Current Archaeology

Grave concerns: Exploring the history of the British cemetery and its uncertain future

Current Archaeology

The cemetery – defined as a burial ground without an attached primary church or chapel – is a place where artistic, architectural, horticultural, historical, and literary interests are combined. Many were planned as places of botanical and geological instruction, while the epitaphs, extolling the moral virtues of the deceased, were intended to encourage emulation by the living. Appreciating their great value is a vital step towards ensuring that these spaces do not succumb to neglect and decline, as Chris Catling reports.

CA 439 Letters – September

Current Archaeology

Milestone Ground at midsummer The description of 59 pits forming a long, neat line at the Milestone Ground, Worcestershire (CA 435) is intriguing, especially as such features found elsewhere in prehistoric Britain

Museum news

Current Archaeology

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

Feature

Johnny & the Prince: archaeological legacies of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Current Archaeology

June 7, 2012

As the country celebrates the Diamond Jubilee, it is opportune to assess the heritage of the second Elizabethan age. John Schofield investigates the archaeology of the present.

Feature

Sands of Time: domestic rituals at the Links of Noltland

Current Archaeology

May 4, 2012

Rapid erosion has revealed spectacular Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology on the coast of Westray, Orkney. Contemporary with the Ness of Brodgar’s religious monuments but with a domestic focus, what can this settlement tell us about daily life in prehistoric Orkney? Hazel Moore and Graeme Wilson explain.

Feature

Titanic: archaeology of an emigrant ship

Current Archaeology

April 13, 2012

Is the Titanic archaeology? A century since her loss on 15 April 1912, we learn how recent survey has revolutionised knowledge of the wreck, transforming a lost liner into a monument to a great migration, as James Delgado told Matthew Symonds.

Feature

The Mary Rose: celebrating three decades of research

Current Archaeology

April 6, 2012

On the 11 October 1982 a pioneering campaign of underwater excavations culminated in the raising of Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose. That was only the beginning of a programme of research and conservation that continues to this day.

TV & Film

Digging with the Time Team

Current Archaeology

April 6, 2012

What is archaeology alongside a film crew like? Matthew Symonds found out.

Feature

Digging Jacob’s Island: a new chapter for Oliver Twist

Current Archaeology

March 2, 2012

February 7th marks the anniversary of novelist Charles Dickens’ birth. But how might archaeology offer a new chapter to his blockbusting London slum story, Oliver Twist? David Saxby, of Museum of London Archaeology, explains all.

News

Conserving Co. Durham’s POW camp

Current Archaeology

February 12, 2012

Built in 1943, at first to house low-risk Italian and later German prisoners of war, the camp is remarkably complete, and includes both the prisoners’ and guards’ compounds.

Feature

Sea of troubles: Scotland’s eroding heritage

Current Archaeology

November 3, 2011

Erosion poses a constant threat to Scotland’s rich coastal heritage. Tom Dawson and Joanna Hambly reveal how knowledge is being saved from the waves.

Feature

The English Castle

Current Archaeology

June 23, 2011

A new generation of castleologists believe that castles were about much more than trebuchets, portcullises, galloping hooves, boiling oil, and the clash of swords on armour: instead, castles were centres of lordship, symbols of wealth, and expressions of status, alluding to the past and expressing poetic ideals. Current Archaeology’s Chris Catling reports.

Comment·Digging

Q&A with site supervisor Jacqui Wood

Current Archaeology

June 5, 2011

The most important quality we look for is enthusiasm and a love of all things in the past.

Feature

The archaeology of royal weddings

Current Archaeology

May 30, 2011

As Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s nuptials this month stir up feverish national excitement, what light can archaeology shed on the pomp and pageantry of the most magnificent of Royal occasions? Brendon Wilkins goes in search of the evidence.

Comment·Digging

Q&A with site supervisor Graeme Young

Current Archaeology

April 5, 2011

A tough and comfortable pair of boots and clothing for all seasons should be on anyone’s list when they go digging in the UK.

Comment·Digging

Personal Dig Checklist

Current Archaeology

April 5, 2011

When you are about to embark on a dig, it’s a good idea to double check you have everything you might need – here is a quick checklist with the essentials.

Digging

Q&A with site supervisor Tony Roberts

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2011

A sense of humour may come in handy for those days when it is wet and windy on site but these are balanced by the days out in the glorious warm weather of the summer.

Digging

Q&A with site supervisor Mick Miles

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2011

If there is anything particular you would like to become involved with, then it is best to let the supervisor know at the outset, but don’t appear upset if this is not possible.

Digging

Q&A with site supervisor Paul Wilkinson

Current Archaeology

March 5, 2011

There isn’t really anything you shouldn’t say within the course of work, as you shouldn’t feel intimidated by any site supervisor.

Feature

Time Team geophysics: from pits to palaces

Current Archaeology

February 1, 2011

Time Team’s geophysics crew have covered a lot of ground, and their data represents an unparalleled archaeological archive of sites from rural retreats to Royal palaces. Lisa Westcott talks with John Gater about the science behind the scenes.

Feature·TV & Film

A brief history of Time Team

Current Archaeology

February 1, 2011

Everybody knows the story of how Time Team started: one ex-teacher turned TV producer, a couple of quirky archaeologists, and a fortuitous meeting in the Mediterranean with one of Britain’s best-loved actors combined to create the most successful archaeology programme ever on British television.

Feature

Viking hoards: buried wealth of the Norse North West

Current Archaeology

January 22, 2011

The discovery of two Viking hoards in 2011 yielded silver coins, ingots, and jewellery. Dot Boughton, Gareth Williams, and Barry Ager reveal how they also provide a window into a turbulent time.

Feature

Liquid History: excavating London’s great river

Current Archaeology

October 3, 2010

Prehistoric forests, the skull of a child, the slipway of a Victorian engineering masterpiece and part of a Tudor palace jetty: all have emerged from the mud and gravel on the foreshore of the Thames, thanks to an exciting new project to record the archaeology of London’s great river. Nathalie Cohen tells CA about the Thames Discovery Programme.

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