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Issue 63
February 2002
Contents
news
Glastonbury lake village and prehistoric tracks ‘drying out’
Rare Bronze Age metal working site found on Eigg
Log boat from Tay estuary dated to the later Bronze Age
Archaeologists uncover history of the Royal Arsenal
Hidden collection of cross slabs at Co Durham church
In Brief
features
Commanders and Kings
Tony Wilmott on how post-Roman kingdoms were formed
People of the Sea
Barry Cunliffe on the lure of the sea from earliest prehistory
Great sites
Julien Parsons on 19th century excavations at Belas Knap
letters
On defleshing, ancient roofs, plague and conservation
issues
David Baker on regulation of developer-funded archaeology
Peter Ellis
Regular column
books
London Under Ground edited by Ian Haynes, Harvey Sheldon and Lesley Hannigan
Northumberland: the Power of Place by Stan Beckensall
Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
by Richard Gould
Prehistoric and Roman Essex by James Kemble
Landscape Detective by Richard Muir
A Fortified Frontier by Iain MacIvor
favourite finds
Memories of Callanish. Aubrey Burl had a ‘eureka’ moment in pondering Callanish.
ISSN 1357-4442
Editor Simon Denison
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Issue 63 February 2002
contents
All the latest archaeology news from around the country.
features
When Roman rule ended in Britain, military units on Hadrian’s Wall seized control of local areas for themselves, writes Tony Wilmott
From Mesolithic times, western European peoples were united above all by one thing: access to the sea. Barry Cunliffe explains
Skeletons excavated at Belas Knap in the 19th century led to theories of a superior race of Bronze Age invaders conquering Neolithic Britain. Julien Parsons reports
Views and responses.
Gaining more value from archaeology. We need a new kind of regulation for developer-funded archaeology, argues David Baker
Our regular columnist.
All the latest books on archaeology in Britain reviewed.
Campaigns and reports from the CBA.
Memories of Callanish. Aubrey Burl on his discovery that folk memories of the circle’s original alignment had survived for 1000 years
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