By Dr Martha Johnson The majority of Orkney’s rocks are sedimentary, specifically clastic sedimentary rocks. These are formed from the compression of particles – clasts – of eroded rock materials. Orkney’s sedimentary rocks were...
A few more photographs of the wild residents of the Ness from the camera of dig director Nick Card.
A new chidren’s book by US author Antoinette Sarcinella is benefiting the ongoing Ness fundraising campaign. Wolf and Owl Remember takes the reader through a full life circle journey of Native American Kumi, from...
By Roy Towers Ceramics research at the UHI Archaeological Institute is not always about the Ness of Brodgar assemblage. Through ORCA (Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology) we also do commercial archaeology work across Scotland...
By Dr Martha Johnson Archaeology concerns itself with the study of past people and cultures. It involves the examination of the physical remains of these cultures – their materials, objects and structures. Depending on...
The swans of the Stenness and Harray lochs feature in dig director Nick Card’s weekly showcase of the fauna around the Ness of Brodgar excavation site.
National Geographic photojournalist Jim Richardson has published a “storymap” of Neolithic Orkney, giving readers a glimpse into life 5,000 years ago. The storymap – described by Jim as a “marriage of storytelling and fascinating...
By Roy Towers One of the joys of working with ceramics within the UHI Archaeological Institute in Orkney is the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, both within and further afield. This is particularly important...
The Ness of Brodgar features in a forthcoming book on the landscape of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. Landscapes Revealed: Remote Sensing Across the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site...
By Roy Towers We suggested in an earlier part of this mini-series on ceramics that the goal of archaeological endeavour was to understand better the complex, talented peoples of the Neolithic and to unravel...