Tracing the impact – and the experiences – of the Roman army in Britain A major new exhibition at the British Museum…
In June and July this year, the archaeological organisation CITiZAN (Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network) had two good pieces of news…
An excavation on the edge of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, has uncovered a cluster of intriguing Anglo-Saxon graves, including the rare remains of a…
In June, the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2018 saw Vince Gaffney of the University of Bradford awarded an MBE ‘for services to…
Why bother recording archaeological sites from the very recent past? Mike Nevell and Sarah Cattell explain why a community project investigating the…
The creation of a new town on the eastern side of Plymouth has afforded a rare opportunity to investigate a wide multi-period…
In this latest excavation of the CA archive, I continue to explore some of the ‘great excavations’ reported on over the years…
In a period that is largely defined by the Romans and their written histories, thanks to a relatively poor archaeological record, coinage…
This month marks 50 years since Fishbourne Roman Palace, one of the great archaeological discoveries of the 1960s, opened its doors to…
Four decades on from the extraordinary Anglo-Scandinavian discoveries of the Coppergate excavations in 1976-1981, York Archaeological Trust is running an oral history…
For this month’s contribution to the ‘great excavations’ mini-series, I turn to perhaps the greatest project in medieval archaeology: Wharram Percy. This…