Happy New Year! Our cover story takes us to Snettisham in Norfolk, where a single field has yielded at least 14 Iron Age metalwork hoards. This unique collection has the potential to transform our understanding of ancient artistry and ceremonial practices – and, with analysis of the hoards now published…

A large Anglo-Saxon cemetery has recently been discovered at Overstone in Northamptonshire. With 154 interments, it is the largest burial ground from…

Since CA 360 (March 2020) I have criss-crossed the United Kingdom, examining its history through the eyes of Current Archaeology. I have…

Current Archaeology Awards. The annual Current Archaeology Awards celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to archaeology.. These awards are voted for entirely by the public – there are no panels of judges – so we encourage you to get involved and choose the projects ...

2024年9月5日 · ‘Merlin’s Grave’ and other lost stories embedded in the landscape On the banks of the Tweed in the Scottish Borders is the reputed site of Merlin’s Grave, the embedded remnant of a legend long associated with the nearby village of Drumelzier. Dr Ronan Toolis explains how a community archaeology project revealed why this tale became rooted to this part of Tweeddale. Merlin’s Grave at ...

2019年6月6日 · Despite extensive archaeological evidence for the Great Army’s presence in Repton, though, questions remained over this interpretation. A set of radiocarbon dates obtained from the charnel was particularly problematic – while some of the bones did fit a 9th-century date, others dated to as early as the 7th and 8th centuries, …

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Guide to fieldwork & digs you can join Please Note: Listings are being updated as details come in Looking for some inspiration? Why not try using the links below to get you started: Dig for a Day ¦ Roman Digs ¦ Digs Suitable for Children ¦ All Inclusive Digs ¦ Completely Free Digs Search by Location: All Areas | Scotland | Wales | North East | North West | Yorkshire | Midlands | East of ...

2018年9月6日 · FURTHER READING. The full findings of the Trumpington excavation, spanning the Neolithic to Anglo-Saxon periods, are published in Riversides: Neolithic Barrows, a Beaker Grave, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon Burials and Settlement at Trumpington, Cambridge, by Christopher Evans, Sam Lucy, and Ricky Patten, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (distributed by Oxbow Books), £45, ISBN 978 ...

2020年3月13日 · The clothes worn by archaeologists on site provide a vivid record not only of how the discipline has evolved over time, but of the personal experiences of people working in this field. An exhibition currently running at National Trust Sutton Hoo documents some of these sartorial snapshots. Carly Hilts went along to find out more.