I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
In February, Norsemen strode the streets of York once more in the city’s annual Viking Festival. Carly Hilts went along to see…
Between the 7th and 12th centuries, criminals who were put to death in Anglo-Saxon England were often interred not in community graveyards,…
More than 4,500 years ago, a hugely popular cultural phenomenon – today known as the Bell Beaker Complex – captured the prehistoric…
In last month’s ‘great excavations’ mini-series (CA 337), I mentioned the then editor’s suggestion in CA 8 (May 1968) that ‘one of…
Vindolanda, the Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian’s Wall, is known for its treasure trove of well-preserved Roman archaeology, and this…
Perched above Windwick Bay on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, the site known as The Cairns has been under continuous excavation by the Archaeology…
Researchers at the University of Southampton have undertaken the mammoth task of mapping the complex network of merchant trading routes and ports…
A Neolithic causewayed enclosure has been unearthed at Riding Court Farm, near Datchet. Lying within the Middle Thames Valley, a stone’s throw…
Two sites in Stirling are revealing new evidence of the castle and burgh’s inhabitants over the decades, from the medieval period through…
The application of proteomics, or the analysis of proteins, to archaeology is a fairly recent phenomenon – it only became viable thanks…