The winners of this year’s Current Archaeology Awards were announced on Saturday 28th February as part of Current Archaeology Live! 2026. The…
The latest contribution to our understanding of Neolithic lifestyles in the British Isles comes in the form of a wide-ranging book by…
Almost 30 years ago, the c.4,250-year-old remains of a young woman were discovered in a remote spot at the northern tip of…
In my column on the ‘great excavation’ of Shapwick (CA 345), I included one of my all-time favourite Current Archaeology cover photos,…
How did the kingdoms of early medieval England evolve into a single nation?A new exhibition at the British Library combines artefacts and…
Last month’s ‘great excavation’ explored prehistoric Somerset through the work of John and Bryony Coles along the Sweet Track. In this month’s…
During the Seven Years War, troops from Hesse, near Frankfurt, were stationed in Hampshire to guard against French invasion. Excavation outside Winchester…
We are all familiar with the Classical gods who were imported to these shores with the arrival of the Roman army, but…
In my archival ‘excavation’ of Doggerland (CA 342), I mentioned that it was Bryony Coles who coined the name of this site…
In a research project originally published in Scientific Reports, Dr Christophe Snoeck and researchers from the University of Oxford, the Vrije Universiteit…
In June and July this year, the archaeological organisation CITiZAN (Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network) had two good pieces of news…