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New Group started in 2003 open to everyone (metal detectorists included). The task is to survey the parish of Lenham with field walking , geophysics and small digs. We hope to survey features in adjacent parishes as well as there is a high level of archaeology in the area which is in need of recording. Please join us if interested
On 12th September the University of Leicester held an extraordinary press conference. They announced … [Read More...]
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Such were Richard the III's last words according to … [Read More...]
In September 2012, archaeologists from the University of Leicester announced a significant … [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...]
Perhaps the biggest disruption in the Hebrides was the advent of the Vikings. But what remained of … [Read More...]
Roman Britain does not just consist of grand buildings. There are also smaller buildings out in the … [Read More...]
Should you make a career in archaeology? The Current Archaeology Career guide has traditionally been … [Read More...]
Environmental archaeology is the study of the long-term relationship between humans and their … [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...]
