Hugo Anderson-Whymark
@hugowhymark.bsky.social
Passion for prehistory! Flint and stone tools | 3D modelling | monuments | flintknapping | all things Orkney. Senior Curator of Prehistory (Palaeolithic to Neolithic), National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh | Visiting Associate Professor @ UHI
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
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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
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!
January 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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!
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
January 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
Some objects speak for themselves! This heart shaped facing stone of finest 'Brandon black' flint dates from c.1930. #flintfriday
December 6, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Some objects speak for themselves! This heart shaped facing stone of finest 'Brandon black' flint dates from c.1930. #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
November 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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 behind the Flintknappers Arms, #Brandon, Suffolk, c.1940s. #flintfriday
November 22, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Herbert Edwards knapping gunflints behind the Flintknappers Arms, #Brandon, Suffolk, c.1940s. #flintfriday
An early postcard of a toad discovered in a flint nodule aka the 'toad in the hole'. Found by Charles Dawson in 1898, who went on to excavate Piltdown Man. I'll let you decide if it's genuine! #flintfriday
November 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
An early postcard of a toad discovered in a flint nodule aka the 'toad in the hole'. Found by Charles Dawson in 1898, who went on to excavate Piltdown Man. I'll let you decide if it's genuine! #flintfriday
I came across this huge piece of fossil fish on Westray today - one plate that's bigger than my hand. A piece of Homosteus Milleri perhaps?
January 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I came across this huge piece of fossil fish on Westray today - one plate that's bigger than my hand. A piece of Homosteus Milleri perhaps?
I'd forgotten that I'm the rock art poster boy at Achnabreck. And boy is about right - that photo was taken 13 years ago!
January 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'd forgotten that I'm the rock art poster boy at Achnabreck. And boy is about right - that photo was taken 13 years ago!
A superb week in Orkney. Lots of 3d models to process for the Tombs of the North Isles project. @UHIArchaeology
January 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A superb week in Orkney. Lots of 3d models to process for the Tombs of the North Isles project. @UHIArchaeology
A tomb with a view (and skylight!), Vinquoy Hill, Eday
January 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A tomb with a view (and skylight!), Vinquoy Hill, Eday
Westray today! The fabulous Pierowall Stone, which would have graced an exceptional Late Neolithic tomb
January 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Westray today! The fabulous Pierowall Stone, which would have graced an exceptional Late Neolithic tomb
Kierfea Hill tomb, Rousay today. Stunning views to Hoy (and across the North Isles on the other direction)
January 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Kierfea Hill tomb, Rousay today. Stunning views to Hoy (and across the North Isles on the other direction)
Great to be back at Orkney Museum today. First stop, the fantastic Groatie Hoose, roofed with ballast from Pirate Gow's ship that grounded on the Calf of Eday
January 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Great to be back at Orkney Museum today. First stop, the fantastic Groatie Hoose, roofed with ballast from Pirate Gow's ship that grounded on the Calf of Eday
A fleeting visit to a sleeping @NessofBrodgar.
January 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A fleeting visit to a sleeping @NessofBrodgar.
Just back from the Mendips filming about Tresness Cairn with Vicki Cummings and Alice Roberts for Digging for Britain!
January 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just back from the Mendips filming about Tresness Cairn with Vicki Cummings and Alice Roberts for Digging for Britain!
Well that's a wrap! Digging has finished at Tresness Neolithic Cairn... backfilling tomorrow!
January 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Well that's a wrap! Digging has finished at Tresness Neolithic Cairn... backfilling tomorrow!
January 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I got home from work and thought my daughter had made a wonderful model of a #broch... but she said 'do you like my rocket?' What do you think @TheBrochProject ?
January 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I got home from work and thought my daughter had made a wonderful model of a #broch... but she said 'do you like my rocket?' What do you think @TheBrochProject ?
Power dressing in the Bronze Age (and 1980s)
January 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Power dressing in the Bronze Age (and 1980s)
The amazing Neolithic macehead from Knowth, Bru na Boinne. Several maceheads of this distinctive 'flint' have been found between Ireland and Orkney, but its source is not known. Anyone seen this raw material 'in the field'?
📸 National Museum of Ireland
📸 National Museum of Ireland
January 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The amazing Neolithic macehead from Knowth, Bru na Boinne. Several maceheads of this distinctive 'flint' have been found between Ireland and Orkney, but its source is not known. Anyone seen this raw material 'in the field'?
📸 National Museum of Ireland
📸 National Museum of Ireland
The cat didn't share my excitement about the arrival of the fabulous new @NessofBrodgar monograph!
January 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The cat didn't share my excitement about the arrival of the fabulous new @NessofBrodgar monograph!
This is treasure too. Only the finest 'Brandon Black' gunflints would do for the army, but for the lords and ladies pocket pistols only cut and polished agate would do!
January 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is treasure too. Only the finest 'Brandon Black' gunflints would do for the army, but for the lords and ladies pocket pistols only cut and polished agate would do!
Sometimes the Neolithic curator is allowed to touch the shiny things... like this cracking bit or Roman silver from the Traprain Law Hoard
January 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sometimes the Neolithic curator is allowed to touch the shiny things... like this cracking bit or Roman silver from the Traprain Law Hoard
Spot the microlith... perfectly formed with retouch on each edge but just 5mm long! This is why #Mesolithic sites are sieved! Found in Worcestershire by @robhedge
January 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Spot the microlith... perfectly formed with retouch on each edge but just 5mm long! This is why #Mesolithic sites are sieved! Found in Worcestershire by @robhedge