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Fear of Farming
by Caroline Wickham-Jones I’ve been working in archaeology for over 30 years and I try to tell myself that my chosen profession has not just been a self indulgence, but that it can have relevance to...
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Excavations at Banks Chambered Tomb, South Ronaldsay, Orkney
By Dan Lee (ORCA) A team of archaeologists from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) recently undertook a rescue excavation on a newly discovered Neolithic chambered tomb at Banks, on the...
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Archaeo News Podcast 191 17 May 2011 In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Reindeer teeth hold clues to Neanderthal hunting tactics Costa Rica’s ancient cultures and...
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A henge beneath the water of the Stenness Loch? Time will tell
Survey work in the Loch of Stenness has revealed what could be a massive prehistoric monument lying underwater to the south of the Ring of Brodgar. The underwater “anomaly” has come to light in a...
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Ness of Brodgar house: A donation to Orkney
A property at Stenness has been acquired on behalf of the people of Orkney by an anonymous benefactor. The house and land at Lochview sits beside the main trench of the internationally important...
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10,000 year old Orkney rises from beneath the waves
A map of Orkney 10,000 years ago is beginning to paint a picture of how the islands appeared to the first settlers who arrived there at the end of the last Ice Age. The culmination of a year’s work by...
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Third Neolithic figurine found in Westray excavation
A third Neolithic figurine has been unearthed during ongoing excavations at Links of Noltland on the Scottish island of Westray. The third figurine to be found at Links of Notland. © CROWN COPYRIGHT...
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Neolithic engraved stone discovered at the Ness of Brodgar
Throughout the excavations at the Ness of Brodgar on the Scottish island of Orkney, numerous examples of Neolithic “art” have been uncovered. In fact, by 2010 around 80 “decorated” items had emerged...
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