February 2023 Number 188

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Published December 9

British THE VOICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY FOR OVER 75 YEARS Archaeology

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6	From the director	A tour of Jersey
8	News	A lost mosaic, an odd engraving and archaeology in Ukraine
14	The world in antiquity	Carved trees, cat origins and the effects of climate change
18	The wonders of aDNA	Celebrating a Nobel prize for work that is changing the past
32	Old sheep	The curious escape of rare breeds from St Kilda
38	Battle of Worcester	Some of the field of conflict lies preserved south of the city
44	University archaeologies	A surprising range of research has impacts beyond academia
53	Letters	Readers have gone to the cinema
54	My archaeology	Chris Evans, late of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit
56	Sharp focus	Haworth parsonage, West Yorkshire
57	Greg Bailey / Phase 2	A volley of kings
59	Books	Celts, Normans and collecting stones from fields
61	Casefiles	Waterworks Cottage near Bath
62	Archaeology active	An excavation in Hull that welcomed all
64	Archaeology 8–25	The return of the Dig It! competition
66	Spoilheap	A research institute whose reality seems virtual

This unusual copper-alloy figure, appearing to ride a bull and a duck in a bucket handle-mount, probably dates from Late Iron Age or Roman times (100BC– AD200). Breasts suggest it is female and might represent Europa and the Bull, a fairly common Classical motif. It was found in 2016 by detectorist Paul Campbell near Barnetby le Wold, Lincolnshire, and auctioned in November for £7800. Height 6cm. Photography Portable Antiquities Scheme

Archaeologists… practise censorship by ridiculing and insulting alternative ideas.

Graham Hancock, presenter of Ancient Apocalypse (Netflix), an eight-part “docuseries” in which he ridicules and insults archaeologists who disagree with him