Dig Diary – Friday, July 25, 2014
Day Ten
Colour in prehistory
We will start with an update on the activities of our very distinguished visitors from Spain.
Professors Mimi Bueno and Rodrigo de Balbin Behrmann are… Read more
Author: Sigurd
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 24, 2014
Day Nine
Too hot? In Orkney?
We must admit it. Many of us have listened to the stories of colleagues who have worked in wonderful sunny countries like Greece or… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Day Eight
Carinated bowl in Structure Fourteen?
Today was pottery day at the Ness, and, oh, what pottery. The prize find came from Hugo’s Structure Fourteen and a location we have mentioned… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Day Seven
A busy day and a hot one
The sun has sizzled down on the Ness from early morning and now, as we prepare to finish off the day,… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 21, 2014
Day Six
Welcoming the Willamettes
Warm welcomes this morning to the students from Willamette University, Oregon, who have joined us for another year with their Professor, Scott Pike.
Scott is… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 18, 2014
Day Five
Hacked, but back . . .
It’s great to be back. Not that we have been anywhere in terms of the archaeology. The work at the Ness has… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 17, 2014
Day Four
The midden baulks are removed in the CMA to the south of Structure One. (📷 ORCA)
Nothing’s going to stop us now . . .
Today at the… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Day Three
First find of the season
Today, Trench T was opened, and in remarkably fast order. One minute it was wrapped in its winter sleep, and the next minute… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Day Two
After the excitement and heavy manual labour of yesterday, Day Two is usually characterised by just heavy manual labour.
The metamorphosis of the Ness from black-shrouded ancient to… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 14, 2014
Day One
And we’re back . . .
Welcome to the Ness of Brodgar for another season of the most fantastic archaeology in Northern Europe. Over the next six weeks,… Read more
3D model of Structure Fourteen
A 3d model of Structure Fourteen, created by Hugo Andersen-Whymark, as it appeared in 2012.… Read more
Ness of Brodgar nominated in British Archaeological Awards
It has been a good week for Orkney’s archaeology. On the same day that the Links of Notland was awarded the “Best Rescue Dig” award at the 2014 Current Archaeology Awards, it was confirmed that… Read more
American Friends of the Ness of Brodgar charity launched
The cost of running an archaeological excavation is considerable.
The Ness of Brodgar, for example, costs in the region of £2,000 per day — a fact that has meant that… Read more
Orkney’s archaeology – The Economist article
The ongoing excavations – and the cost – on the Ness of Brodgar feature in an interesting article on Orkney’s archaeology, from The Economist.
Click here to read.… Read more
Dig Diary — Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Day Twenty-Eight
Thank you and goodbye
Sorry, folks. The end is not nigh — it has arrived.
This is the last diary for the 2013 excavation season at the Ness… Read more
