Theory in Action: come and meet us at TAG 2025

Friday 7th November 2025

TAG York 2025

The 2025 Theoretical Archaeology Group meeting will take place from the 15th-17th December at the University of York. Antiquity is sponsoring the conference as usual and will of course be exhibiting there, so come along to see our editor, Professor Robin Skeates, and get your hands on some Antiquity swag!

This year's theme is 'Theory in Action', pushing us to consider how archaeological theory can make our voices heard and having a positive impact on the world. Check out the sessions and other information at TAG 2025 - York

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Scientist cutting a sample from a piece of bone.

Isotopes reveal how social status shaped diet in medieval England

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Chemical analysis of skeletal remains from medieval Cambridge indicates people from different social groups ate different foods, showing how inequality in medieval England was not just cultural, but also physically embodied.

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Oval-shaped stone engraved with lines with the appearance of a game board

AI simulation helps calculate the rules of an unknown Roman board game

Wednesday 11th February 2026

Use wear and AI-simulated play indicate a stone artefact from the Roman Netherlands was a game board used to play a blocking game, pushing evidence for blocking games back centuries and providing a ground-breaking new method to study past games.

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View of a sea crossing (between Kitsissut and north-west Greenland). The archaeological beach ridges at Isbjørne Island can be seen in the foreground.

The Arctic's first inhabitants shaped thousands of years of ecological development

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