A Date with the Two Cerne Giants
April 2, 2024
Have you seen the stories about the Cerne Abbas Giant in the news? Want to learn more? Enjoy this exclusive insight into an exciting Windgather Press volume on the subject…. READ MORE
News
Bringing Past Invisible Economic Processes to Light
March 2, 2024
‘Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle’ Older Than You Might Expect… In this blog, Julia Steding sheds light on what sustainable practices can tell us about past societies, revealing some of the surprising… READ MORE
Into the Groove
February 2, 2024
What Grooved Ware Can Teach us about Social Developments in the Late 4th and Early 3rd Millennia BC This groovy blog by Mike Copper, co-editor of Revisiting Grooved Ware, will take you… READ MORE
Mapping out Viking Place-names in East Anglia: Looking for Patterns of Settlement and Migration
September 27, 2023
What’s in a name? Discover what the Scandinavian-influenced place names of East Anglia can reveal about Viking migration in the region with this blog, in which David Boulton charts out… READ MORE
Reading Recommendations for the Aspiring Archaeologist
September 12, 2023
Are you just starting, or about to start your studies in archaeology? Do you know someone who is? We’ve assembled a glittering hoard of reading essentials; the perfect preparation for… READ MORE
A Battle Lost – or Won? Commemorating the Last Battle Between the Independent Kingdoms of Scotland and England
September 9, 2023
Today (10th September) marks the anniversary of The Battle of Pinkie, the last military altercation between Scotland and England as independent nations. However, despite the significance of this clash, it… READ MORE
Boats, Basketry, and Botanical Remains: Navigating the Exceptionally Conserved Artefacts of La Marmotta
September 5, 2023
Plunge into the submerged site of La Marmotta, one of the earliest Neolithic settlements in the Italian Peninsula, formerly home to farmers, domestic plants and animals. Dive deep into this… READ MORE
Not So Eternal Cities: Exploring Ancient Greek Urbanism in Western Thessaly
July 31, 2023
Every story has an ending. In this blog, Robin Rönnlund encourages us to look beyond the Athenian Acropolis and explore the fascinating landscape of Western Thessaly, the place where agriculture… READ MORE
Changing Veterans’ Futures through Digging up the Past: The Inspiring Story of Operation Nightingale
July 16, 2023
The inspiring story of Operation Nightingale, the archaeological programme helping to change veterans’ futures through studying the past.
Winged Words: A flight through the history of human interactions with birds in Britain and Ireland
June 12, 2023
Soar through time and discover what a little bird can tell you about the lives of people in the past. In this blog, Dale Serjeantson flies readers back to the… READ MORE
