The hilltop of Abbey Craig is best-known as the site of the National Wallace Monument, which commemorates the 13th-century Battle of…
Cave archaeology has a long pedigree. Romantic images of our earliest ancestors sheltering in caverns led to many being stripped of their…
Rome changed Britain. New roads opened up this country as never before, creating a captive market — weary travellers. Settlements seeking to…
The Neolithic is being rewritten. New techniques of radiocarbon dating based on Bayesian statistics are allowing a greater precision than ever before…
September is Scottish archaeology month. In celebration we open with two projects delivering spectacular results. The largest excavation ever undertaken in Aberdeen…
Bedlam. It is a word that evokes the casual brutality of early healthcare. It was also a real institution, tending real patients.…
After being a CA reader for many years, it is very exciting to be here, and I hope that you enjoy my…
The time has come, dear readers, for me to bid farewell to Current Archaeology. It has been a fantastic few years working…
Even here at CA, we are not immune to the Royal Wedding fever sweeping the nation. Issue 254 opens with our nod…
This month, our features and news stories highlight just how important advancing technology is for archaeology. Revisiting old sites, old bones, and…