The Past

5 days 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.

2 weeks ago | the-past.com | Charles Higham

This article is from World Archaeology issue 131Subscribe now for full access and no advertsThe beads are stained red from rubbing against an ochred surface, just as was seen in Morocco 50,000 years earlier. A few years ago, Sarah Paris – then a graduate student at Cambridge University – asked if she could access the human skeletons from Khok Phanom Di in order to study the mortuary use of red ochre. I excavated this great Neolithic site in 1985, and I willingly agreed.

2 weeks 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.

1 month 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’.

1 month ago | the-past.com | Joe Flatman

This article is from Current Archaeology issue 423Subscribe now for full access and no advertsRoman Chester – Deva Victrix – is one of the unquestioned ‘great sites’ of Roman Britain. This was a major military centre from its late 1st-century AD origins through to its abandonment in the late 4th/early 5th centuries AD, and significant parts of the town survive beneath the medieval and modern city.