British Archaeology magazine is a bi-monthly magazine that looks in depth at the latest archaeology news, discoveries and research within the UK and from British Archaeologists working overseas. 

It is available from major high street newsagents, via print or digital subscription, and is included as one of the membership benefits to members of the Council for British Archaeology.

British Archaeology has been in print for more than 20 years! You can see a free preview of an older issue here.

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Issue 170 of British Archaeology out now!

On the cover: Troy Stories

Nearly a century and a half ago the British Museum declined Heinrich Schliemann’s offer to show finds from Troy. Now it is making amends with the UK’s first major Troy exhibition. To prepare you for the winter blockbuster, two of its curators tell the story of the search for Troy’s remains and the quest to prove Homer right.

AMONG OTHER STORIES

Home is where the hearth is

Renewed excavations at an old clay pit in Barnham, Suffolk, are finding exceptional evidence for flora and fauna 400,000 years ago, with flint artefacts and signs of fire – one of the three oldest sites in Europe with such evidence

Should we stop saying “Anglo-Saxon”?

Ten archaeologists and historians set out their views on a heated debate: should “Anglo-Saxon” be dropped as racist and divisive, or is it a historic term impossible to replace?

Collecting flints

What archaeologists call lithics – stone tools and making debris – lie scattered across the UK wherever people lived and worked in the more ancient past. Collections from cultivated land are a critical source of information. But how reliable are they? A long-running project near Aberdeen is helping to evaluate fieldwalking

Can AI help find ancient landscapes?

Historic Environment Scotland believes that tens of thousands of ancient sites lie undiscovered across the country. But how to find and record them, while they are still there in a fast changing landscape? An exciting experiment on Arran with artificial intelligence has had some surprisingly good results

New stories of ancient Britain

British Archaeology’s editor reflects on a theme emerging from unprecedented amounts of discoveries and new research

REGULARS INCLUDE

News
The hidden interest of Kirby Muxloe Castle

Letters
Hoards, barns and Reading Abbey

Greg Bailey on TV
Werner Herzog’s Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Sharp focus
St Michael de Rupe, Brentor

My archaeology
John Oxley, city archaeologist in York

Correspondent
2019 Marsh Archaeology Awards winners

Casefiles
Bristol Royal Infirmary and the early slave trade

Books
Mount Grace Priory, and excavating Britain

Spoilheap
Communicating archaeology by press release needs care

Briefing
The UK's only archaeological events listing, with exhibition reviews 

British Archaeology is a bimonthly members' magazine that is also available in newsagents, and by subscription in print and digital