Hugo Anderson-Whymark

Lithic studies society 2025 conference programme

There's a great range of papers at the upcoming Lithic Studies Society conference on 7/8 November in Leicester. I look forward to catching up with some folk there! Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/lithi... @lithicstudiessoc.bsky.social

Saoirse Higgins and Jonathan Ford – SurvØY, 20 September – 1 November 2025 Reid Gallery SurvØY was developed over four years as a contemporary artist ‘island almanac’, surveying and monitoring scales of change in the context of the island environment of Papa Westray, one of the most nort...

Here are some installation photos of our show currently on at The Reid Gallery - Glasgow School of Art
Even better in real life though, so if you are in Glasgow pop in for a survey of our Papay SurvØY.

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Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy is advertising for a new Chair. Take a look - It's a great role to help shape Scottish archaeology archaeologystrategy.scot/scotlands-ar...

There's a new flintknapping workshop at Kilmartin Museum if you fancy learning an ancient craft www.kilmartin.org/introduction...

Great to see this story - a fantastic site I am proud to have excavated - but slightly confused by slide #5. The 'v' profile ditch shown is the LBA ditch, which was backfilled with the timber laced rampart built on top. It was the 'U' shaped IA ditch that contained saxon finds in its upper fills.

2025 Orkney Archaeology Review published The annual Orkney Archaeology Review, published by Orkney Archaeology Society, has been arriving through members' letterboxes this week.

The annual Orkney Archaeology Review, published by Orkney Archaeology Society, has been dropping through members' letterboxes.
#archaeology #orkney

New paper klaxon: pre print now available OA: muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/arti...

Thanks to everyone at @ria.ie for their work on this, and most importantly to Chantal for collaboration on the paper.

A short 🧵 on what we argue...

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Puzzling but precise – intrigued by impressions on pottery sherds We find fingerprints, cord, basketry and other impressions left in damp pottery while pieces were made in the Neolithic but a new example has left us puzzled and intrigued.

We find fingerprints, cord, basketry and other impressions left in damp pottery while pieces were made in the Neolithic but some new examples have left us puzzled and intrigued.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic #Ceramics #NessOfBrodgar

Hooray! Our paper on kinship in Neolithic Ireland is out. Such a pleasure to write this (and draw fancy maps) with a team of fabulous and inspiring prehistorians: Neil Carlin, Jess Smyth, @cjfrieman.bsky.social, Dani Hofmann, @pennybickle.bsky.social, Kerri Cleary and @prehistorian.bsky.social:

Lovely. They're surprisingly common. I was once offered 3 for £30 each - a bargain but I chose my marriage!

The Early Neolithic of northern Europe @ Sidestone Press In Britain, Ireland and Southern Scandinavia, the Early Neolithic is characterised by monumental constructions (e.g. causewayed enclosures, dolmens) and by specific traditions of depositional practice...

OUT NOW!
The Early Neolithic of Northern Europe: New approaches to migration, movement and social connections. www.sidestone.com/books/the-ea...

#prehistory #monuments #NeolithicScandinavia

Wonderful flintknapping!

The fundraiser to reopen Tomb of the Eagles is at 80%. Can you help get it over the line? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tomb-of-th...

Talk: Further discoveries at Blomuir Passage Grave, Holm By Hugo Anderson Wymark National Museums Scotland In 2023 a new Neolithic passage grave was discovered at Blomuir, Holm. Excavations in 2024 fully excavated the chamber and side cells, revealing fu…

Orkney Archaeology Society's next public talk is an online event with Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, outlining further discoveries at Blomuir Passage Grave, Holm. The talk will be on 20th March, starting at 7pm.

Get your free tickets here,
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Well apparently we've been terribly woke at the museum too...

They look great on a wall (Liz does not agree)

Nice. I have on on my office wall at home. I'm currently in Tenerife and they used round basalt pebbles in their threshing sledges... often seen in restaurants too

A threshing sledge (tribulum) with lovely flint teeth. Still made in parts of Turkey until the 1970s

The Lithic Studies Society is now on Bluesky, for all your stone tool lovers: @lithicstudiessoc.bsky.social #lithics #flint

Collecting Environmental Change: Case Studies from Scotland and Europe This symposium explores how museums are collecting objects that represent the impact of and response to environmental change.

Free one day symposium @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social exploring case studies of Collecting Environmental Change, 13 March. More info and booking here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collecting... 📜 #envhist

I love your illustration!

Digging for Britain do their own models for the show, but I do have some nice high resolution versions I'll release soon

Blomuir Neolithic passage grave, Holm, Orkney, under excavation in 2024

Tonight's the night that Blomuir #Neolithic Passage Grave in #Orkney is on #DiggingForBritain - BBC 2 8pm. Victorian diggers removed enough stone for a house, but still left us some amazing archaeology!

'Digging for Britain' episode featuring Orkney excavations online now - Archaeology Orkney The Digging for Britain programme featuring the Orkney excavations at The Cairns and Blowmuir is now available on BBC iPlayer.

All of the new Digging for Britain episodes have dropped on Iplayer, so you can catch up on new discoveries at Blomuir Passage Grave!

Well, that's my Twitter/X account deleted for good. I've imported my old tweets across as there are a few good images

Digging for Britain promotional flyer, new series from 7 January 2025

I'm looking forward to the new series of Digging for Britain, which starts tomorrow! But you've have to wait until Thursday for news of exciting new discoveries in our Neolithic passage grave at Blomuir, Orkney

A heart shaped flint facing stone, with the words 'renowned Brandon flint' pecked in the surface, c.1930

Some objects speak for themselves! This heart shaped facing stone of finest 'Brandon black' flint dates from c.1930. #flintfriday

And all flint knappers will be jealous of the flint nodule Fred Snare is holding! #flintfriday

Fred Snare's gunflint work c.1910. As the demands for gunflint fell, building flints became an important part of the business - the patterns in this postcard show some of the intricate designs they produced

Herbert Edwards knapping gunflints in Brandon, Suffolk

Herbert Edwards knapping gunflints behind the Flintknappers Arms, #Brandon, Suffolk, c.1940s. #flintfriday