Category: Video
Dig Diary extra: the Ness of Brodgar’s seaweed-eating sheep and the European context
The recording of last Friday’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, looking at the analysis of sheep and deer teeth from the Ness of Brodgar.… Continue reading
Structure Twenty-Seven: A video introduction
A new video introducing the enigmatic Structure Twenty-Seven at the bottom of Trench T.… Continue reading
Ness of Brodgar at Current Archaeology Live!
Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card is one of the speakers at this weekend’s Current Archaeology Live! conference and awards.… Continue reading
The Ness dig – a video introduction
New to the Ness of Brodgar? Wondering what the excavation is all about? Here’s our new seven-minute video summary of the site.… Continue reading
Rhind Lectures 2020: Number 6
All change around 2500/2400 BC? End of the ‘Scottish Neolithic’ and the future of Neolithic studies
The last of this year’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures, in which Dr Alison Sheridan brought together the most up-to-date research to show how Scotland’s early farming communities lived their lives and made sense of the world.… Continue reading
Rhind Lectures 2020: Number 5
‘Not just a load of old balls’: Late Neolithic developments and the creation of a new world order
In this year’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures, Dr Alison Sheridan is bringing together the most up-to-date research to show how Scotland’s early farming communities lived their lives and made sense of the world.… Continue reading
Rhind Lectures 2020: Number 3
An everyday story of country folk?
In this year’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures, Dr Alison Sheridan is bringing together the most up-to-date research to show how Scotland’s early farming communities lived their lives and made sense of the world.… Continue reading
Rhind Lectures 2020: Number 2
The Big Picture and Regional Narratives
In this year’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures, Dr Alison Sheridan is bringing together the most up-to-date research to show how Scotland’s early farming communities lived their lives and made sense of the world.… Continue reading
Rhind Lectures 2020: Number 1
Neolithic Scotland: Changing Perceptions, New Approaches, Plethora of Data, and Contested Narratives
In this year’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures, Dr Alison Sheridan is bringing together the most up-to-date research to show how Scotland’s early farming communities lived their lives and made sense of the world.… Continue reading
Video: Book launch event and talk
After months of hard work, the Ness of Brodgar interim monograph was launched at a special, socially distanced, event in Kirkwall last night.… Continue reading
Video: ‘Neolithic Carved Stone Balls in context’
Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, curator of prehistory (Palaeolithic to Neolithic) at the National Museums of Scotland, and Mark Hall, history officer at Perth Museum and Art Gallery, talk carved stone balls – focusing on the Sheriffmuir ball, found in 2017.… Continue reading
Looking forward to our new book
Nick and Anne introduce our forthcoming interim monograph, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands.
Due for release on November 18, 2020.… Continue reading
Carved Stone Balls – experimental archaeology workshop with Chris Gee
Chris Gee, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, discusses the creation of Neolithic carved stone balls.… Continue reading
Stories in Stones – 2020 Orkney Science Festival Talk
In this talk for the 2020 Orkney Science Festival, Professor Mark Edmonds considers some of the stone artefacts from the Ness – including our carved stone ball – their origins and the story behind them.… Continue reading
The Science of the Ness – 2020 Orkney Science Festival talk
In this talk for the 2020 Orkney Science Festival, site director Nick Card outlines the scientific techniques involved in excavation and post-excavation work and is joined by two colleagues from the Archaeology Institute UHI.… Continue reading
