British Archaeology, no 20, December 1996


Contents


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News

Timber clues to Severn shipwreck's stormy end
Early bridges found across Tower moat
Megalithic tombs `built by small teams'
In Brief

Features

Linking Wessex with three rivers Avon
Why did Wessex excel so? Andrew Sherratt sees the answer in `the river'

Saxons in the first Scottish kingdom
Anglo-Saxon influence has been found at Dunadd. Alan Lane reports

Rebellion remains the decisive factor
The end of Roman Britain was largely an inside job, writes Michael Jones

Letters

covering Grimes Graves, listed buildings and Welsh courts

Comment

John Walker calls for franchises in archaeology

Books

Mike Webber on an animated book on medieval death
Finbar McCormick on few relics, but a credible saint at least
Peter Marsden on an underwater view of American history
Paul Bidwell on a pro-Roman view of Hadrian's Wall

Interview

Simon Denison talks to Richard Bradley


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