Artefacts

Worked and Incised Bone
Two large worked bones from the Ness. Top: Structure Ten. Bottom: Trench X. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Worked bone is something ...
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Spatulate Stone Tools at the Ness of Brodgar
One of the 80 plus stone spatulate tools recovered from the Ness to date (📷 ORCA) The spatulate stone tools ...
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Three examples of pumice found at the Ness of Brodgar. (Sigurd Towrie)
Three examples of pumice found at the Ness of Brodgar. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) While it might not be among the ...
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Ness carved stone ball
With replicas of the carved stone bone from Structure Ten going on sale online today, Ness of Brodgar excavation director ...
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A 3d photogrammetry model, by Hugo Anderson-Whymark, of the carved stone ball found at the Ness of Brodgar excavation site, ...
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Evidence of textile use at the Ness of Brodgar
We can confirm today that we have evidence of a woven Neolithic textile at the Ness of Brodgar - only ...
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With Travis, it is not enough to find just one piece of pitchstone – within hours of finding the rather ...
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Another flake of Arran pitchstone has turned up during the analysis of soil samples from Structure Eight. Pitchstone is a ...
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The tiny crescent microlith recovered at the Ness. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark) Three tiny flint tools are the latest evidence of Mesolithic ...
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Four more photographs of the incised stone found in the cell outside Structure Twelve's eastern entrance today. Click on any ...
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The light this morning was slightly better than yesterday, so here's a few more pictures of easily reached sections of ...
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Another difficult stone to photograph - not only because of the light this afternoon but its sheer size. But hopefully ...
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