Launched in 1511, the Mary Rose was intended to be the flagship of King Henry VIII’s fleet. She was a new breed…
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Such were Richard the III’s last words according to Shakespeare – recorded…
University of Leicester archaeologists today (12 September) announced that they may have found the remains of Richard III beneath the choir (also…
In CA 111 Chris Scarre pointed out that the explosion of Thera could be dated to 1626 BC. This may, however, only…
In 1985 I presented a population graph for Britain extending from the Mesolithic to recent times, which was characterised by periodic ups…
When Andrew Selkirk asked me to append some comments to Mike Baillie’s piece on volcanic “events”, it prompted the notion that I…
This cake was made for Dr Johanna Ullrich, a phosphate-analysis specialist, to mark her departure from the University College Dublin School of…
Is this the time to pursue a course in archaeology? The word from the field that reaches the Current Archaeology offices is…
Don Henson, Director of CASPAR (Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology) explains how an innovative new centre at the Institute…
A guide to all the major university archaeology departments in the UK Here we list all the major University departments that specialise…