Getting to the bottom of Structure Five’s central hearth
PhD candidate Sarah-Jane Haston on her experience of excavating Structure Five's central hearth in 2024. Read more
Category: Post-excavation
Counting cattle – Ness paper presented at Oxford conference
Dr Julia Cussans presented a well-received paper on the animal bone assemblage at the Ness at the 44th Association for Environmental Archaeology conference in Oxford. Read more
Specialists discuss post-excavation strategy for pottery assemblage
Our pottery specialists gathered this week to discuss the way forward with the site's huge ceramic assemblage. Read more
Cereal Journey 2 – stable isotope analysis of Ness grain
The second part of an article from Sarah-Jane Haston, who is looking at the charred plant remains from Structure Eight as part of her PhD research. Here she focuses on the isotopic analysis of Ness cereals. Read more
Cereal Journey 1 – radiocarbon dating the grain samples from Structure Eight
The first of the two-part article from Sarah-Jane Haston, who is looking at the charred plant remains from Structure Eight as part of her PhD research. Here she focuses on radiocarbon dating. Read more
Busy times! It’s a veritable research hot-house at the Ness dig HQ
It’s turned into an exceptionally busy week here at Brodgar. Dig HQ is full of ongoing research. And that’s a very good thing. Read more
Link: Gary secures PhD scholarship to continue his research into Neolithic stone tools
Gary Lloyd, a familiar face at the Ness of Brodgar for the past few years, has has won a prestigious PhD scholarship to investigate Neolithic stone tools from Orkney. Read more
Pottery residue analysis earns researcher Royal Archaeological Institute prize for science
PhD candidate Julia Becher, who is analysing lipids on Ness of Brodgar pottery sherds, has been awarded the Royal Archaeological Institute prize for science on the archaeology of Britain and Ireland. Read more
Reconstructing the landscape of Brodgar’s prehistoric communities
UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Sue Dyke updates us on her research project to reconstruct the prehistoric landscape around the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
Animal bone assessment is under way
UHI Archaeology Institute lecturer and freelance archaeozoologist Dr Julia Cussans has begun the not so small task of assessing the animal bone assemblage from the Ness of Brodgar excavation. Read more
Burning issues – analysing the burnt bone from Structure Eight
MRes student Jackson Clark outlines his research on the burnt animal bone assemblage from Structure Eight. Read more
The F-word revisited
An update on project funding from Ness project officer Anne Mitchell. Read more
Wild things? Further research on the prehistory of red deer in Orkney
A joint research project has explored the origin of red deer in Neolithic Orkney. But more questions than answers remain. Read more
Field visit and fuel burning: the ongoing story of Structure Eight
Sarah Jane Haston is coming to the end of the second year of her MRes programme looking at the charred plant remains from Structure Eight. Read more
Palaeoecological investigation of Brodgar’s past landscapes
An update on Sue Dyke's palaeoecological investigations around the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
Ness dig ending in 2024 when focus shifts to post-excavation work
It has been decided that fieldwork at the Ness of Brodgar will end after the 2024 season. However, although on-site excavation will end, the Ness of Brodgar research project continues, analysing all the evidence from the past 20 years. Read more
