British Archaeology, no 30, December 1997


Contents


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News

Wooden evidence found for prehistoric power-tools
One-upmanship in Roman Yorkshire
Iron Age forts crumble into the sea
In Brief

Features

Comets and disaster in the Bronze Age
Cosmic impact is gaining ground as an explanation of the collapse of civilisations, writes Benny Peiser

Change and evolution in Roman Britain
How much did Britain really change under the Romans? Debbie Day reports

Letters

covering owning the past, ancient picnics, lateral thoughts, battlefield history and wharves and tides

Comment

Stemming the flood of looted antiquities
The Government may soon agree to change British policy, writes Colin Renfew

Books

Cathedrals, war and Scottish identity by Peter Yeoman
A lifetime's study of ancient shipping by Ben Ferrari
Benedictine monks in Dark Age Italy by Mark Pearce
Pottery from everywhere and every age by Duncan Brown

Essay

Something borrowed, everything new
Is the new Globe an authentic reconstruction? Simon Denison finds out


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