The first shovelful: introducing our new archaeology and anthropology blog

Meet the experts behind the Past and the Curious, who will be digging deep to bring Guardian readers the inside scoop on archaeology and anthropology

Here we go, a new archaeology and anthropology blog, bringing you tombs, treasures, tribes and high adventure. Well maybe; we're hoping there'll be even more interesting and unexpected things than those to be honest. There's plenty more going on than the stuff that usually makes the papers and together the five of us will aim to bring you a view from the inside on some of the most important discoveries and ideas that are shaping archaeological and anthropological research right now; the things that the experts are excited about. We'll take you on a tour of some of the most fascinating excavations, past, present and future. We'll reveal the studies being done with contemporary communities around the world, and the secrets being revealed by evolutionary and forensic anthropologists.

What unites archaeology and anthropology is that they are about people - past and present - based on the complex, multi-layered evidence available. We are interested in everything. No other research areas approach the study of humanity in such varied and encompassing ways.