British Archaeology, no 21, February 1997


Contents


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News

Roman military supply system `lasted to the end'
Government publishes Treasure Act code
Man-made fields in Bronze Age Shetland
In Brief

Features

Chew, Chew, that ancient chewing gum
A slovenly habit? Or one of the world's oldest pastimes? Elizabeth Aveling explains

In sorrow shalt thou eat all thy days
Many hunter-gatherers never wanted to farm, argues Peter Rowley-Conwy

Interpreting the landscapes of battle
Landscapes chosen for battle reflect the ideology of the age, writes John Carmen

Letters

covering Romans in Britain, no to framchises, treasure for all, and the wrong winner

Comment

`Heritage' and the end of responsibility, by Richard Morris

Books

Colin Martin on Scottish remains and Rome's indecision
Robert Protheroe Jones on an update on the industrial heritage
Kathy Willis on moorland and its Mesolithic causes

Obituary

Martyn Jope by Thomas McNeill

Essay

Buildings remain, character changes
Character, a vital concept in conservation, is misunderstood, argues John Leach


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