‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ in Neolithic OrkneyFollowing on from site director Nick's interview on PBS Newshour in February 2013, the ongoing Ness of Brodgar excavations feature ...Read More Thursday, August 20, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Thursday, August 20, 2015Day Thirty-Four Thanks to the rain . . . Today started with a plague of mayflies — those tiny white ...Read More Thursday, August 20, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Wednesday, August 19, 2015Day Thirty-Three Dressed to impress Those of you with access to even the most incompetent weather forecast will know that, ...Read More Wednesday, August 19, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Tuesday, August 18, 2015Day Thirty-Two And it has been yet another very wet day that prevented any excavation at the Ness – I ...Read More Tuesday, August 18, 2015 / Excavation‘One of the most remarkable decorated stones we’ve ever seen on site’The latest decorated stone from the Ness. (📷 Ole Theonies) Day Thirty-OneMonday, August 17, 2015 On this remarkable, sunny day ...Read More Monday, August 17, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary Extra – Saturday, August 15, 2015More views from above Some more aerial shots from Robert Hansen's quadcopter, taken during his visit to the Ness of ...Read More Saturday, August 15, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Thursday, August 13, 2015Day Twenty-Nine Hot finds on a hot day Apologies for the delay in today’s blog but Thursday night was the ...Read More Thursday, August 13, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Wednesday, August 12, 2015Day Twenty-Eight Fascinated, but perplexed This morning started off with a grand tour of Trench T — that far-off trench, ...Read More Wednesday, August 12, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Tuesday, August 11, 2015Day Twenty-Seven 'It is hard to overstate the importance of this . . .' There are days which just potter ...Read More Tuesday, August 11, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Monday, August 10, 2015Day Twenty-Six The mysteries deepen . . . Here we are at the beginning of week six, with only three ...Read More Monday, August 10, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary – Friday, August 7, 2015Day Twenty-Five A day of great finds! We have ended the week with a bang. No, more like a huge ...Read More Friday, August 7, 2015 / ExcavationDig Diary Extra – Friday, August 7, 2015 ...Read More Friday, August 7, 2015 / Excavation‹ 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 … 63 ›