Chris Catling

3 weeks ago | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from Current Archaeology issue 424Subscribe now for full access and no advertsLooking for signs of hope that heritage and culture will be safe in the hands of future generations, Sherds spotted a number of media reports recently that claimed to know the minds of young people. Recent surveys have stated that Zoomers (Gen Z, born between 1997 and 2012) are currently into churchgoing, barn dancing, and buying telescopes.

1 month ago | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from World Archaeology issue 131Subscribe now for full access and no advertsIron technology developed independently in several parts of the world, including India and Africa. Parallel tracks have been found in fossilised mud at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, and interpreted as the marks left by a travois: a timber frame used by Native Americans for transporting goods.

2 months ago | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from Current Archaeology issue 423Subscribe now for full access and no advertsThe Westminster Government has published its revised National Planning Policy Framework amid a flurry of boosterish phrases about ‘backing builders not blockers’, ‘unleashing billions in economic growth’, and introducing ‘seismic reforms to help builders get shovels in the ground quicker’.

Mar 31, 2025 | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from Current Archaeology issue 422Subscribe now for full access and no advertsSherds adopts a very broad definition of ‘heritage’, so no apologies for beginning this month’s column by drawing attention to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of tiddlywinks as a competitive university-based sport.

Mar 17, 2025 | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from World Archaeology issue 130Subscribe now for full access and no advertsHe accuses her of pride, duplicity, savagery, adultery, and lust, but… she, too, is a powerful leader. Tacitus, in his book on the life and character of his father-in-law Julius Agricola, the Roman Governor of Britain from c.AD 77 to 84, makes the often-quoted observation that ‘Britons make no distinction of sex in their leaders’.