With construction work continuing during the lockdown, the York Archaeological Trust (YAT) has remained busy. Since last September, they have been excavating…
This report is about one of the most important Viking sites in England – one that remains shrouded in some confusion and…
Ailsa Mainman’s Anglian York encapsulates the allure and the frustration of researching this period in the city. Following the near silence of…
In the early days of archaeology, human remains were often treated as an afterthought, deemed unable to tell us much about past…
Excavations in the north and south continue to reveal evidence of how Romans buried their dead. Lucia Marchini explores two exhibitions in…
Even a brand new town can hold ancient secrets. That is certainly the case at Sherford, currently under construction outside Plymouth, where…
In this latest excavation of the CA archive, I continue to explore some of the ‘great excavations’ reported on over the years…
Four decades on from the extraordinary Anglo-Scandinavian discoveries of the Coppergate excavations in 1976-1981, York Archaeological Trust is running an oral history…
In the recent hot weather, the trees that line many of our urban streets offer welcome shade – but when these leafy…
It is a startling thought that (thanks to a quirk of the publishing process) this is the last issue of CA with…