Britain's favourite archaeology magazine
Lectures on local and national archaeology and history on every Wednesday except the 3rd Wednesday of every month October – April. Annual visits 3 times a year to sites of historic and archaeological interest.
University of Leicester archaeologists have found a 'prime candidate' for the remains of Richard … [Read More...]
Two days after unveiling a reconstruction of the face of Richard III, Leicester experts have now … [Read More...]
A new free exhibition dedicated to the search for Richard III opened today (8 Feb) at Leicester's … [Read More...]
In CA 274, Mick explained how his local research project examining the origins of Winscombe in … [Read More...]
In his new bi-monthly column, Mick Aston guides us through the trials and triumphs of local … [Read More...]
11,000-year-old artefacts from Star Carr, Britain's largest-known Mesolithic settlement, will go on … [Read More...]
This summer the Museum of London will return to Syon Park, Hounslow, with digging opportunities for … [Read More...]
It used to be thought that only high-class houses had survived from the Medieval period. Radiocarbon … [Read More...]
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as … [Read More...]
When did the typical English village begin? That is, when did the outlying farms join together to … [Read More...]
Most Roman towns were sited either over previous towns, or over Roman forts. London was unusual in … [Read More...]
Environmental archaeology provides a landscape context for the archaeological activities on sites. … [Read More...]
There are many areas of the world and periods in the story of the human race to which archaeologists … [Read More...]
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as stock images performing hard manual labour in the margins of illustrated manuscripts. With the squalor they faced memorably lampooned by Monty Python, among others, it has always been assumed that the ramshackle hovels they called home have long … [Read More...]
The past is constantly being re-written. Across the country there are hundreds of excavations going on. It’s back-breaking work in often tough conditions, but the findings are essential for our understanding of our past. Yet who has the time to visit them all and put their findings into context? We do! For 40 years Current Archaeology has been … [Read More...]
Current Archaeology has a sister magazine - Current WORLD Archaeology Current World Archaeology covers the world from the first emergence of man up to yesterday: from Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Near East, to Anatolia, Classical Greece and Rome, as well as Asia and the Far East. Launched in 2003 as the sister magazine to Current Archaeology, we report on … [Read More...]
