Interpreting evidence of conflict from the Neolithic to the coming of the Romans Interpersonal violence has been a fact of human existence…
This month’s column will head to Northern Ireland, profoundly aware of the sensitivities of this place, its peoples, and its past. Inevitably,…
Illuminating Iron Age hillforts in Wales In CA 388 we asked, ‘what are hillforts for?’, and Toby Driver’s new book Hillforts of…
In my travels around the country on behalf of Current Archaeology, I have never written a column with so many twists and…
Revealing the hard, often brief, lives of pauper apprentices A collaborative project has brought to light the lives of a 19th-century community…
After last month’s column on Cumbria, I now head east into neighbouring Northumberland. Current Archaeology’s coverage of the county is perplexing –…
Exploring the extra-mural settlement of a Hadrian’s Wall fort For the last three years, excavations outside the walls of Birdoswald Roman fort…
After a brief pause for last month’s celebrations surrounding CA 400, I will now return to my ‘county’ theme, this time exploring…
Time Team and the Knights Hospitaller of Halston Hall The Knights Hospitaller were forged in the fury of the Crusades, providing protection,…
MILESTONES OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE To help mark the milestone of Current Archaeology 400, editor Carly asked me to delve into the…
Can social value save archaeology from extinction? As CIfA’s code of conduct states, ‘fuller understanding of the past provided by archaeology is…