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Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old fingerprint April 24, 2021 at 8:00 am An image of the fingerprint captured using Reflectance Transformation Imaging this week. (Jan Blatchford) An Orkney potter’s fingerprint dating back 5,000 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists. It is the latest startling discovery made at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute’s flagship Ness of Brodgar excavation, where a complex of monumental buildings in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site has been under investigation since 2006. The potter’s fingerprint was...

Ness of Brodgar: Fingerprint from 5,000 years ago discovered in Orkney Updated: April 23, 2021, 11:40 am © Supplied by Jan Blatchford Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A fingerprint left by a potter 5,000 years ago has been found at Ness of Brodgar in Orkney. The discovery was made at the archaeology site, where experts have been excavating for a number of years. It is the first fingerprint to be found there. The anc...