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
Category: Video
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
Stone spatulate tools from the Ness of Brodgar – research presentation
The spatulate stone tools found at the Ness over the past few years were the subject of a research project in 2019.… Continue reading
Woodlands under the waves…
A talk by Dr Scott Timpany of the Archaeology Institute UHI on prehistoric woodlands preserved within intertidal peats around the coastline of Britain.… Continue reading
The trouble with Cuween: human remains from Neolithic Orkney
Do we have evidence of ritualised violence at Cuween? A video lecture from Dr Rebecca Crozier, well-known in Orkney for her work at the Quanterness Chambered Cairn, released as part of the University of Aberdeen’s Festival of Archaeology.… Continue reading
‘Orkney – The Ness of Brodgar’ – website premiere of 2016 film
A beautiful short film produced by Evan Cobb and Aaron Phillips, from the University of Missouri, during their time at the Ness of Brodgar excavation in 2016.… Continue reading
Diary extra – Around the Ring of Brodgar
It’s a beautiful day in the West Mainland of Orkney. One of those very rare summer days when there’s hardly a breath of wind.… Continue reading
Dig director Nick on Neolithic carved stone balls
With replicas of the carved stone bone from Structure Ten going on sale online today, Ness of Brodgar excavation director Nick Card gives some background to these enigmatic objects.… Continue reading
From the archives – Re-opening Trench P
One from our video archive – work getting under way uncovering and cleaning up Trench P in July 2010.… Continue reading
Video – Ness presentation at Shanghai awards ceremony
In November 2019, the Ness of Brodgar excavation project was selected for a 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Award.
In December, site director Nick Card was flown to Shanghai, courtesy of the forum, to accept the award.… Continue reading
Video – Trench P in 2008
Looking back it’s incredible to see the changes in the site over the past 12 years!
This short video – it was a test, hence the terrible quality – shows work under way in Trench P in July 2008.… Continue reading
Video – Ness flyaround: July 2019
Harking back to the balmy summer days of July 2019. A drone flyaround of the site, with excavation in full swing.… Continue reading
Video – Day Twenty-One: Around the Trenches
A brief snapshot of what was a busy day on site.… Continue reading
