The Ness of Brodgar is probably the most famous excavation, certainly in Britain, if not elsewhere.
This is the Director's (Nick Card) account of the site from some years ago.

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The Ness of Brodgar Excavation

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Nivk Card has been excavating the Ness of Brodgar for a long time. Excavation has stopped for a while as finds are processed and as reports are written anew. This is the description of the site that he wrote several years ago.

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The Ness of Brodgar Excavation

Series Title:- Orkney Riddle 21/27 Blog Title:- The Ness of Brodgar Excavation   Trench P, which includes Structure 10 While, in recent time...

English writer John Aubrey, who died OTD in 1697, was a pioneer archaeologist, who recorded (often for the first time) numerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern #England, especially #Avebury https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/avebury/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
Avebury and its Megaliths

A detailed visit to the great Neolithic stone circle at Avebury, older than Stonehenge. Also the nearby Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, and other tumuli and megaliths.

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Visit, if you dare, the ruins of an eldritch settlement in the archipelago beyond Khitai, dating back to soon after the end of the Hyborian Age. #Jomon #prehistory https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/hakodate/kakinoshima-site/?s=mc
Kakinoshima Site — Prehistory in Hokkaidō

Prehistoric Jōmon culture settlement on the coast of Hokkaidō, occupied 7000–1000 BCE with a large ritual area.

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Deinosuchus facts! The massive dino-eating crocodile!

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Deinosuchus facts! The massive dino-eating crocodile!

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The dating of Skara Brae underlines the difference of development there between structures at or before 3000BC, and those after that date.

After 3000BC the huts are the type of structure that might withstand winter gales in Orkney.

Not so much before.

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Dating Skara Brae

The Orkney Riddle 20/27 Dating Skara Brae   Historic Environment Scotland, Statement Of Significance, Skara Brae  “The excavated remains of ...

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Facts about Titanoboa one of the biggest (if not THE BIGGEST) snakes to ever live!

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Facts about Titanoboa one of the biggest (if not THE BIGGEST) snakes to ever live!

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