Are you heading out on a dig this season? If so, congratulations! Volunteers are an essential part of the excavation season —…
For students doing an archaeology degree, compulsory field school experience is on the cards. Phoebe Scrivener, archaeology graduate from Sheffield University, tells…
Great Scott! World’s oldest butter There are two ways to write an archaeological news story that are best avoided (but frequently deployed):…
Current Archaeology is pleased to announce the winners of their 2010 awards, presented 27 February 2010, at the British Museum as part…
Stunning new discoveries in Orkney It is an artificial mound the size of five football pitches, formed of monumental stone structures and…
Current Archaeology travels to Orkney to investigate the Ness of Brodgar, a site that is set to revolutionise the way we think…
A routine investigation ahead of gravel quarrying has turned up some exciting results: has the ‘support centre’ for the elite Anglo-Saxon settlement…
Treasure found in river Seeing the headline ‘Treasure found in river’, most Current Archaeology readers would probably think ‘Bronze Age deposition’, but…
This month CA follows the pilgrimage along Hadrian’s Wall to bring you a special issue dedicated to one of Roman Britain’s most…
Listening to tales told by his blacksmith grandfather in the semi-darkness of his fire-lit forge, Alan Garner absorbed the Cheshire folklore that…