Interpreting evidence of conflict from the Neolithic to the coming of the Romans Interpersonal violence has been a fact of human existence…
In May 2014, Current Archaeology reported on the discovery of a plaque inscribed with the name of an Anglo-Saxon woman, ‘Cudburg’, at…
The construction of the capital’s new railway, Crossrail, through the heart of London resulted in one of the most extensive archaeological programmes…
Current Archaeology Live! 2016 returned to Senate House, London, on 26-27 February, for another entertaining, stimulating, and enjoyable two days! We heard from…
Current Archaeology Live! presents a special conference, in partnership with Durham University: Hadrian’s Wall: 40 Years of Frontier Research 2-4 September 2016,…
This year’s winner of the Book of the Year award is The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland by Marion Dowd Celtic…
This year, the Research Project of the Year award went to Recapturing Berkeley Castle: one trench, 1500 years of English history…
We are delighted to announce that Roberta Gilchrist is the winner of this year’s prestigious Archaeologist of the Year award. Philip…
Within Roman society, highly aromatic resins were important in ritual activity, and sometimes even applied directly to the body at death. But…
The untold story of emigration and object mobility from Roman Britain Britons are traditionally believed to have taken scant advantage of the…
Current Archaeology normally features dirt archaeology, but archaeologists today often excavate archives as well – that is to say, they are engaged…