Who Were Neolithic Orkney’s GROOVED WARE People?

During the Neolithic Orkney's population of farmers and pastoralists, known as the Groove ware people, inhabited extensive village settlements, built huge megalithic complexes and developed monumental funerary architecture. Neolithic Orkney was buzzing with activity, both practical and ceremonial.

In the first part of this two episode series I discuss the main features of Neolithic Orkney's settlements, including those found at the famous sites of Skara Brae and the Ness of Brodgar. In around 2500 BCE these villages were abandoned and, at least in the case of the Ness of Brodgar, a giant feast was held where hundreds of cattle were sacrificed. No-one knows why these people left their settlements, but what's for sure, is that while they were there they certainly left their mark in the landscape.

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✨ IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 Introduction
00:47 The Orkney Archipelago
02:26 The Knap of Howar
02:59 Skara Brae
05:16 The Ness of Brodgar
07:01 Barnhouse Settlement
07:41 The Orkney Venus

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Heart of Neolithic Orkney
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/514/

Historic Environment Scotland
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/

Ness of Brodgar
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk

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Location of Orkney
Main sites on Orkney
Neolithic settlements on Orkney
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney

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Social media page: Skara Brae, credit: Daniel Bordeleau
Ness of Brodgar credit: S Marshall
Structure 10, credit: S Marshall
House 3 at the Barnhouse Settlement, credit: Gaius Cornelius

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Knap of Howar, credit: Drewcorser
Ness of Brodgar, credit: Tine
Westray Wife, credit: Otter

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Grooved ware, credit: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum.
Barnhouse Settlement, credit: Colin Smith

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Knap of Howar
Skara Brae
Skara Brae
Skara Brae dresser
Carved Stone Balls