Description
In 2020, the main excavations sites in Orkney remained covered but it was still another great year for exploring our prehistory. Articles in this year’s Review include:
– Examining evidence of textiles at the Ness.
– Stone spatula tools from the Ness of Brodgar.
– Norse waterways in the West Mainland.
– The landscape around the Cairns broch.
– Time travel: a manifesto is a new way to look at historical re-enactments.
– The relationship between Orkney’s folklore and its archaeology.
– Stromness Museum’s work decolonising its collection.
– The influence of the Vikings on how contemporary Orcadians view themselves.
– The excavation at John Rae’s Hall of Clestrain.






