A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
Admittedly, this is not a book on archaeology. Yet, it is well worth reading and thought-provoking, not least for those interested in…
Chronologically speaking, prehistory covers more than 95% of the time that humans have inhabited planet earth, although it is only in the…
CWA takes a look at the Late Shang Dynasty palace and funerary complex…
What was the fate of archaeology under Communism in post-war Europe? In the East, the Communists carried out immaculate reconstructions of many…
The tumultuous history of the legionary fortress and civilian town of aquincum, Roman Budapest…
What was life like on the northern frontier of the assyrian empire?The colonial site of Ziyaret Tepe reveals how boom went bust…
The compelling rock art of north-eastern Brazil explored. But how might it redraft the story of early human migration…
From Minoan Linear B to Maya glyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how to decode the past…
Archaeologists attempt to recreate ancient perfume…
Arelatively simple and inexpensive technique for dating ceramics has been developed by scientists at the UK’s Manchester University that could revolutionise the…
‘Why don’t we study the chimpanzee stone age?’ asks an international group of researchers in a paper recently published in the journal…
Lawrence Barfield (1935-2009) As remembered by the Editor This article is an extract from the full article published in World Archaeology Issue…