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Issue 69
March 2003
Contents
news
Tale of the Bronze Age barge sunk in Trent
Roman baths at trading settlement by Thames
Earliest evidence of medieval open fields near Cambridge
Mesolithic houses in both Scotland and the North East
Planned Bronze Age village found in Co Londonderry
In Brief
features
Rethinking Cursuses
David McOmish rethinks some old ideas to explain cursuses
Burial with the Romans
Alison Taylor on all the horrible aspects of Roman burial
Great sites
Anna Ritchie recalls the great Viking excavation at Jarlshof
letters
Saxon zoos, copperas, and how long Britain stayed Roman
issues
George Lambrick on broader history education after age 14
Peter Ellis
Regular column
books
Garrison Life at Vindolanda by Anthony Birley
Grahame Clark by Brian Fagan
The Archaeology of Mills and Milling by Martin Watts
The Roman Shore Forts by Andrew Pearson
Heads and Tales by Iain MacLeod & Brian Hill
favourite finds
David Longley on his first undisturbed archaeological site
ISSN 1357-4442
Editor Simon Denison
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Issue 69 March 2003
contents
All the latest archaeology news from around the country.
features
Antiquaries thought they were ancient race-tracks. Later they were seen as processional routes. But cursuses might have been both these things and a whole lot more, writes David McOmish
The Romans normally respected the dead. But not always. Alison Taylor reports on mutilation, child sacrifice, burial alive and other such practices
Excavations on a farmstead in Shetland were the first to reveal the Vikings as not just raiders, but also farmers and fishermen. Anna Ritchie reports
Views and responses.
George Lambrick on broader history education after age 14
Our regular columnist.
All the latest books on archaeology in Britain reviewed.
Campaigns and reports from the CBA.
David Longley on his first undisturbed archaeological site
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