Uncovering the hidden human history of a celebrated Scottish island A small team of archaeologists has been undertaking research into the island…
Within the context of burial and ritual, archaeologists have found it near-impossible to understand why mundane objects became the focus for ritual…
Published 500 years after the event took place, this book serves as a quincentenary celebration of the legendary first meeting between Henry…
A specialist grant that helps volunteer and community groups date their finds is encouraging projects to apply to their 2020 funding round…
Isurium Brigantum was a thriving and prosperous Roman town in what is now North Yorkshire, but it has attracted relatively little modern…
Four hundred years ago, the Mayflower carried around 100 would-be colonists across the Atlantic to found Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts. What can…
As we find online resources more necessary than ever, we have put together a selection of options to ensure that you can…
In the previous two issues, I began on the Wirral coast of Merseyside, before heading inland to Liverpool and Greater Manchester, and…
In this month’s ‘Science Notes’, we explore the evolution of the Y chromosome in Neanderthals and Denisovans (an extinct subspecies of humans,…
What should I call my book? As some of you may know, I am spending my retirement, or semi-retirement, on writing what…
A large study, led by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, has mapped the DNA of the Viking world. The results paint…