Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card is one of the speakers at this weekend’s Current Archaeology Live! conference and awards. The annual conference, which is taking place online this year, brings together...
New to the Ness of Brodgar? Wondering what the excavation is all about? Here’s our new seven-minute video summary of the site.
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
After months of hard work, the Ness of Brodgar interim monograph was launched at a special, socially distanced, event in Kirkwall last night. Discovered in 2003, excavation at the Neolithic complex began in...
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...
Nick and Anne introduce our forthcoming interim monograph, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands. Due for release on November 18, 2020.
Chris Gee, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, discusses the creation of Neolithic carved stone balls. This video was made during the Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH)...
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...