For my third and final column on the Palaeolithic, I will clamber into some of the most famous caves in the country. Even ...

Exploring landscapes of power in early medieval East Anglia Over the last two decades, evidence of a high-status early ...

The turning of the year is always a point to pause and reflect. For me, this issue marks a mindful milestone, as it is my ...

Rescue archaeology is carried out in areas threatened by human or natural agency. We’ve collated some of the best rescue projects that have been highlighted in Current Archaeology over the past year.

Below are the three individuals nominated for 2026’s ‘Archaeologist of the Year’, whose achievements reflect the diverse work ...

Below are some of the publications we feel most deserve to be recognised for their contribution to the field – the nominees for the Book of the Year award.

CA 201 covered the discovery of a handaxe in Happisburgh, found by a man walking his dog along the beach in 2000. The artefact was subsequently dated to c.700,000 years ago, pushing back the date of ...

Overlooking the 2024 excavation within the paddock at Wroxeter Farm. The upstanding remains of the Roman city, including the public baths, can be seen on the opposite side of the road, while the ...

The ‘hare mosaic’, featured as the cover of CA 29, was found in a house in Insula XII on the eastern edge of Corinium. An update on the excavations happening in Cirencester, as well as news of the ...

Roman Chester – Deva Victrix – is one of the unquestioned ‘great sites’ of Roman Britain. This was a major military centre from its late 1st-century AD origins through to its abandonment in the late ...

Over the course of eight decades, at least 14 separate hoards of Iron Age metalwork have been recovered from a single field at Snettisham in Norfolk. Now, following the publication of a new book ...

Overlooking the impressive Iron Age earthworks of Warham Camp, towards the sea. Immediately to the left of the monument runs the River Stiffkey, which was rerouted in the 18th century, destroying a ...