Archaeology International Volume 27 published

The latest issue of Archaeology International (Vol 27, 2024), published by UCL Press, showcases the expansive range of research and activities of the staff of the UCL Institute of Archaeology based in Bloomsbury and at Archaeology South-East (ASE).

The issue contains an Editorial by Andrew Reynolds as well as the Director's View from 2023-24 from Kevin MacDonald. The usual bookshelf of recently published research is included as well as a global perspective on the past with information about the Institute of Archaeology around the world, alumni reflections and a glimpse from the archives. Obituaries of sadly missed colleagues and friends are also provided.

Research Articles

• Hidden valuables, hidden variables: hoards and related deposits from the Mesolithic to the present day (The Gordon Childe Lecture for 2024)
• ‘An Essay on the Prehistoric Chronology of the British Isles’: an unpublished essay by Vere Gordon Childe. Disciplinary debates, changing chronological paradigms, and the ‘Radiocarbon Revolution’
• Monsoonal habitats for the people: a pilot geoarchaeological and urban-planning study of land use and water management histories in the highlands of Madagascar
• Stonehenge and its Altar Stone: the significance of distant stone sources
• Keeping the faith: early Christian intaglios as indexes of agency

Reflections, Notes and Field Reports

• Medieval archaeology at UCL: retrospect
• Sussex Archaeological Field Unit to Archaeology South-East: celebrating 50 years
• The Eneolithic necropolis at Urziceni-Vamă, Romania: excavations in 2023
• The UCL Institute of Archaeology Field School 2024: from villas to Victorians at St Andrew’s Church and the Old Rectory, Norton, Suffolk
• A colonial-era ‘strategic village’ in Kiambicho Forest, Kenya

The journal, produced annually since 1997, combines news about Institute of Archaeology and ASE activities with reports on research, both new and on-going projects, carried out by members of our community. 

UCL Press, established in 2015, is the UK’s first fully open access university press and makes all its books and journals available in open access form to download freely in PDF form or read online anywhere in the world.

Further details

• Archaeology International homepage
• UCL Press