Recent excavations by Gahan and Long Archaeological Services in advance of the construction of a new retail store in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, have unearthed a previously unknown medieval cemetery. More:
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After the Great Fire of London, the city’s waterfront transformed into a commercial powerhouse. What can recent interdisciplinary research tell us about the rise and fall of this influential area? Chris Catling reports.
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''Thank you for an excellent publication over the last 35 years', PL, Isle of Arran, by email, subscriber to Current Archaeology

Advances in technology are opening up more realistic ways to depict archaeological sites and past events. John Reid describes how excavated evidence has been used to create a detailed and dramatic model of a Roman attack on a hillfort in Dumfriesshire.
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A surprisingly interesting read.

Cutting-edge scientific analysis of horse remains excavated in Westminster 30 years ago has opened a unique window on how such animals were sourced from far afield and put to work in 15th- and 16th-century London. Carly Hilts reports:
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A new project led by researchers at the University of Oxford, which has collated evidence from around the world, has shown that the human brain can remain preserved in diverse environments for at least 12,000 years. Read more:
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Read Carly Hilts' great Current Archaeology article on Red River's work to date at the Barratt and David Wilson Homes development at Brookside Meadows in Grove, including a focus on the possible 'curse tablets' and votive miniature axes from this #Roman site. the-past.com/feature/a-vill…

📰 'Tracing the origins of early medieval silver coinage'

#AntiquityResearch in the news via Current Archaeology

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Excavations at Crowland, in Lincolnshire, have revealed new evidence of how this landscape was used over the millennia – from the Neolithic to the post-medieval period – and in particular how it continued to be seen as a sacred place throughout that time.
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It’s another happy #hillfortswednesday for us thanks to this review of Excavations at Tlachtga, Hill of Ward, Co. Meath, Ireland in the latest issue of Current Archaeology!

Archaeological work in rural Oxfordshire has uncovered the remains of a previously unknown Roman villa. Carly Hilts spoke to Louis Stafford of Red River Archaeology, Red River Archaeology Group to learn how the site’s story is evolving as investigations continue.
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This tweet made it into the latest Current Archaeology! 😆

New recently published in the journal Britannia has proposed a way to estimate the possible population of Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), in Hampshire, suggesting that the town may have included many more residences than have yet been identified.
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It's a wonderful start to any week when your work for Barratt and David Wilson Homes is the cover story!

In the latest issue of CA, out now:
• Exploring 'luxury living' in Roman Oxfordshire
• Horses in late medieval and Tudor London
• The Roman assault on Burnswark
• London’s post-medieval waterfront
• Excavating Aspull’s mystery monument
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Reading in Current Archaeology about how the brain is the most commonly surviving soft tissue in archaeological remains going back 12,000 years, and all I can think about is: What a gift to the writers of science fiction!

We're in Current Archaeology! Read all about our remarkable find of the Brookside Meadows #Roman villa complex in Grove, including the intriguing hints of a religious centre in the shape of apparent curse tablets, miniature votive axes and hundreds of coins!

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So proud at arranging for this wonderful find and brilliant team of archaeologists to feature so prominently in Current Archaeology!

Having one of my photos as the main image is also a great honour - my thanks to Editor, Carly Hilts at Current Archaeology.
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This #FindsFriday , discover Red River Archaeology, Red River Archaeology Group on the front cover of the latest Current Archaeology!

It's a huge honour, and a fitting tribute to our team's work on the Brookside Meadows #Roman villa complex for Barratt and David Wilson Homes.

Read the feature: the-past.com/feature/a-vill…