Not all finds from the Ness are in immaculate condition, as these newly received pictures of a macehead fragment, post-conservation, show. Compare this badly damaged artefact with the condition of the splendid example picture...
We mentioned yesterday that in the closing minutes of the day, an axehead/macehead blank was found in the same area as the spectacular macehead earlier in the day. Here is the object in all its...
It’s been a frantically busy day on site today – but also an incredibly exciting one. We’re busily putting together today’s dig diary and gathering hundreds of photographs from all across the site. We’ll...
Some more images of Ceridwen painstaking excavation of a massive spread of broken pottery at the top of Trench X today.
A strange worked bone, probably the shaft of a polished pin, was found in Structure Eight on July 22, 2019. We say strange because the artefact is very dark in colour and may have...
On July 9, 2019, the tip of a broken flint arrowhead was recovered in the area between Structures Twelve and Twenty-Six. The arrowhead was bi-facially flaked and most intriguing. Because of the break we...
Today’s star find from Trench J. Click any picture for a larger version. All images by Ole Thoenies.
Most of the artefacts you see in the pages of the daily diary are fresh from 5,000 years in the soil and, clearly, don’t look their best. Here is a batch of Neolithic beads...
In a week that saw Structure Eight produce numerous examples of decorated stone, we also received a number of photographs of Ness artefacts that have undergone conservation work by experts on the Scottish mainland....
Wednesday, August 7, 2013, was a special day in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavations. That was the day our only example of a carved stone ball was found at the Ness....
