In the autumn of 2020, the archaeologist Mike Hodder suggested that I focus a column on CA’s coverage of the Black Country…
In the autumn of 2020, the archaeologist Mike Hodder suggested that I focus a column on CA’s coverage of the Black Country…
In my previous column (CA 370), I examined Yorkshire’s prehistoric archaeology. This month, I am moving forward chronologically to explore the Roman,…
There are some places so rich in archaeological remains and so cherished is their history that, in my run of county reviews,…
In the previous two issues, I began on the Wirral coast of Merseyside, before heading inland to Liverpool and Greater Manchester, and…
In the last issue of CA, I explored the archaeology of Merseyside, Liverpool, and Manchester. This month, I head into the surrounding…
I’ve just been to a one-day conference at the LAARC, the Museum of London’s Archaeological Archive and Research Centre in Hackney, on…
This month marks the second University Archaeology Day, following 2017’s successful inaugural event. Charlotte Frearson, Jennifer French, and Andrew Gardner discuss why…
How do you run an experimental Iron Age Farm, or indeed a museum in these days of cuts to the government budget?…
How do we rate the Emperor Trajan? Trajan is something of an in-between emperor, coming after a bad Emperor, Domitian, followed by…
This latest excavation of the CA archive digs into a topic close to my heart: the medieval period. I begin on a…