Focus 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, Featured, 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, ArtefactsEvidence of woven textiles confirmed at the NessWe can confirm today that we have evidence of a woven Neolithic textile at the Ness of Brodgar - only ...Read More Monday, June 1, 2020 / ArtefactsDebitage confirms pitchstone knapping in Structure EightWith Travis, it is not enough to find just one piece of pitchstone – within hours of finding the rather ...Read More Thursday, February 6, 2020 / Artefacts, Excavation, NewsAnother pitchstone fragment from the NessAnother flake of Arran pitchstone has turned up during the analysis of soil samples from Structure Eight. Pitchstone is a ...Read More Wednesday, February 5, 2020 / Artefacts, Excavation, NewsMicroliths add to evidence of Mesolithic activity on the NessThe tiny crescent microlith recovered at the Ness. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark) Three tiny flint tools are the latest evidence of Mesolithic ...Read More Thursday, September 5, 2019 / ArtefactsMore images of today’s incised stoneFour more photographs of the incised stone found in the cell outside Structure Twelve's eastern entrance today. Click on any ...Read More Wednesday, August 14, 2019 / Artefacts, ExcavationIncised flagstone – more picturesThe light this morning was slightly better than yesterday, so here's a few more pictures of easily reached sections of ...Read More Thursday, August 8, 2019 / Artefacts, ExcavationDig Diary Extra – another view of Structure Twelve entrance cell incised stoneAnother difficult stone to photograph - not only because of the light this afternoon but its sheer size. But hopefully ...Read More Wednesday, August 7, 2019 / Artefacts, Excavation‹ 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 ›