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Issue 58

April 2001

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news

Earliest evidence of lead mining at Cwmystwyth

Fine mosaic floor of Roman dining room preserved in London

Defensive spikes point to Roman fear of the North

Rare Iron Age chariot burial discovered near Edinburgh

A tale of two potters, a burnt house and a cemetery

In Brief

features

Medieval thatch
John Letts on the survival of medieval plants in thatch

Finding the New Rome
Ken Dark and Ferudun Özgümüs on new work in Istanbul

Great sites
David Hinton on the 7th century royal site at Yeavering

comment

Voting for archaeology
Simon Denison on Archaeology and the General Election

letters

Cider and beer, Seahenge, Early metal, Water

issues

Why we must redefine 'treasure', by George Lambrick

Peter Ellis

Regular column

books

Circles of Stone by Max Milligan and Aubrey Burl

Children and Material Culture edited by Joanna Sofaer Deverenski

Wood and Woodworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York by Caroel A Morris

Air Photo Interpretation for Archaeologists by DR Wilson

CBA update

favourite finds

Long reach of the flint knappers. Mike Pitts's find links a Suffolk pub with a South Sea island.

 

ISSN 1357-4442

Editor Simon Denison

Issue 58 April 2001

contents

news

All the latest archaeology news from around the country.

features

Living under a medieval field

John Letts reports on the remarkable evidence for medieval cereal crops and weeds that survives in the thatched roofs of southern England

Discovering the new Rome

British archaeologists have been involved in the first systematic survey of Constantimople, the former captial of the Eastern Roman Empire. Ken Dark and Ferudun Özgümüs report.

Great sites: Yeavering

David Hinton recalls a 7th century royal settlement that was perhaps the most dramatic site of the Anglo Saxon World

Comment: Voting for archaeology

Which political party would do most for the historic environment? Simon Denison sifts through policies, promises and wishful thinking, and finds a surprising level of agreement.

letters

Views and responses.

issues

From treasure to public good. Our legal concept of 'treasure' works against the public interest, says George Lambrick

Peter Ellis

Our regular columnist.

books

All the latest books on archaeology in Britain reviewed.

CBA update

Campaigns and reports from the CBA.

favourite finds

Long reach of the flint knappers. Mike Pitts recalls the day he found an English gunflint on a South pacific island.

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