Dig Diary Extra – a ‘striking piece of fine pottery’ ...Read More Wednesday, July 21, 2021 / Artefacts, Ceramics, ExcavationVideo: ‘Neolithic Carved Stone Balls in context’Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, curator of prehistory (Palaeolithic to Neolithic) at the National Museums of Scotland, and Mark Hall, history officer ...Read More Monday, November 9, 2020 / Artefacts, VideoCarved Stone Balls – experimental archaeology workshop with Chris GeeChris Gee, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, discusses the creation of Neolithic carved stone balls ...Read More Saturday, October 17, 2020 / Artefacts, VideoFocus on finds – multi-hollowed cobblesAll faces of a multi-hollowed cobble tool found in Structure Twelve in 2014. (📷 Hugo Anderson-Whymark) There have been some ...Read More Friday, September 25, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsFocus on finds – haematiteHighly polished haematite nodule from the Ness of Brodgar. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) It was something that had long been suspected ...Read More Friday, September 18, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsStories in Stones – 2020 Orkney Science Festival TalkIn this talk for the 2020 Orkney Science Festival, Professor Mark Edmonds considers some of the stone artefacts from the ...Read More Sunday, September 6, 2020 / Artefacts, Video, VideoFocus on finds – beadsA selection of the stone beads recovered from the Ness. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Although we don't have a huge number ...Read More Monday, August 10, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsFocus on finds – worked boneTwo large worked bones from the Ness. Top: Structure Ten. Bottom: Trench X. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Worked bone is something ...Read More Monday, August 3, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsVideo: Stone spatulate tools from the Ness of BrodgarOne of the 80 plus stone spatulate tools recovered from the Ness to date (📷 ORCA) The spatulate stone tools ...Read More Friday, July 31, 2020 / Artefacts, VideoFocus on finds – pumiceThree examples of pumice found at the Ness of Brodgar. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) While it might not be among the ...Read More Monday, July 20, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsDig director Nick on Neolithic carved stone ballsWith replicas of the carved stone bone from Structure Ten going on sale online today, Ness of Brodgar excavation director ...Read More Friday, June 26, 2020 / Artefacts, Video, VideoNess carved stone ball in 3DA 3d photogrammetry model, by Hugo Anderson-Whymark, of the carved stone ball found at the Ness of Brodgar excavation site, ...Read More Friday, June 26, 2020 / 3D Model, Artefacts‹ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ›