I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
A recent study has detected a previously unknown ancient clade of the variola virus (VARV) – the causative agent of smallpox –…
A lack of sources regarding the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia has often led to it being overshadowed by other contemporary kingdoms, such…
Neanderthals must be the most-familiar members of our extended family tree. Since the first discoveries of their bones in the 1850s (a…
Charlotte Golledge’s book takes us on a tour of the burial places of Edinburgh. For each cemetery, she provides a small precis…
In April 2010, a metal-detectorist found a pot containing 52,503 Roman coins near Frome in Somerset. As one of the largest hoards…
It is not easy to describe 400 years of activity stretching from southern England almost to the edge of Scotland, but Denise…
Grave AX at Yeavering remains one of the most-extraordinary discoveries in Anglo-Saxon archaeology. Its occupant lay in a slightly flexed posture, with…
Lithological provenancing has featured heavily in the pages of Current Archaeology recently. In one of last month’s features, we discussed the recent…
A project – led by Dr Elizabeth Craig-Atkins from the University of Sheffield, and Dr Richard Madgwick and Dr Ben Jervis from…
A survey of the area around the site of an Augustinian priory near Harlow, Essex, has uncovered the location of an annual…