British Archaeology Back Issue 206 Jan/Feb 2026

What’s in this issue

From the director
Introducing British Archaeology’s new editor, Anna Sharples

News
Culloden projectiles; 2,000 years of Leicester; rare ceiling painting revealed

The world in antiquity
Revealing cosmopolitan ancestry at a post-Roman site in Dorset

From fortress to field
Uncovering Roman Caerleon’s past

Shivered from the sands
The discovery, rescue, recovery, and eventual identification of the Sanday wreck

Twilight of Roman Britain
Can personal objects shed light on social transformation?

Laying down the foundations
Career pathways for future archaeologists

My Archaeology
The Vindolanda Trust: Andrew Birley and Sonya Galloway

Sharp Focus
Overton Down polissoir, Avebury

Reviews
Viking North at the Yorkshire Museum; Every Monument Will Fall

Casefiles
83. Living above the shop

Archaeology Active
Meet the winners of the 2025 Archaeological Achievement Awards

Archaeology 8–25
Young Archaeologists’ Club Dig It! Diaries 2025

Young Archaeologists’ Club
Try your hand at baking a Tudor-style cake

Obituary
Mike Corbishley