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SGSAH Earth Scholars 2024
This week we hosted an exciting workshop event with visiting international and Scotland based scholars as part of the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities Earth Scholarship, funded by the British Council Scotland. The Glencoe and Rannoch based workshops were hosted by Dr Michael Given, Prof. Nicki Whitehouse and Prof. Ingrid Mainland (UHI), Lizzie…
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Artefact Handling Workshop
On the 9th February 2024 we hosted the Association of Certified Field Archaeologists (ACFA) at the Molema Building for an artefact handling workshop. The ACFA team joined Arianna Magyaricsova and myself for an artefact handling session with the finds from our Glencoe 2023 field school at the Summerhouse of MacIain. ACFA members visited our excavation…
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Find Study: Coin Hoard
During our 2023 Glencoe field school an exciting find was uncovered within the ‘summerhouse of MacIain’, a pot containing coins from the 16th and 17th centuries. The pot, containing 36 silver and bronze coins, was discovered by student Lucy Ankers hidden beneath a slab within the grand fireplace. Inside, coins dating from the late 1500s…
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Field School 2023: 17/08/23 – 18/08/23
Today our teams enjoyed their last full day in the field before we begin backfill on the 18th. In the excavation team we worked through the remaining records sheets and completed plan drawings for the entire excavation area. Soil samples were taken for micromorphology and phytolith Analysis. We also welcomed a visit by ACFA members…
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Field School 2023: 15/08/23
Today our dig team continued excavation in the structure in Gleann Leac-na-Muidhe. Our sondage in the central trench area uncovered evidence of the short occupation span of the structure, with no earlier floor layers lying beneath the slab floor. Meanwhile the survey team investigated the area around Lairig Gartain and Queenshouse, and our digital team…
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Field School 2023: 10/08/23
Today our teams continued their work across the Glencoe landscape! At the excavation site the team uncovered some exciting deposits within the structure we are investigating perhaps relating to the occupation of the structure. The survey team continued exploring the coffin cairns and structures of Lairig Eildh. Digital Team – Kaitlyn Whitsitt We spent today…
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Field School 2023: Inductions
Induction Days: Ellie Brown On arriving in Glencoe we went straight to the excavation site, where deturfing was already underway on the interior of the structure. After our introduction to the site, we took a walk through the wider landscape, which looked very moody and atmospheric in the mist and the rain. Michael told the…