Czech Economist Štěpán Křeček, advisor to the then Prime Minister Petr Fiala in 2024, declared that "archaeologists are the worst of all," that "some little bone" should not prevent "a town square from being repaired and poured...
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Invitation to Tender for Archaeological Companies – Dublin MetroLink 2026
Engineering-related scientific and technical servicesTII393_M130 Archaeology Services Qualification System MetroLink will provide a high speed, high capacity, high frequency, modern and efficient public transport service for...
Shining a light on Neolithic rock crystals with Oxford Cotswolds Archaeology
Quartz is everywhere across the UK – common, familiar and often overlooked. But one rare variety, rock crystal, tells a different story. Archaeologists have found it at a small number of Neolithic sites in...
Drought and conflict in the late Roman period : A reply
There as been a reply paper to the previous article on ‘Droughts and conflicts during the late Roman period’ (Norman et al 2025). Several authors have called into question the nature of the original study here: Drought,...
Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – Poverty Impact Report 2025
This 2024 Poverty Impact Report is based on the responses of 645 individuals in UK archaeology. The statistics that have been collected, analysed and collated by Lu Stanton-Greenwood. The concept was originally proposed by Liz Tideswell, who along with David Connolly and Gwilym Williams offered professional support and opinion.
A 6,000-year-old Prehistoric Trackway Discovered in Somerset
Archaeological excavations in Somerset by Wessex Archaeology have revealed evidence of a nearly 6000-year-old wooden trackway, which would have been used by our early Neolithic ancestors to cross the area’s watery marshes....
Medieval wall painting clue at Durham Castle
A hidden section of medieval wall painting, not seen for hundreds of years, is giving clues to the grand past of Durham Castle. Revealed during renovations, the artwork is of an outlined masonry pattern with a simple central...
Antonine Wall Fortlet discovered in back gardens of Bearsden
Newly published research by GUARD Archaeology has revealed how a hitherto unknown Antonine Wall Roman fortlet was discovered beneath the back gardens of Bearsden Archaeological investigations within the gardens of three adjacent...
Black Death ‘rewilding’ did not boost biodiversity
The devastation caused by the Black Death in medieval Europe may not have delivered the environmental benefits that could be assumed to follow large-scale human decline, according to new research. The bubonic plague, which swept...
