Day: SERF project on the 19th August.

  13 Aug 2012
  

  The Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot Project (SERF) will be hosting an Open Day of the excavations at Dunning and Leadketty on Sunday the 19th August from 12pm - 4pm. All welcome.

• Conference: Archaeology Across the Border - prehistoric communities in the Tyne-Forth region and beyond

  09 Aug 2012
  

  Royal Society of Edinburgh ,
  Saturday September 29th 2012, 10am-5pm
  Free attendance, booking essential: Email r.j.crellin@ncl.ac.uk

• Conference: Landscape Policy & Implementation in Scotland

  30 Jul 2012
  

  27th and 28th November 2012 at the Concert Hall in Perth, Scotland.

• Call for Posters: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society Anniversary Conference

  30 Jul 2012
  

  To mark its 150th Anniversary the Society will hold a one-day conference on Saturday, 8 September 2012, at Dumfries and Galloway College.
  

• CHAT 2012: The CHAT Olympiad - celebrating 10 years of contemporary and historical archaeology

  25 Jul 2012
  

  Kings Manor (University of York), 16-18 November 2012.

• New Resource: Key archaeology images by Rahtz made available online

  25 Jul 2012
  

  An important collection of archaeological images by photographer-turned-excavator Philip Rahtz is now available online through the University of York's digital library service.

• Call for Papers: Historical Metallurgy Society (HMS) Research in Progress 2012

  24 Jul 2012
  

  Tuesday 6th November - Research Beehive Room 2.21 - Newcastle University

• ScARF project is now on Twitter!

  23 Jul 2012
  

  The ScARF project can now be followed on Twitter with the username @scarfhub

• Conference: "Gardening Time: Reflections on Memory, Monuments and History in Sardinia and Scotland."

  19 Jul 2012
  

  To be held during the 21st - 23rd September, 2012. Magdalene College, Christ's College and McDonald Institute, Cambridge. Early registration now open!

• Call for Papers: 'Tracing the Past' 1st European Iron Age Artefacts Symposium

  17 Jul 2012
  

  The EIAAS is organised by postgraduate students of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester in collaboration with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and will take place in Leicester on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October 2012.

• Call for Papers: Neolithic Studies Group Autumn Meeting 2012

  16 Jul 2012
  

  Entitled "Movement and mobility in the Neolithic", the autumn meeting of the Neolithic Studies Group, to be held at the British Museum on the 5th of November 2012, has now launched a call for papers.

• LOVE Archaeology Issue 2 out now!

  12 Jul 2012
  

  The latest issue of LOVE Archaeology magazine, featuring an article on Open Access written by the ScARF team, is out now!

• ScARF takes part in Day of Archaeology 2012

  05 Jul 2012
  

  The ScARF team, along with around 700 other archaeologists around the world, contributed blog posts to the Day of Archaeology 2012.

• Community Archaeology Geophysics in Dumfries and Galloway

  29 Jun 2012
  

  Volunteer places available for resistance survey at Birrens Roman Fort, Middlebie! Tuesday 3rd - Thursday 5th of July 2012. That's next week so if you are interested get in touch asap using the details below.

• Call for papers: Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference 2013

  29 Jun 2012
  

  "Globalization, immigration, transformation" The 46th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology to be held on January 9th-12th, 2013 in Leicester, England.

• RCAHMS release 'Britain From Above Archive'

  25 Jun 2012
  

  More than 16,000 images from one of the earliest and most significant collections of aerial photography of the UK have been made freely accessible online to the public for the first time at www.britainfromabove.org.uk.

• Call for Papers - Metal 2013: International conference on historic metals conservation

  21 Jun 2012
  

  The next Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Metal Working Group will be held in Edinburgh Scotland from 16th-20th September 2013.

• ScARF website launched

  19 Jun 2012
  

  You can now see and (contribute!) to the newly launched ScARF website at http://www.scottishheritagehub.com

• Call for papers: Routine and Ritual in the Post-medieval Home

  13 Jun 2012
  

  The conference is to be held at Kings Manor, York on the 7th-9th September 2012 and the organisers, The Society for Post Medieval Archaeology, are now seeking papers.

• Call for papers: Archaeology across the Border: Prehistoric Communities in the Tyne-Forth Region and beyond

  06 Jun 2012
  

  Saturday September 29th 2012, 10am-5pm The Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street, Edinburgh

• First Millennia Studies Group Day Seminar - June 26th, 2012

  06 Jun 2012
  

  "Ending and Beginnings: change in the first millennium AD”

• Calling all users of Heritage Data!

  18 May 2012
  

  Do you use heritage data in any way? Why not attend "Accessing information on Scotland’s historic environment – meeting user needs" a day meeting to be held on the 21st June 2012, central Edinburgh, 9.40am – 2.30pm?

