In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
In this fascinating book, Bryony Coles charts the history of beavers in Wales, from their earliest evidence dating to the Ice Age…
Written with an evocative turn of phrase and a sharp eye for interesting detail, Citadel of the Saxons is packed full of…
Based on the ‘Our Lincolnshire’ project, this book details the project’s aim of connecting the people of Lincolnshire with the rural heritage…
Caroline Wickham- Jones offers a useful, if at times rather dry, overview of current research on submerged landscapes around the world. The…
Roots of Nationhood is a timely volume that explores questions of heritage and nationhood. The chapters offer perspectives on themes of place,…
An exhibition at Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology brings together artefacts from early excavations at Star Carr, the latest finds from…
In the depths of a Cumbrian wood, intrepid archaeologists have been abseiling down the wall of a Roman quarry to document eroding…
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…
Three long-lost gravestones belonging to one of the most significant collections of Viking Age sculpture in Britain and Ireland have been found…