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Two-week excavation planned for the summer of 2006 at Noak Hill, near Romford, at a site where past excavations have uncovered a medieval tile kiln and the partially-disarticulated skeleton of a donkey. On-going, long term Canewdon project recording standing buildings, geophysical surveys and excavation of test pits.
University of Leicester archaeologists today (12 September) announced that they may have found the … [Read More...]
If it seems a stroke of incredible good fortune that ULAS’ trial trenches came down on the very … [Read More...]
Following questions about the validity of using a genetic sample from a modern day relative of … [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...]
Burial chambers of the Neolithic In the Neolithic - the New Stone Age - the older you were, the … [Read More...]
Most Roman towns were sited either over previous towns, or over Roman forts. London was unusual in … [Read More...]
An estimate of how much archaeologists earn was provided in 1999 in a survey of archaeological jobs … [Read More...]
From Chinese bronzes and Ango-Saxon burial goods, to children’s workshops and international … [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...]