• Call for Papers - CRAFT AND PEOPLE - Conference at the British Museum, 1-2 November 2012

  09 May 2012
  

  Sara Strack (University of Leicester), Marion Uckelmann (University of Exeter), Ben Roberts (British Museum) are very pleased to announce that they will be organizing an international conference, to be held at the British Museum on the 1. and 2. November, 2012, on Craft and People – Agents of Skilled Labour in the Archaeological Record.
  

• "From Influence to Translation: Art of the Global Middle Ages" Conference 16-18 May, 2012

  08 May 2012
  

  To be held at the University of Edinburgh, the conference will seek to explore the embodiment of cultural exchange through the art and architecture of the medieval period as well as the methodological shifts that have occurred in the study of this period of wide multi-cultural engagement.

• Historical Metallurgy Society Annual Conference

  03 May 2012
  

  "Not so much Gold, Silver, Bronze - more Copper, Zinc and Brass" A conference on the 6th -7th October 2012 aboard the SS Great Britain, Bristol. This conference will offer an opportunity to explore themes relating to the history and archaeology of all non-ferrous metals and offers of papers are now being accepted.

• Durham University Archaeology Society Conference 2012

  24 Apr 2012
  

  "Whose Past? An Interdisciplinary debate on the repatriation of artefacts and reburial of human remains" - Saturday April 28th 2012 10am-5pm

• 'Prehistoric Social and Cultural Networks through the Tyne-Forth Prehistory Forum'

  16 Apr 2012
  

  The Tyne Forth Prehistory Forum has two upcoming meetings this month, focussing on the nature of prehistoric social and cultural networks in the region.

• Celebrate World Heritage Day at the Antonine Wall!

  13 Apr 2012
  

  The 18th April 2012 is World Heritage Day - why not celebrate the occasion with the 'Shadows of Our Ancestors' event?

• Whose Past?

  12 Mar 2012
  

  Interdisciplinary debate on repatriation and reburial, Durham, April 28th

• Memories of a Generous Scholar

  12 Mar 2012
  

  Day symposium in honour of Alex Morrison, Glasgow University, 2nd May

• ScARF on Twitter!

  12 Mar 2012
  

  You can now follow the ScARF Project Manager on Twitter: @jeffrsanders

• High Morelaggan open day, 14th January

  04 Jan 2012
  

  People, Pottery and the Past: a day of celebration in Arrochar of the High Morelaggan excavations, fun for all, and a book launch!

• Mark Spanjer lecture: Thursday 11th August

  01 Aug 2011
  

  All welcome to a seminar on European archaeology at Edinburgh University.

• Day of Archaeology 2011

  01 Aug 2011
  

  Friday (the 29th) was the Day of Archaeology. Find out what 400 archaeologists get up to on a daily basis!

• Bronze Age Scotland

  28 Apr 2011
  

  As well as the work of the panel, the Rhind lectures this year focus on the Bronze Age!

• ScARF Blog up and running!

  28 Feb 2011
  

  A new blog with news and links about Scottish archaeology and beyond is now available.

• ScARF Annual Report 2009/2010

  15 Jan 2011
  

  The 2nd ScARF Annual Report is available.

• Scotland and Beyond: Early Medieval Carved Stones Conference

  14 Dec 2010
  

  Details of an exciting new conference! March 30-April 2, 2011 University of Edinburgh and National Museums of Scotland

• Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF) Project Blog

  11 Aug 2010
  

  The SERF project is about to start a 5th season - find out what they are doing on their project blog.

• A Lad O’Pairts: conference in memory of Ian Shepherd

  22 Jun 2010
  

  A day conference will be held on Saturday 11th December in memory of Ian Shepherd to celebrate the wide contriction he made to Scottish archaeology
  

• Upcoming ceramic conference

  18 May 2010
  

  A conference is being held at Glasgow University on July 1st and 2nd entitled "Ceramic views of Scotland and northern England from the Neolithic to the 20th century." Details of a very exciting line-up of speakers, and how to register is now available.

• Neolithic Workshop summary

  11 Nov 2009
  

  A workshop to discuss the work of the ScARF Neolithic panel took place over the summer at Glasgow University. A brief summary of what was discussed is now available.

• Marine & Maritime workshop

  02 Nov 2009
  

  The Marine & Maritime panel recently held a workshop at the National Trust for Scotland offices. A summary of the discussion will be posted on the webpages soon.

• ScARF Forum Open for Comment

  
  

  If you have any area of archaeological research that you would like to highlight, or any research questions that you think important, use the ScARF forum to flag it up. Feel free to add new discussion threads and we can start generating some interesting debate.

• The Neolithic Panel needs you!

  
  

  The themes that the Neolithic panel are discussing have been set out along with a proforma for you to complete with your own ideas and suggestions for Neolithic research.

• Give us Your Views on the Scottish Iron Age

  
  

  The Iron Age Panel is up and running, let us know what you think they should be discussing!

• ScARF Annual Report 2008/09

  
  

  ScARF's first Annual Report is now available.

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