Current Archaeology

Current Archaeology

Fossil find from Roman Colchester

September 1, 2026

Archaeology is often confused with palaeontology – with most archaeologists having been asked at least once in their career about the most interesting fossil they have found. Now archaeologists from Colchester Archaeological

World News

September 1, 2026

Earliest evidence of Yersinia pestis? As DNA analysis of human remains continues to expand, evidence is mounting that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the plague, has been ravaging human populations for

Current Archaeology 438

August 6, 2026
  • How ancient DNA is illuminating the past and informing the present
  • Exploring elite insights from Iron Age Essex
  • A ‘prehistoric prototype’ for Stonehenge?
  • The Lexden lady: a rare lead coffin burial from Roman Colchester
  • New insights into the medieval parish churches of Norwich
  • Made in England: new thinking about the origins of the Sutton Hoo helmet
  • CA 438 Letters – August

    August 5, 2026

    Archaeology has been ‘solved’! (or, how we shed some light on dark earth…) It was great to see Cotswold Archaeology’s research into the function of burnt mounds included in ‘Sherds’ (CA 435).

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