The Ness of Brodgar in Orkney is ‘a site of superlatives’. So write the authors of this absorbing new book about a…
A large study, led by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, has mapped the DNA of the Viking world. The results paint…
New research involving a combination of geophysical mapping, sediment sampling, and the study of place-names has identified a network of waterways that…
Archaeologists at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, have identified the impression of woven cloth preserved on a piece of Neolithic pottery, potentially…
Recent DNA analysis of whalebone artefacts found at The Cairns, Orkney, has shed light on the relationship between these marine mammals and…
Jersey and Guernsey are famous for their prehistoric archaeology, but the smaller Channel Island of Sark is less well known. Since 2004,…
As this year’s dig season at the Ness of Brodgar came to an end, an international team of archaeologists uncovered a surprising…
A large Viking-Age hall has been discovered during recent excavations at Skaill Farmstead on the island of Rousay, Orkney. Dating to the…
The remains of a long-destroyed medieval castle have been unearthed by the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) during a watching brief…
Facial reconstructions have become an increasingly common output of archaeological analysis. From the dark-skinned Cheddar Man (see CA 337) to the battle-scarred…