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Current Archaeology Awards 2010

Current Archaeology Awards 2010

 

Current Archaeology is pleased to announce the winners of their 2010 awards, presented 27 February 2010, at the British Museum as part of the Archaeology 2010 conference.

CA 241

CA 241

 

Current Archaeology travels to Orkney to investigate the Ness of Brodgar, a site that is set to revolutionise the way we think about the island's Neolithic heritage. Sitting within an already known r...

Time Team Season 2010

Time Team Season 2010

The Time Team return to television screens this year on Channel 4, the date is yet to be confirmed, but we will be sure to let you know as soon as we found out!


The Staffordshire Hoard

The Staffordshire Hoard

The largest hoard of Anglo Saxon gold ever found, was discovered this summer by a metal-detectorist in a field in Staffordshire and is set to revolutionise our perceptions of life in the 7th and 8th c...

500,000 BC - Boxgrove

500,000 BC - Boxgrove

The man who died half a million years ago.

In a gravel pit at Boxgrove, just outside Chichester, the remains of a man have been discovered, half a million years old. Only a shin bone and two teeth were...

Mick Aston reveals the secrets of Time Team

Mick Aston reveals the secrets of Time Team

The Time team is Britain's longest running archaeology TV series. Here, Professor Mick Aston, the leader of the Time Team, reveals the secrets behind the programme's success.

 

Visiting the Kingdom of Ife at the British Museum

Visiting the Kingdom of Ife at the British Museum

 

When Nigeria appears on the news, it is too often for internet scams or identity fraud perpetrated on unsuspecting victims thousands of miles away. But the new exhibition at the British Museum brings ...

CWA 38

CWA 38

 

We think of chemical weapons as one of the horrifying features of modern warfare. We might assume that it all started with the First World War. But did it?

Our cover feature investigates the gruesome ...

Turkey: rebuilding Roman Ephesus

Turkey: rebuilding Roman Ephesus

The very first issue looked at one of the largest town in the Roman empire- Ephesus, in Asia Minor, modern Turkey. Here the Austrian Archaeological Institute has been conducting a major campaign of re...

Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum

It is always a little dangerous to revisit old friends. What will they be like? Will you still like them when you have not seen them for a long time? It was with some trepidation that I returned to Ox...

Indefatigable Attenborough

Indefatigable Attenborough

On Monday, 12 October 2009, Sir David Attenborough participated in the Cambridge University Personal-Histories in Archaeology project. I was there, along with a capacity crowd of over 700 guests, to l...

How does Distance Learning Work?

Lynn Bright, of College-on-the-Net, explains how distance learning works.

Five Top Tips for getting your first job in archaeology

Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, Head of Communications, Wessex Archaeology tells us his 5 top tips for getting your first job in archaeology

The Graduate View

Archaeology has always been a vocation that offered little in the way of job security. Now, in the wake of the recession and subsequent collapse in new builds and with about a fifth of the archaeologi...

London 2010

London 2010

26 - 28 February, 2010 at the British Museum

Archaeology 2010 will bring you all the latest news and views from the archaeological world in a two day conference at the British Museum. We're excited to ...

Archaeology Festival 2009

Archaeology Festival 2009

Establishing a tradition, this year's Archaeology Festival provided a venue for lively debate, scenic tours and seasonal snow. A tough act to follow!

Archaeology 2008

Archaeology 2008

 

A major new conference event brought to you by Current Archaeology magazine and the British Museum’s Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure.

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