Over recent years a considerable body of work, notably in sub-Saharan Africa, has drawn increasing attention to the social significance of ceramic technology. Pot shapes and decorative motifs, being highly…

The Orkney-based poet, Lydia Harris, has recently been working on a series of poems inspired by the Grooved Ware she recently encountered at the Tracing the Lines exhibition at the…

This weekend Mike and Claire Copper will be demonstrating the making and firing of prehistoric pottery at the Woodlands Archaeology festival at Ogden Water Country Park. The weather forecast is…

This weekend saw the opening of Tracing the Lines: Pots and People in the Late Neolithic at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. Coordinated by Mike and Claire Copper, this free exhibition…

Like polar bears hibernating in their snowy dens throughout the winter the Tracing the Lines team have spent most of the past two months hidden from view in a small…

It’s been a little while since the last post to this blog as this summer has been very busy for the Tracing the Lines team. In particular, a number of…

An important part of any publicly-funded project is to ensure that its findings are made accessible to both specialists and non-specialists alike. As part of the public engagement aspect of Tracing…