Prehistoric quernstone is latest evidence of Neolithic settlement site on outskirts of Kirkwall
A huge prehistoric quernstone is the latest evidence of an Early Neolithic settlement on the outskirts of Kirkwall, Orkney.
Category: Neolithic
Potter’s fingerprint discovered on 5,000-year-old Ness of Brodgar sherd
The fingerprint of a potter has been found on a pot sherd from the huge assemblage recovered from the Ness of Brodgar.
Video: Rethinking Scotland’s Neolithic carved stone balls
Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, a senior curator of prehistory at the National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, and a visiting reader at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, presents the most recent research on prehistoric carved stone balls.
Ness of Brodgar interim monograph back in stock
After the first print-run of 1,000 copies sold out in January – just over two months after its release – The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands is available to buy again.
Video: A new set of threads: the production and design of ‘Into the Wildwoods’ and ‘The First Foresters’
Matt Ritchie, an archaeologist with Forestry and Land Scotland, outlines the development and production of the Into the Wildwoods (2020) and The First Foresters (2019) booklets followed by an question-and-answer session.
Researchers suggest Stonehenge’s first stone circle was transplanted from Welsh hillside
Professor Colin Richards, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, is co-author of a new paper proposing that a stone circle in Wales was the source of the first megaliths erected at the site of Stonehenge.
Decorated rock discovered at Orkney’s Bay of Skaill
The Bay of Skaill is renowned for the coastal erosion that plagues it and which, in early January, led to the discovery of a large incised rock on the shoreline.
Ness of Brodgar book a best-seller with second print run under way
Less than two months since its launch, the third volume in the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute research series has almost sold out.
Ness of Brodgar textile among Scotland’s ‘most groundbreaking archaeological discoveries’ of 2020
Evidence of a woven Neolithic textile found during post-excavation work at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s flagship Ness of Brodgar excavation has been named one of Scotland’s “most groundbreaking discoveries of 2020”.
2020 Rhind lectures put Neolithic Scotland in the spotlight
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures are under way and this year the focus is firmly on the Neolithic.
Launch of Ness of Brodgar monograph a ‘proud moment’ for Archaeology Institute
The third volume in the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s research series was officially launched on Wednesday evening.
Neolithic Carved Stone Balls in context: A new find from Sheriffmuir
Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, curator of prehistory (Palaeolithic to Neolithic) at the National Museums of Scotland and visiting reader at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, is joined by Mark Hall, history officer at Perth Museum and Art Gallery, to outline what we know about carved stone balls – focusing on the Sheriffmuir ball, found in 2017.
Introducing the forthcoming Ness of Brodgar book
Nick Card and Anne Mitchell of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute introduce the forthcoming interim monograph, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands.
‘The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands’ – November launch for third volume of UHI Archaeology Institute’s research series
A November release date has been set for the third volume of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s research series.
Co-authored by Archaeology Institute professor, first volume of new Stonehenge tetralogy launched
In 2003, a team of archaeologists from five universities began the first long-term programme of fieldwork focused on Stonehenge in decades.
Neolithic Landscapes of the Dead – new research project beginning in Orkney’s North Isles
Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology has been commissioned by the North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme to undertake the Neolithic Landscapes of the Dead project, exploring the tombs of the isles.