archaeologycurrent issue 241
CONTENTS (Vol XXI, No. 1) | April 2010
UP FRONT
Letters
Your comments, complaints and compliments.
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News
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Silbury Hill; Mound at Stonehenge; Swaledale rock art; Aedgyth comes home; Time Team’s 200th episode; Sugar preserves bridge timbers; Search for lost Wisbech palace.
Calendar
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ON THE COVER A bird’s-eye view of the Structure 10 trench at the Ness of Brodgar.
REGULARS
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FEATURES
NESS OF BRODGAR
Neolithic temples of the Northern Isles Stunning new discoveries of monumental structures on the Mainland of Orkney.
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THE GLASS MAKERS OF ROMAN LONDON
New evidence of Roman recycling Could the scarcity of recovered Roman glassware be explained by these latest finds?
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RADCOT
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Norman keep, baronial house, Civil War fort, World War II stop-line Now an isolated village, Radcot was once a strategic strongpoint on the upper Thames.
BOULDNOR CLIFF
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Diving in to the Mesolithic A drowned landscape has been discovered in the murky waters off the Isle of Wight.
VERULAMIUM
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Sheppard Frere responds CA 237 re-dated the end of Verulamium; here, Frere evaluates those new conclusions.
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Reviews
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Dorchester Abbey,Oxfordshire; Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain;Beacons in the Landscape;British Artefacts Volume 1:Early Anglo-Saxons.
Interview
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The Roman Glassmakers use extensive research and practice to rediscover traditional techniques.
Sherds
Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues.
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Last Word
Andrew Selkirk review of the new Greek and Roman galleries at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
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Odd Socs
The Pillbox Study Group.
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