Video: In the Heart of Beyond – Hebridean Neolithic and Bronze Age population movements
The recording of September 2022’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar featuring Mairi MacLean.
Category: Neolithic
2022 Ness of Brodgar excavation commended in Scottish Parliament
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament welcoming the successful completion of another excavation season at the Ness of Brodgar.
Programme of geophysics resumes in Rousay, with talk on Friday evening
Programme of geophysics resumes in #Rousay, with talk on Friday evening. #Archaeology #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
Wyre excavation helps provide new insights into Neolithic farming in Scotland
The archaeobotanical assemblage from the Braes of Ha’Breck, on the Orkney island of Wyre, is among those analysed in a new paper published in the journal Antiquity.
Tombs of the Isles launch date for Shapinsay
The rescheduled Shapinsay launch event for the Tombs of the Isles project will take place on Tuesday, September 6.
Link: Designed to enchant – the great dolmens of Neolithic northern Europe
An article from Current Archaeology magazine looking at dolmens – in particular the thoughts of Professor Colin Richards (UHI Archaeology Institute) and Professor Vicki Cummings (University of Central Lancashire).
Link: Wonderful things hiding in plain sight: art at the Ness of Brodgar
A new blog post by Dr Antonia Thomas, on the subject of Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar, is now available on the Ola Gorie website.
Summer exhibition to focus on the people of the Ness of Brodgar
Running alongside this year’s excavation at the Ness of Brodgar is an exhibition of artefacts from the site in the Maeshowe visitor centre, Stenness.
Explore Vinquoy (and more) as part of Tombs of the Isles project
3d models created by Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark as part of the ongoing Tombs of the Isles project are now available to view.
Ness of Brodgar pre-excavation talk in Orkney Theatre this week
Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) is hosting a pre-dig talk by Ness of Brodgar director Nick Card on Thursday, June 16.
Stone circle paper awarded Antiquity prize for outstanding work in archaeology
An academic paper co-authored by Professor Colin Richards of the UHI Archaeology Institute is the winner of the 2022 Ben Cullen Prize
Video: Connections across Britain and Ireland during the age of Stonehenge
Nick Card, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and director of the Ness of Brodgar excavation, was a speaker in a British Museum talk last week on links between Neolithic Orkney and the rest of Britain and Ireland.
Survey images from Neolithic chambered cairn at Westray’s Vere Point
We were out in Westray on Friday as part of the launch of our Tombs of the Isles community project and took the chance to survey a little known Neolithic chambered cairn at Vere Point.
Tomb researchers investigate Neolithic life around the Knap of Howar
Questions regarding Knap of Howar in Papa Westray, Orkney, have resurfaced following the discovery of eroding midden material to the south of the iconic Neolithic structures.
Tombs of the Isles – dates for rescheduled Westray events
The Westray launch events for the Tombs of the Isles community project will take place on Thursday, March 31, and Friday, April 1.
Tombs of the Isles launch tour in Papay this week
The UHI Archaeology Institute Tombs of the Isles community project reaches Eday this week, with launch events on March 3 and 4.
Skara Brae Buddo launches new ‘Orcadian Collections’ feature
The first in a new series of UHI Archaeology Institute articles exploring some of the incredible artefacts that can be found in Orkney’s museums, archives and heritage centres is now available on Orkney.com.
Discussing ancient technology with the children of Eday
Ancient technology sessions with Eday schoolchildren, held during the launch of the Tombs of the Isles launch events, were hailed a great success last week.