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Neolithic Orkney links from the Current Archaeology archive

Sunday, May 8, 2022 (8:00 AM)

Three Current Archaeology Ness of Brodgar Coverarticles from the archives of Current Archaeology magazine are now available online:

  • The Ness of Brodgar: uncovering Orkney’s Neolithic heart (2017)
  • A tale of two Neolithics? Investigating the evolution of house societies in Orkney (2016)
  • Sands of Time: domestic rituals at the Links of Noltland (2012)
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