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‘Legion: life in the Roman Army’ - the British Museum exhibition
Our latest Review Article (by M.C. Bishop) explores the Legion: life in the Roman Army exhibition at the British Museum, which runs until Sunday 23rd June 2024.
Antiquity Prize 2024
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Antiquity Prize, whose research on agriculture in the medieval Mediterranean shows how impactful Islamic expansion was on Europe.
Ben Cullen prize 2024
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Ben Cullen prize, whose research on a ‘super-eruption’ in south-western Japan shows how Jōmon communities responded to and bounced back from natural disasters in the past.
Glass beads indicate Indigenous Americans shaped early trans-Atlantic trade
Chemical analysis of over 1000 European-made glass beads reveals some reached the Western Great Lakes region of North America before European settlers, showing how Indigenous Americans shaped early trans-Atlantic exchange networks.
Enormous rock engravings may be prehistoric territorial markers
Prehistoric rock engravings in Venezuela and Colombia are likely the biggest in the world, with the largest images measuring more than 40m in length. Their large scale and striking appearance suggest the engravings were intended to mark territorial boundaries.
Earliest cattle herds in northern Europe found in the Netherlands
Archaeologists discover evidence for the earliest cattle herds in northern Europe dating to 4240 BC, at the archaeological site of Swifterbant in the Netherlands, pushing dates for the earliest clear evidence of livestock husbandry in northern Europe back by 200 years.
Origins of medieval coinage revealed
Check out the latest Antiquity blog on the origins of medieval silver coins in western Europe, written by Jane Kershaw and Rory Naismith.
Call of the conch: Indigenous Americans used sound to organise local communities
Computer modelling recreates the range of conch-shell trumpets blown from the great houses of Chacoan settlements in New Mexico, suggesting that communities were built around the sound.
Prehistoric Irish monuments may have been pathways for the dead
Lidar technology reveals hundreds of unrecorded monuments at Baltinglass in County Wicklow, showing clear connections between the dead, major solar events and seasonal farming cycles.
Dramatic burning of royal remains reveals Maya regime change
The public burning of royal remains in a Late Classic Maya pyramid coincides with the takeover of a new political regime, suggesting the desecration was a display of political power.
Come and see us at the SAA Annual Meeting
Come along to the 89th Annual Meeting of the SAA to chat with our editor Dr Robert Witcher and get your hands on some Antiquity swag!