Pot sherd – before and after…
Hot off the press! A before and after shot of a classic sherd of Neolithic Grooved Ware pot from Structure Twelve.
Picture one (above) shows the sherd emerging and picture… Read more
Category: Ceramics
Coloured pottery at the Ness – new paper published
A new paper - Analysis of coloured Grooved Ware sherds from the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney - has just been published on the scientific analysis of this pot in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Read more
Another sherd of coloured pottery
While Roy Towers our ceramics expert was studying some pot from the later phases of Structure Twelve, he came across another rather fine example of coloured pottery.
This body sherd… Read more
More coloured pottery from the Ness
The remarkable Neolithic ceremonial site at the Ness of Brodgar has a habit of springing surprises on those who work there.
Ceramics specialist Roy Towers from the Archaeology Institute of… Read more
Putting decorated pot, and more, under multiple spotlights!
Testing out RTI photography on pottery and decorated stone. Read more
Uncover the enigma of Grooved Ware at the Orkney Museum
Another not-to-be-missed exhibition featuring material from the Ness is running at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall,
Tracing the Lines: Pots and People in the Late Neolithic is the brainchild of two long-term… Read more
Summer exhibition – pots and people in the Late Neolithic
Another not-to-be-missed exhibition opens this Saturday, May 5, at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall, featuring material from the Ness.
Tracing the Lines: Pots and People in the Late Neolithic is the… Read more
