Orkney Archaeology Review 2021

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.