Wednesday wildlife – avian encounters
Another selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Author: Sigurd
Prehistoric pottery use – the path to and start of a PhD
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
Albert Einstein
Professor Oliver Craig and Julia Becher at Skara Brae in August 2021.
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Wednesday wildlife – a curious owl
This week’s photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Neolithic Orkney links from the Current Archaeology archive
Three articles from the archives of Current Archaeology magazine are now available online:
The Ness of Brodgar: uncovering Orkney’s Neolithic heart (2017)
A tale of two Neolithics? Investigating the evolution… Read more
Summer exhibition puts The Cairns excavation in the spotlight
The Stromness Museum’s summer exhibition opens today, Saturday, and puts the ongoing excavation at The Cairns, South Ronaldsay, firmly in the spotlight.
The Cairns: Living in the Landscape, the… Read more
Structure Fourteen – updated and expanded
Our fully revised entry for Structure Fourteen is now available in the “structures” section.… Read more
Palm print on Structure Ten pottery sherd left by an adult male
A 5000-year-old male palm print was discovered on a pottery sherd at the Ness of Brodgar. The artefact was analysed using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and it was concluded that the print most likely belonged to a man around 22 years old. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – bird calls
Wednesday is upon us again, so here’s a selection of photographs from around the Ness by dig director Nick Card.
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New 3d model of Structure Ten’s decorated foundation deposit
This morning we’re premiering a new 3d model from Archaeology Institute UHI postgraduate student Gary Lloyd.
The model shows the large, elaborately decorated stone unearthed in Structure Ten in 2013.… Read more
Structure One – the heart of the Ness
The updates keep coming and this week we’re focusing on Structure One – the first building found on site over 19 years ago!
The building’s entry in the structures section… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – a rare visitor to Orkney shores
A special guest – a glossy ibis – in among this week’s photographs from site director Nick Card.
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Wednesday wildlife – on land and loch
This week’s selection of pictures from the lens of Ness of Brodgar dig director Nick Card.… Read more
Links: Food at the Ness and exhibition artefacts
A few audio links with a distinctive Ness of Brodgar flavour:
Food of the Isles – an episode looking at the history of food in Orkney, with Anne Mitchell… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – out and about
This week’s selection of wildlife photographs from around the Ness from excavation director Nick Card.… Read more
Structure Eight – the ‘many coloured hall’
With the 2022 season a few months away, we’ve been doing some updates across the site.
Today’s is a complete rewrite of Structure Eight’s page, detailing the latest thoughts on… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – serenity, squabbles and seal
This week’s photographs from around the Ness by site director Nick Card.… Read more
