Arguably, one of the biggest challenges that continually faces archaeology is accessibility. While that can be interpreted in several different ways, what…
‘The past lies in fragments… one might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or…
Matthew BlakeBAR Publishing, £35ISBN 978-1407316697Review John Blair Early medieval Staffordshire was very important, but its importance must be reconstructed from the slightest…
The site of Yeavering, Northumberland, identified in 1949 and excavated with some precision by Brian Hope-Taylor, remains the most comprehensively excavated great…
They are the biggest relics of their age, and there are more than a hundred of them in Britain, yet because they…
‘This is an archaeological book, I make no pretensions to write history.’ So writes Martin Carver in his wide-ranging new book –…
An exhibition tracing the Vikings through the British Isles has reached the final stop on its two-year tour. Lucia Marchini headed to…
Based on archaeological and fragmentary documentary evidence, the Irish Sea was a significant superhighway during prehistory, right through to the medieval period,…
Keith Ray and Ian Bapty Windgather Press, £29.95 ISBN 978-1905119356 Review George Nash This welcome volume provides the reader with a detailed…
Marking the 75th anniversary of a watershed discovery In May 1939, Suffolk archaeologist Basil Brown made a discovery that would change perceptions…