Research Assistant
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Biography
Óskar graduated with a BSc in Geography from the University of Iceland in 2004 and BA in Archaeology from the University of Iceland in 2007. During undergraduate study and after graduating he worked for the Institute of Archaeology in Iceland on various excavation and survey projects. He went on to University of Glasgow and graduated with MLitt in Aerial Photography and Geophysical Surveys in Archaeology 2008. Since then he has worked for the Institute of Archaeology in Iceland doing surveys and excavations. He has also worked for the University of Birmingham in Qatar doing extensive field surveys and excavations.
He now works for Dr. Gordon Noble on the The Northern Picts: the Rise and Fall of a ‘Lost’ People of Early Medieval Northern Europe.
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Research Interests
Iron Age to medieval period, remote sensing (aerial and geophysical surveys), 3D visualization and outreach.
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Current Research
From October 2012 I'm a research assistant to Dr. Gordon Noble on the Northern Picts Project. The period from c. AD 400 and until 900 was a time of changes in Scotland and during this period, small-scale tribal societies laid the foundations for the medieval kingdoms. This project aims to track the rise and fall of the Northern Pictish Kingdoms which relatively little is know about but left us with some of the finest workmanships.
The Tarbat Peninsula and the surrounding area has been selected for case study. In co-operation with the Tarbat Discovery Centre a series of field work and historical research will be carried out in order try to shed new light on the Northern Picts.
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