Exploring the archaeology of Smallhythe Place Smallhythe Place, a National Trust property in Kent, is home to a picturesque timber-framed house with…
Angevin innovation, or a medieval white elephant? Dover’s massive castle, rising in tiers above the harbour to the crest of the hill…
Secrets of a unique Viking Age collection from south-west Scotland Buried c.AD 900, the Galloway Hoard is thought to be Scotland’s earliest-known…
In mid-April, CA travelled to Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire – our first site visit of 2021! – to catch up with…
This year's Current Archaeology Live! conference ran from 5-7 March, and took place completely online. As we weren't able to facilitate the…
The 1970s were an exciting time for British archaeology, with large-scale open-area excavations in many historic city centres revealing a previously unsuspected…
How do you begin to analyse a corroded mass of almost 70,000 Celtic coins? Neil Mahrer guides us through the painstaking process…
Archaeologists excavating a 15,000-year-old campsite at Les Varines, Jersey, have recovered ten fragments of stone decorated with hundreds of interweaving lines.…
Concluding his two-part exploration of Anglo-Saxon studies in the present day, John Hines considers what the future holds for this field.…
In English history, the years AD 410-1066 are traditionally called the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ period. How far is this an appropriate description, and how…
It was long thought that huge and complex monuments like Mount Pleasant in Dorset had developed over many centuries – but new…