Blog Post Archives - Prehistoric Britain

The Lost Island of Avalon – revealed

Using the most effective archaeological tool available today (LiDAR), we can peel back the landscape to show how it used

Introduction Traditional archaeology has long struggled to explain the function of the Stonehenge Avenue. As a result, it has been

Introduction Durrington Walls has long been treated as a problem site. Despite decades of excavation, reinterpretation, and popular retelling, it

1. Introduction — Why This Debate Exists at All The problem with prehistoric archaeology is not a lack of data.It

Chapter 1: Why the Dyke Story Is About to Change For a very long time, Britain’s great dykes have been

Chapter 1 — The Problem with the Story Bainbridge, known in the Roman period as Virosidum, is almost universally described

Introduction For half a century, archaeology has leaned on a comforting story: farming was “invented” in the Middle East and

1. Introduction — A New Breakthrough at Stonehenge For over a century, Stonehenge has been framed as a ceremonial arena—a

Introduction The a repeat episode of Digging for Britain (Season 11) turns its gaze to Caerfai Promontory Fort—also called Penpleidiau—a

Introduction Suppose we examine the skills of what traditional archaeologists call the ‘Megalithic People’ – the civilisation that created the