Map of regions in early medieval England and their proportional make up of Δ18Odw-MAP (Chenery) value classifications. (CREDIT: Medieval Archaeology) While male migration was more frequent overall, ...

A pair of "extremely rare" structures from the early medieval period and evidence of a Roman settlement have been uncovered in the United Kingdom. The remains were identified during an excavation this ...

Researchers have unraveled the mysterious origins of silver that was used to make coins during the early medieval period in Europe. For a study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of experts ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. The researchers found early medieval ...

DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had west African ancestry, raising further questions about early ...

An archaeogenetic study sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain. Besides isolation and endogamy, the researchers have also identified the variola virus which can ...

In a new study, we have sequenced DNA from a Christian community in medieval Spain that lived in artificial caves carved into a rocky outcrop. This is one of several medieval cave communities known to ...

New scientific research confirms Irish provenance of manuscripts on loan from Switzerland, returning to Ireland for the first time in a millennium. The new exhibition also features more than 100 ...

Students and volunteers excavated a suspected Roman site in Wales when they made another discovery. University of Chester When students from the University of Chester pulled out their tools and began ...