This month’s ‘cover star’ is a medieval cameo that may have been lost by a pilgrim visiting Leiston Abbey in Suffolk. It…
Anthony Emery gives us a privileged look behind closed doors inside the great houses of medieval England, where we see a still-breathtaking…
From prehistory to modern times, CA explores controversy, scandal and success in the archaeological world. We bring you several top notch…
This issue is about taking a fresh look at some old problems. When did Roman Britain end? What was the point of…
The discovery of the past depends extensively on enthusiasts who pursue their vision over many years; two such enthusiasts feature in this…
Radiocarbon dating revolutionised the study of prehistory. Then it was discovered you had to calibrate dates or you could be centuries out.…
Where was Cassivellaunus’s stronghold? Cassivellaunus is the first named character in British history – named by Caesar as leader of the resistance…
When we started the Developer Funded Archaeology Award, a biennial prize to celebrate the best of professional archaeology, we knew it would…
Northern Britain was a military zone in Roman times. There were no towns or villas, but instead a series of army bases…
The Dark Ages, when Christianity was coming to Britain and our country was beginning to take on its present form, was an…
We hear a lot about Vikings in early medieval history books like the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. But when it comes to archaeology, Vikings…