We had a visit from a Historic Scotland Ranger.  She brought in a box full of replica artefacts of things found at Skara Brae.  We had to be archaeologists and look at the items and discuss in groups what we thought the objects were used for and what they were made from.  We worked out that the artefact in this picture was made from bone and would probably have been used as a hook for catching fish.

We looked at all the artefacts and discussed what we thought they might be for and what they might have been made from.

Some of the artefacts we looked at were tools made by the early settlers in Orkney!

The Historic Scotland Ranger brought clay so we could make pots like the ones found at Skara Brae!

We tried to make pots like the ones found in Skara Brae!

Making pots like the early settlers did!