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This summer marks 80 years since the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered, revolutionising our understanding of the Anglo-Saxon period. The site has just reopened to the public following a £4 million investment. Carly Hilts paid a visit to see how a celebrated story had been presented anew.

Latest Features

Fishy fragment from Chedworth Roman Villa

An artefact excavated from the National Trust’s Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire has been identified as part of a rare fish-shaped glass bottle, following extensive investigations ...
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Beautiful beads and a Bronze Age burial mound revealed at Berk Farm

For the past three seasons, archaeologists have been excavating a Bronze Age burial mound at Berk Farm as part of the Round Mounds of the Isle of Man project. [Image credit: Manx National Heritage] A 4,000-year-old jet necklace comprising over ...
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What’s new at Sutton Hoo?

Excavating the CA archive: Sutton Hoo revisited

In CA 339 (June 2018), I explored the site of Sutton Hoo through past issues of Current Archaeology. Here, I gleefully pay a return visit to this site, a place that is one of the spiritual homes of British archaeology ...
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Norse hall discovered on Rousay

A large Viking-Age hall has been discovered during recent excavations at Skaill Farmstead on the island of Rousay, Orkney. Dating to the 10th-12th centuries AD, the outline of the structure was revealed by a team of archaeologists from the University ...
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Go Digging!

All Digs ¦ Dig for a Day ¦ Roman Digs ¦ Digs Suitable for Children ¦ All Inclusive Digs ¦ Completely Free Digs

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Meillionydd

Meillionydd is a Late Bronze Age / Iron Age double ringwork hilltop enclosure, near Rhiw, on the Llŷn peninsula in northwest Wales. The site has been partially excavated by Bangor University’s School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences from 2010 to 2017. The excavations in the entrance area were finished ...
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Battle Hill

The Battle Hill Prehistoric Landscape Project is the 19th Season of research into Aberdeenshire’s prehistoric settlement patterns and will explore a Neolithic Cairn, a possible Bronze Age Cairn, an Iron Age Hillfort and Early Medieval material. The project is open to students and volunteers over the age of 17, and ...
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Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Research Project has been excavating at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, UK since 1996. In its heyday Bamburgh was the principal Palace-fortress of the early medieval Kings of Northumbria a role for which it has become increasingly famous in recent years through Bernard Cornwell’s Uhtred books and TV series. The excavations ...
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Strata Florida Archaeology Field School

Join Strata Florida for an experience full of history, culture and archaeology! The Strata Florida ...
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Caherconnell Archaeological Field School

Caherconnell Archaeological Field School (CAFS) was set up in 2010 with a vision for providing ...
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Lincoln Archaeological Field School 2019: Exploring Roman and Medieval Lincoln

Based in the heart of a stunning historic city, the Lincoln Archaeological Field School is ...
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PLACE Archaeological Field School

This peaceful part of Dorset’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was home to a bustling ...
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Advice

Think differently: think Archaeology!

This month marks the second University Archaeology Day, following 2017’s successful inaugural event. Charlotte Frearson, Jennifer French, and Andrew Gardner ...
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Is there a future in studying the past?

Is this the time to pursue a course in archaeology? The word from the field that reaches the Current Archaeology ...
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Into the Light – CASPAR at UCL

Don Henson, Director of CASPAR (Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology) explains how an innovative new centre at ...
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University Guide

A guide to all the major university archaeology departments in the UKHere we list all the major University departments that ...
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Distance Learning – Anytime Anywhere

Distance learning can offer a valuable route into archaeological study for those who are unable, or just don't want to, ...
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Want to be a Digger? – Entering the world of commercial archaeology

Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, Head of Communications, Wessex Archaeology offers us his insight and tips on getting onto the earchaeology career ...
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Walk the Timeline

Learn all about the archaeology of Britain from these easy-to-read cyber tours, specially adapted from articles in Current Archaeology.

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500000 BC – Boxgrove

In a gravel pit at Boxgrove, just outside Chichester, the remains of a man have been discovered, half a million ...

2500 BC – The Clava Cairns

Burial chambers of the Neolithic In the Neolithic - the New Stone Age - the older you were, the more ...

1300 BC – The Dover Bronze Age Boat

A large Bronze Age boat has recently been discovered at Dover. Keith Parfitt, of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust, reports ...

200 BC – Castell Henllys

The Celts were warriors, and the most prominent remains of the Iron Age are the great hillforts, surrounded by banks ...

100 BC – The Snettisham Treasure

The great Iron Age hoards discovered at Snettisham in Norfolk form the richest Iron Age treasure ever discovered in this ...

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Current Archaeology LIVE!

Each year Current Archaeology runs an annual conference to showcase the best of archaeology at home and abroad. We have a series of talks given by the country’s leading archaeologists, and we also present the annual Archaeology Awards.

CA Live! 2019

Current Archaeology Live! is an annual two-day conference that tells you all you need to know about the latest discoveries from Britain and abroad. We hear from the foremost archaeological experts on recent finds and ground-breaking research – it is always an entertaining, stimulating and enjoyable event, attended by over 400 people every year. In March 2019, we heard about a wealth of incredible new discoveries – including the fascinating finds from one the UK’s largest ever excavations, archaeological textiles, new evidence from a Viking Age mass grave, and the results of the award-winning Bell Beaker DNA project.

The next event will be held on 28-29 February 2020 – save the date!

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