Structure Eight: Bearing fruit
Sarah-Jane Haston is a UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student, looking at the charred plant remains from Structure Eight. We have been able to support her with tuition fees as a… Read more
Category: Post-excavation
Orkney Archaeology Society’s 2022 review now available
A summary of last season’s excavation is among the Ness-related articles featured in the new 2022 Orkney Archaeology Society annual review.
The publication looks at archaeological and heritage work undertaken… Read more
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
By Julia Becher
For as long as I can remember, curiosity was my… Read more
Palm print on Structure Ten pottery sherd left by an adult male
“I think we’ve got a palm print.”
Those were the words of our pottery specialist Roy Towers at Ness HQ a few weeks ago.
And he was right.
Detailed Reflectance… Read more
An absence of antler and the riddle of the red deer – part two
Red deer deposition at the Ness of Brodgar and beyond
Part 2: The riddle of the red deer
By Kath Page
The second part of my University of the Highlands… Read more
An absence of antler and the riddle of the red deer – part one
Red deer deposition at the Ness of Brodgar and beyond
Part 1: An absence of antlers
By Kath Page
Anyone researching the Orcadian Neolithic, will at some point invariably end… Read more
Supporting research at the Ness
One of the ways we can best progress work on the Ness of Brodgar is via student research, particularly at postgraduate level.
If we can at least cover the cost… Read more
Latest prehistoric fingerprints belonged to 13-year-old boy
The latest prehistoric fingerprints on a pottery fragment from the Ness of Brodgar belonged to a 13-year-old boy.
Previous 5,000-year-old prints from the Neolithic complex in Orkney were identified as… Read more
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
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
Potter’s fingerprint discovered on 5,000-year-old sherd
In Orkney, around 5,000 years ago, a Neolithic potter sat down and began work. In the process of creating their vessel, the potter pressed a finger into the wet clay… Read more
