In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
Recent railway improvements entailed large-scale excavations in the outskirts of Alchester, a Claudian fortress evolving into Oxfordshire’s largest Roman town. Published at…
This volume offers the reader a radical view of what prehistoric pits did and the various social layers that made them more…
This is a well-rounded and readable account of research undertaken at Blick Mead, and one that undeniably establishes the site’s importance in…
This volume has been 16 years in the making, its origins being found in a regional research framework seminar in 2002. While…
This is the third and final volume in the New Visions of the Countryside of Roman Britain series, whose geographical scope is…
When the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal took the throne in 669 BC, his empire was at its height. As well as defeating enemies…
The small stone circle that has stood in Liverpool’s Calderstones Park for the past half century is in fact the remains…
This month The History Press is offering a copy of Drawing Somerset’s Past by Victor Ambrus to five lucky competition winners. The History…
In last month’s column, I picked some of my favourite covers from the first hundred issues of Current Archaeology, the years 1967-1986,…
The latest contribution to our understanding of Neolithic lifestyles in the British Isles comes in the form of a wide-ranging book by…