Orkney Archaeology Society’s 2022 review now available
A summary of last season’s excavation is among the Ness-related articles featured in the new 2022 Orkney Archaeology Society annual review. Read more
Monthly Archive: May 2022
Talking rubbish – midden at the Ness of Brodgar
What is midden and where does it fit into the story of the Ness? Read more
Wednesday wildlife – bonxie attack!
This week’s selection of photographs from dig director Nick Card.
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Updated entry for Structure Ten
Our update to the structures section of the website concludes today, with a fully expanded and revised entry for Structure Ten – the last monumental construction at the Ness of… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – avian encounters
Another selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Prehistoric pottery use – the path to and start of a PhD
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”Albert EinsteinProfessor Oliver Craig and Julia Becher at Skara Brae in August 2021.By Julia BecherFor as… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – a curious owl
This week’s photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Neolithic Orkney links from the Current Archaeology archive
Three articles 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… Read more
Summer exhibition puts The Cairns excavation in the spotlight
The Stromness Museum’s summer exhibition opens today, Saturday, and puts the ongoing excavation at The Cairns, South Ronaldsay, firmly in the spotlight.
The Cairns: Living in the Landscape, the… Read more
Structure Fourteen – updated and expanded
Our fully revised entry for Structure Fourteen is now available in the “structures” section.… Read more
Palm print on Structure Ten pottery sherd left by an adult male
A 5000-year-old male palm print was discovered on a pottery sherd at the Ness of Brodgar. The artefact was analysed using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and it was concluded that the print most likely belonged to a man around 22 years old. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – bird calls
Wednesday is upon us again, so here’s a selection of photographs from around the Ness by dig director Nick Card.
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New 3d model of Structure Ten’s decorated foundation deposit
This morning we’re premiering a new 3d model from Archaeology Institute UHI postgraduate student Gary Lloyd.The model shows the large, elaborately decorated stone unearthed in Structure Ten in 2013.It had… Read more
