Tag: archaeology
The Cairns Day One 2017
Iron Age leisure time at The Cairns
The Cairns site in South Ronaldsay, Orkney, has its fair share of spectacular pieces, such as the carved whalebone vessel, but it is the small finds that provide a glimpse into the ordinary everyday existence of people during the Iron Age.
Bud(dough) Biscuits kept us going on Art & Archaeology Field Workshop
Pictish cross-slab discovered in Deerness
The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA), with support from Historic Environment Scotland, has completed a delicate rescue mission to recover a rare Pictish carved stone from an eroding cliff face in Orkney’s East Mainland.
The amazing Ness of Brodgar
The sheer scale of the Neolithic archaeology concentrated in one small area, the amazing stonework, the stunning location and of course the incredible artefacts that are continually coming out of the site. Just yesterday the first decorated stone emerged from the ground.
Remembering The Hampshire
Update on recent discovery in Orkney
Two Underground Finds in One Day…
CHAT 2016 conference call for papers closes 17 April
An archaeological window into the Early Bronze Age in Orkney
Professor Colin Richards of the University of Manchester writes about developments at the recently discovered Bronze Age settlement in Orkney.
Finding The Utrecht
Rock Matters: a geological basis for understanding the rock at the Ness of Brodgar
Martha Johnson writes about her research into non-structural and non-tool rocks found at the Ness of Brodgar.
Site evaluation starting at Cata Sand
Archaeological work is planned to evaluate the site at Cata Sand, Sanday, Orkney, in the week commencing 29th February. Preliminary investigation will use a variety of techniques including survey, geophysics, surface collection, auger and test pits.
A splash of colour from the Iron Age
Two tiny beads from The Cairns Iron Age site, South Ronaldsay, Orkney.
The Cairns character – Iron Age face from the broch site?
Every now and then something turns up on an dig that just connects me with a living person from thousands of years ago. “The Cairns character” was unearthed a few years ago and for me, living in South Ronaldsay, it immediately made a connection.
Wrecks of experimental ships discovered in Scapa Flow
Eating out in Skye 8000 years ago
Nut shells found during an archaeological dig in Skye were from the hunter gatherer period more than 8,000 years ago, tests have confirmed.