Cave painting is one of the earliest forms of human culture, one of the first outlets of our creativity. But the meaning…
The study of isotopes – chemical signatures preserved in our bones and teeth that shed light on diet and movements during life…
Recent news from post-excavation analysis of the excavations for the A14 Cambridge-to- Huntingdon improvement scheme (see CA 339), which recently won the…
For this month’s ‘Science Notes’, CA’s Deputy Editor Kathryn Krakowka visited the ancient DNA (aDNA) lab at the Natural History Museum in…
In the early days of archaeology, human remains were often treated as an afterthought, deemed unable to tell us much about past…
In the last decade or so we have experienced a revolution in archaeological science, and one of the most exciting aspects of…
With the remarkable potential of isotopic analysis making recent headlines (see p.18), it seems apt to talk a bit more about this…
In this month’s Science Notes, we turn to one of the most immediately recognisable monuments in the world – Stonehenge – examining…
While we have talked a lot about ancient DNA (aDNA) in ‘Science Notes’, it has mainly been in the context of decoding…
In today’s era of ‘fake news’, we haven’t been entirely surprised to see recent headlines claiming new research has proven that radiocarbon…
This month we are doing something a little different, exploring a wider theme rather than a specific technique. A recent public-interest piece…