A day of site-wide revelations…
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Day Twenty-Two
Wednesday, August 4, 2011, was a day of revelations in Trench P.
Working in Structure Fourteen it became clear that the… Read more
Author: Sigurd
Reconstruction drawing – Neolithic girl and puppy
The post discusses a reconstruction of a young girl and her dog, based on the finds from the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
A plethora of exquisite polished stone artefacts!
Dig Diary – Monday, August 3, 2020
Day Twenty-One
August 2011 began with a plethora of finds from Structure Eight.
Following the discovery of a “toolkit” a few days before,… Read more
Focus on finds: worked bone
Due to acidic soil, bone preservation is rare, with surviving pieces often in poor condition. Read more
Orcadian woodturner inspired by the Neolithic and the Ness
Here is a link to a conversation Michael Sinclair had last year about his work as a wood turner, and his inspiration from Orkney’s Neolithic.
Michael and Sara have been… Read more
Introducing ceramics 2: The excavation process
By Roy TowersA large sherd of decorated Grooved Ware pottery ready to be lifted. (ORCA)Pottery is remarkable stuff. It may be broken, kicked about, scuffed and generally disrespected, but if… Read more
‘The most incredible piece of Neolithic decoration found on site’
Seven years ago today was a day to remember. It was the day that the most incredible piece of Neolithic decoration found on site to date emerged from the interior of Structure Ten. Read more
Video: Stone spatulate tools from the Ness of Brodgar
Archaeology Institute UHI graduate Gary Lloyd was awarded a Carnegie Vacation Scholarship to complete the research, which focused on the spoon-like artefacts, of which over 80 have been found to date. Read more
The first suggestion of Iron Age remodelling of Trench T mound
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 30, 2020
Day Nineteen
July 30, 2012, saw some intense thinking about the site by site director Nick.
Building on the detailed stratigraphic… Read more
From the Art Hut – the weather is part of the team…
By Karen Wallis
This watercolour of incoming clouds represents my love affair with Orkney skies, together with weather, as a constant feature of the excavations.
On my first day as… Read more
Astonished by the scale of the trench-spanning mega-drain
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Day Eighteen
We kick of proceedings today in Structure Eight, which has revealed much in the way of finds –… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – week fifteen
It’s Wednesday again, so time for another selection of photographs from dig director Nick Card.
Click on any image for a larger version.… Read more
The ‘Brodgar Boy’ emerges … but what was it?
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Day Seventeen
On this day in 2011, the “Brodgar Boy” emerged from Structure Fourteen.
The small clay “figurine” was… Read more
Reconstruction drawings – moving beyond the brownish green
Cecily Webster highlights the complexities of producing historically accurate reconstruction drawings. Read more
