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This is a big month for Current Archaeology – with issue 252, we will be available in most W H Smiths and better newsagents across the country. It’s a big change, and one that we hope will bring CA to the attention of an even wider audience.
Issue 252 opens with a celebration of another landmark happening: the 200th episode of Time Team. We took the opportunity to look back at the show, and forwards to where it might be heading in the future. A significant, yet often overlooked, aspect of Time Team is the importance of the archaeological archives created by the programme, both through the Wessex Archaeology site reports and the geophysics surveys – indeed, our second feature covers the growing relevance of geophysics in archaeology and the essential part it plays in the series. As a special extra – and in response to reader demand for information about Time Team’s new season on Channel 4 – don’t miss our complete episode guide!
heading in the future. A significant, yet often overlooked, aspect of Time Team is the Time Team is the Time Team
Our cover feature this month is an exclusive report from Geoffrey Wainwright and Tim Darvill on their work at Stonehenge; and we round off the issue with the story of yet another hoard found by a metal detectorist. Enjoy!
Our contributors this month
TIME TEAM: GEOPHYSICS JOHN GATER Dr John Gater has been working in archaeological geophysics for over 30 years, and with Time Team since its first episode. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Bradford University in 2006 for contributions to geophysics research. He also enjoys real ale.
STONES OF STONEHENGE GEOFFREY WAINWRIGHT AND TIM DARVILL Since setting up the Strumble-Preseli Ancient Communities and Environment Study in 2001, Professors Wainwright and Darvill have found over 300 archaeological sites in the landscape that provided the Bluestones of Stonehenge.
THE BURNHAM HOARD LAURA MCLEAN AND STEFANIE WHITE Laura is Essex Finds Liaison Officer for PAS, and Stefanie is Conservator at Colchester & Ipswich Museums. The Burnham hoard project was a joint effort that exemplified cooperation between metal detectorists and archaeologists.
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