Wildlife Wednesday – week sixteen
Another selection of photographs from the camera of dig director Nick Card. Click on any image for a larger version… Read more
Monthly Archive: August 2020
A day of site-wide revelations…
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Day Twenty-Two
Wednesday, August 4, 2011, was a day of revelations in Trench P.
Working in Structure Fourteen it became clear that the… Read more
Reconstruction drawing – Neolithic girl and puppy
The post discusses a reconstruction of a young girl and her dog, based on the finds from the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
A plethora of exquisite polished stone artefacts!
Dig Diary – Monday, August 3, 2020
Day Twenty-One
August 2011 began with a plethora of finds from Structure Eight.
Following the discovery of a “toolkit” a few days before,… Read more
Focus on finds: worked bone
Due to acidic soil, bone preservation is rare, with surviving pieces often in poor condition. Read more
Orcadian woodturner inspired by the Neolithic and the Ness
Here is a link to a conversation Michael Sinclair had last year about his work as a wood turner, and his inspiration from Orkney’s Neolithic.
Michael and Sara have been… Read more
Introducing ceramics 2: The excavation process
By Roy Towers
A large sherd of decorated Grooved Ware pottery ready to be lifted. (ORCA)
Pottery is remarkable stuff. It may be broken, kicked about, scuffed and generally disrespected,… Read more
