Illuminating the past and informing the present with ancient DNA Pioneering research in the Francis Crick Institute’s Ancient Genomics Lab is boosting…
In this final column exploring the stories behind Current Archaeology cover images, I am bringing things right up to date by examining…
Four years of excavations at a 5,500-year-old causewayed enclosure have shed vivid light on a Berkshire monument and the landscape’s early Neolithic…
Search the internet for Marguerite Wood (1888-1954) and Margaret Simpson (1906-1994) and you will not find much – an unusual occurrence these…
Following on from last month’s issue, I explore here some more of my favourite covers from issues 201-300 of Current Archaeology, covering…
The Thames Discovery Programme – whose volunteers record the archaeology of the Thames foreshore – has recently celebrated its tenth birthday. Eliott…
Excavations in the historic heart of Oxford have shed light on the city’s origins and development – including uncovering some of its…
Over a decade of research at Britain’s most important Mesolithic site has shed vivid light on life shortly after the end of…
In my last two columns I picked some favourite covers from issues 101-200 (1986-2005) of Current Archaeology. I continue this series in…
What does a spectacular, recently found gold object add to our understanding of Bronze Age artistry, and can it help to solve…
In last month’s column I highlighted some of my favourite covers from issues 101-200 (1986- 2005). Now I pick up where I…