Category: Post-excavation

Thursday, June 6, 2024

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

Post-excavation

Thursday, May 30, 2024

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

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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

Links / Post-excavation

Monday, May 13, 2024

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

Ceramics / Post-excavation

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

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

Post-excavation

Friday, February 9, 2024

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

Post-excavation

Thursday, January 4, 2024

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

Femur actively burning off excess fat around distal (knee) joint

Post-excavation

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

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

Excavation / Post-excavation

Thursday, August 3, 2023

The F-word revisited

An update on project funding from Ness project officer Anne Mitchell. Read more

Deer cranium/antlers from Moaness, Rousay (Kath Page)

Post-excavation

Friday, May 12, 2023

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

Post-excavation

Thursday, April 13, 2023

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

The path of the Dyke o' Sean - from the Harray loch (left) to the Stenness loch (right). (Sigurd Towrie)

Excavation / Post-excavation

Friday, April 7, 2023

Palaeoecological investigation of Brodgar’s past landscapes

An update on Sue Dyke's palaeoecological investigations around the Ness of Brodgar. Read more

Excavation / Post-excavation

Monday, March 6, 2023

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