This year, events are taking place across the country to celebrate the 1,900th anniversary of the construction of Hadrian’s Wall (the eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that this most-famous Roman landmark has also featured, in some capacity, in every issue of CA since January). This month our cover story…
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We know that Britain experienced tumultuous events during Hadrian’s reign. What we do not know is the order in which they played…
Joe Flatman explores half a century of reports from the past. A selection of articles mentioned by Joe Flatman in this month’s…
This month’s column examines Current Archaeology’s reporting of fieldwork in Hertfordshire and, despite my best efforts, it is entirely devoted to the…
Joe Flatman explores half a century of reports from the past. A selection of articles mentioned by Joe Flatman in this month’s…
Joe Flatman explores half a century of reports from the past. A selection of articles mentioned by Joe Flatman in this month’s…
Hyde900 will once again be putting on their annual community dig on the site of Hyde Abbey, the final resting place of Alfred the Great. Previous digs have uncovered the remains of the church and cloisters in the gardens of willing residents, who live…
Colemore is in the west of the South Downs National Park with…
This is not an ordinary field school – this is a ‘training field…
This month marks the second University Archaeology Day, following 2017’s successful inaugural event. Charlotte Frearson, Jennifer French, and Andrew Gardner discuss why…
Is this the time to pursue a course in archaeology? The word from the field that reaches the Current Archaeology offices is…
Don Henson, Director of CASPAR (Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology) explains how an innovative new centre at the Institute…
A guide to all the major university archaeology departments in the UK Here we list all the major University departments that specialise…
In a gravel pit at Boxgrove, just outside Chichester, the remains of a man have been discovered, half a million years old.…
Burial chambers of the Neolithic In the Neolithic – the New Stone Age – the older you were, the more important you…
A large Bronze Age boat has recently been discovered at Dover. Keith Parfitt, of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust, reports.…
The Celts were warriors, and the most prominent remains of the Iron Age are the great hillforts, surrounded by banks and ditches…
The great Iron Age hoards discovered at Snettisham in Norfolk form the richest Iron Age treasure ever discovered in this country.…
A rich burial dating to within 20 years after the Roman conquest has just been excavated in a gravel quarry at Stanway,…
