Neolithic Orkney was a prehistoric powerhouse whose cultural influence spread across Britain and Ireland. What happened after these glory days, though? The…
Amazing! For the first time, Ice Age cave art has been found in Britain. Countless people have visited Creswell Crags on the…
Rarely does an archaeological discovery change accepted history. The traditional story of the Roman invasion of Britain usually has Vespasian, later the…
What are the outstanding achievements in British archaeology? The British Archaeological Awards set out every two years to survey the field of…
How should we look after our historic towns? At Lincoln, English Heritage has been sponsoring a new way of assessing them, a…
This issue marks the opening of the 17th volume of Current Archaeology, so it is time for a new look, and a…
More Iron Age gold has been found in north-west Norfolk. Our lead story this issue comes from my own site at Sedgeford.…
Iron Age warriors are in the news again, and three sites in quite different regions of Britain allow us to compare and…
We start this issue with a spectacular new discovery: an Anglo-Saxon royal burial fit to compare with Sutton Hoo. Though the body…
Have the Treasure Hunters won? For the past generation, treasure hunters have been the bête noire of archaeologists, yet suddenly, everything seems…