Category: Post-excavation
“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…
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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.
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Red deer skull excavated at the Bay of Skaill, Orkney, in 2021. The skull and antler (the second antler had been recovered by a member of the public previously) lay…
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Red deer deposition at the Ness of Brodgar and beyond...
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One of the ways we can best progress work on the Ness of Brodgar is via student research, particularly at postgraduate level.
If we can at least cover…
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An image of the latest Ness of Brodgar fingerprints captured using Reflectance Transformation Imaging. (Jan Blatchford)The latest prehistoric fingerprints on a pottery fragment from the Ness of Brodgar belonged to…
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Examination of a fourth fingerprint found on pottery sherds from the Ness of Brodgar suggests it was left by an adult male.The analysis by Professor Kent Fowler, the director of…
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In April we shared the exciting news that the fingerprint of a Neolithic potter was found on a ceramic sherd recovered from Trench X.
We can now tell you that…
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A link to a new article, Connecting the Edges: The Call of the Wild, by Kath Page, a postgraduate MLitt Archaeology Studies student at the UHI Archaeology Institute.
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The Neolithic potter’s fingerprint on a sherd of pottery recovered at the Ness of Brodgar. (📷 Jan Blatchford)In Orkney, around 5,000 years ago, a Neolithic potter sat down and began…
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One very crucial aspect of post-excavation work is the analysis of the stratigraphy and the creation of chronological phases for the site which all this information can be related to.
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Each year the structure supervisors document, in great detail, how each context layer relates to others - adding to the “stratigraphic matrix” for their area.
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Testing out RTI photography on pottery and decorated stone.
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