Category: Ceramics

Monday, July 31, 2023

Diary Extra – 3d model of complete Grooved Ware pot

A new 3d model from Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin - this one showing the beautiful, and apparently intact Grooved Ware pot found between Structures Twenty-Nine and One on Thursday afternoon. Read more

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Friday, May 13, 2022

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. By… Read more

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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

Ceramics

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Tracing the Lines: Uncovering Grooved Ware Trajectories in Neolithic Scotland

Dr. Mike Copper co-authored a paper analysing the adoption, development, and demise of Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery in Scotland, positing its origins in Orkney around 3160-3090 BC. Read more

Ceramics

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Basketry marks inside a Grooved Ware vessel? Another Ness pottery mystery…

Pottery sherds from Structure Twenty-Six show what appear to be basketry impressions on the interior. Read more

An image of the latest Ness of Brodgar fingerprints captured using Reflectance Transformation Imaging. (Jan Blatchford)

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Monday, October 25, 2021

Latest prehistoric fingerprints belonged to 13-year-old boy

An image of the latest Ness of Brodgar fingerprints captured using Reflectance Transformation Imaging. (Jan Blatchford) The latest prehistoric fingerprints on a pottery fragment from the Ness of Brodgar belonged… Read more

The fourth fingerprint found on clay sherds at the Ness of Brodgar.

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Fourth pottery fingerprint belonged to an adult male

Examination of a fourth fingerprint found on pottery sherds from the Ness of Brodgar suggests it was left by an adult male. The analysis by Professor Kent Fowler, the director… Read more

Ceramics / Excavation

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

A puzzling piece of pottery!

Successfully turned – one of the pottery sherds recovered from outside Structure Twelve’s blocked north-western entrance earlier in the season. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Dig Diary – Day Twenty-EightWednesday, August 4,… Read more

3D Model / Ceramics

Monday, July 26, 2021

New 3D model of Structure Twelve pot sherd’s decorated face

A new week…a new 3D model. On July 19, we shared the model of a huge Grooved Ware pot sherd from outside the blocked-up north-west entrance to Structure Twelve. The… Read more

Artefacts / Ceramics / Excavation

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Dig Diary Extra – a ‘striking piece of fine pottery’

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Analysis suggests two young men left fingerprints on Ness pottery fragment

In April we shared the exciting news that the fingerprint of a Neolithic potter was found on a ceramic sherd recovered from Trench X. We can now tell you that… Read more

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Friday, April 23, 2021

Potter’s fingerprint discovered on 5,000-year-old sherd

The Neolithic potter’s fingerprint on a sherd of pottery recovered at the Ness of Brodgar. (📷 Jan Blatchford) In Orkney, around 5,000 years ago, a Neolithic potter sat down and… Read more

Ceramics

Friday, April 16, 2021

Evidence of fine ceramics at the Ness?

By Roy Towers Many of you will be familiar with the work of Cecily Webster, our eagle-eyed flotation expert, and her assistant, Travis. Their task is to take the buckets… Read more

Evidence of textile use at the Ness of Brodgar

Ceramics / News

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Textile evidence from the Ness among Scotland’s ‘most groundbreaking archaeological discoveries’ of 2020

Evidence of a woven Neolithic textile found during post-excavation work at the Ness has been named one of Scotland’s “most groundbreaking discoveries of 2020”. The Covid pandemic has had… Read more

Trench T Scalloped Rim from the Ness of Brodgar

Ceramics

Friday, December 11, 2020

Scalloped-rim pots from Trench T – an early Christmas present at Ness HQ

By Roy Towers It’s nearly Christmas and many of us will be looking forward to exciting and enigmatic parcels of presents to open. At Ness HQ we have unwrapped an… Read more

Ceramics

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Introducing ceramics 9 – the bridge and the Bronze Age

The last part of our series is rooted in ceramics research but leads down a twisting, and surprising path. We travel from the Bronze Age to Victorian times, meeting along the way an archaeological villain, a naval tragedy, a world-beating iron bridge and a careful and underrated antiquarian. Read more

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