This month’s ‘cover star’ is a medieval cameo that may have been lost by a pilgrim visiting Leiston Abbey in Suffolk. It…
It is a startling thought that (thanks to a quirk of the publishing process) this is the last issue of CA with…
The year is on the turn. As summer slips undeniably into autumn, it is a time of new beginnings, not only thanks…
The early medieval cemetery at Sutton Hoo has a long and complex history. Our cover feature explores how a royal burial ground…
Our cover story examines an unsuspected crypt discovered in a former church during redevelopment work. Although the space was too dangerous to…
To step into Harmondsworth Barn is not just to enter a space so glorious that it was lauded as the ‘cathedral of…
Between 1974 and 1981 a remarkable campaign of excavations in Dublin exposed a swathe of the Viking town. From an archaeological perspective…
Why were Pictish symbols carved into Trusty’s Hill, far to the south of where they usually occur? Investigation of a hillfort towering…
What are borders for? It is a question that has recently gone mainstream. Debate about ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ borders finds a parallel in attempts…
This month CA turns 50 and we are taking the opportunity to celebrate. Alongside the usual array of fascinating archaeological discoveries, we…
How should we study ancient stone monuments? In the past, great ingenuity has been expended on cataloguing them according to ever more intricate typologies.…