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UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 LETTERS

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Stone circle discovered inside Cornwall henge; Historic royal shipwreck found off Norfolk coast; Anglo-Saxon cemetery found in Buckinghamshire; Burials uncovered at Leicester Cathedral; Glasgow’s 1988 ‘Garden Festival’ rediscovered; Science Notes; Bronze Age spearhead found near Cirencester; Finds Tray

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On the edge of empire: exploring indigenous experiences on the Roman frontier

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Joe Flatman excavates the CA archive

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CULTURE 56 REVIEWS

Territoriality and the Early Medieval Landscape: the countryside of the East Saxon Kingdom; The RomanoBritish Villa and Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Eccles, Kent; Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside; Warrior Treasure: the Staffordshire Hoard in Anglo-Saxon England; Buried: an alternative history of the first millennium in Britain; Scenes from Prehistoric Life: from the Ice Age to the coming of the Romans

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The Florence Nightingale Museum, London 61 MUSEUM NEWS

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions 62 FESTIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY

A selection of events, activities, and digital resources running as part of the Festival of Archaeology this July 64 SHERDS

Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues 66 ODD SOCS

CAER Heritage ON THE COVER The wreck of HMS

Invincible, an 18th-

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CREDIT: Michael Pitts, www.michaelpitts.co.uk

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