03 March 2022

Reconstructing medieval lifeways from bioarchaeology

Online talk by Dr Shirley Curtis-Summers

Organised by Groam House Museum. Details and tickets from their website. For times, contact the museum. Members/students: £3. Non members: £6. Please note that this lecture was scheduled for December 20 last year but had to be postponed. Tickets purchased for that earlier date will be valid for the March presentation.

Dr Curtis-Summers is lecturer in Archaeological and Forensic Sciences and programme lead for MSc. Human Osteology and Palaeopathology at the University of Bradford. She specialises in human osteology and stable isotope analysis with a particular focus on medieval Scotland. She has studied the Portmahomack skeletal assemblage to reconstruct aspects of past diet, disease and trauma, and most recently has worked with the Cold Case Whithorn team to investigate diet and mobility at early medieval Whithorn.

This talk will focus on key findings from her analysis of the human remains from Portmahomack and reveal insights into the lives of the Pictish and medieval communities at the site.

03 March 2022

Broch to the Future: Rebuilding the Iron Age Broch of Scotland

Talk by Iain Maclean and Ken McElroy of Caithness Broch Project

Organised by History Scotland. Cost £10. Further details and to book from HistoryScotland website