May June 2015 Number 142
Published April 10 2015
Archaeology British
THE VOICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND
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News
Letters
My archaeology
Greg Bailey / Phase 2
Royston
Mesolithic wheat
Blick Mead
A lady’s grave
Hadrian’s Wall
Wolfhall
Books
Briefing
Correspondent
Casefiles
Spoilheap
“Celtic” face on bone comb, and unusual Roman grave group
The spectre of museums charging researchers
Sue Hamilton, director of the ucl Institute of Archaeology
Channel 5 looks for cavemen in a Bulgarian forest
Excavating an exceptional Roman burial in Hertfordshire
Impossible? Ancient dna throws a biscuit in the works
Sorting the archaeology from the hype at tv’s favourite dig
Wealth and art in Anglo-Saxon Norfolk
Opening up collections of Roman sculpture
Seeking a country palace among the cowsheds
Identifying first world war dead, and Celtic art
Fieldwork, cba network, conferences and courses
What has the government done for heritage?
The James Reckitt Library, Hull
Saving parliament from terminal collapse
FIRST SIGHT This gravestone was excavated at the Bridges Garage site, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, where many Roman burials have been found. The apparently incomplete inscription reads, “In memory of Bodicacia wife lived 27 years”; archaeologists thought remains buried nearby could be the named woman’s. The pediment featured an Oceanus mask, mostly chiselled out in Roman times. Length 143cm. Photography Cotswold Archaeology
There are some things we shouldn't forget, and mostly they add up to where we came from and how we got here and the stories we told ourselves on the way.
Sir Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), in The Folklore of Discworld (Transworld 2008), by Terry Pratchett & Jacqueline Simpson
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