Interpreting evidence of conflict from the Neolithic to the coming of the Romans Interpersonal violence has been a fact of human existence…
Charlotte Golledge’s book takes us on a tour of the burial places of Edinburgh. For each cemetery, she provides a small precis…
In April 2010, a metal-detectorist found a pot containing 52,503 Roman coins near Frome in Somerset. As one of the largest hoards…
It is not easy to describe 400 years of activity stretching from southern England almost to the edge of Scotland, but Denise…
Grave AX at Yeavering remains one of the most-extraordinary discoveries in Anglo-Saxon archaeology. Its occupant lay in a slightly flexed posture, with…
Lithological provenancing has featured heavily in the pages of Current Archaeology recently. In one of last month’s features, we discussed the recent…
A project – led by Dr Elizabeth Craig-Atkins from the University of Sheffield, and Dr Richard Madgwick and Dr Ben Jervis from…
A survey of the area around the site of an Augustinian priory near Harlow, Essex, has uncovered the location of an annual…
New research involving a combination of geophysical mapping, sediment sampling, and the study of place-names has identified a network of waterways that…
Excavations at Wintringham Park, Cambridgeshire, have revealed evidence of ongoing occupation at the site throughout much of the late Iron Age. Located…
Two thousand years ago, the Iron Age inhabitants of a highland broch fled as their home burned around them. The wreckage of…