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Issue 70
May 2003
Contents
news
London graves descrated by Boudicca's army
Jacobite 'gentleman's retreat' at Glenfinnan
Bronze Age trackway and hide in East London
Evidence reveals peaceful Roman occupation of Scotland
How natives made money out of old Roman coins
In Brief
features
First humans in Britain
Nick Aston on the occupation of Britain during the Ice Age
Great sites
David Field on Europe's largest prehistoric mound, Silbury
Power dressing
Alison Sheridanon the significance of Bronze Age jewellery
letters
Roman burials, Saxon immigration and an elephant cap
issues
George Lambrick on the need for a National Heritage Act
Peter Ellis
Regular column
books
Mining in World History by Martin Lynch
The Past in Prehitoric Societies by Richard Bradley
Shaping Medieval landscapes by Tom Williamson
Novgorod edited by Mark Brisbane and David Gaimster
Raising the Dead by A J Stirland
The Geratest Killer by Donald R Hopkins
favourite finds
Ros Niblet on an iron folding chair from Verulanium
ISSN 1357-4442
Editor Simon Denison
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Issue 70 May 2003
contents
All the latest archaeology news from around the country.
features
When did humans first come to Britain? And how did they survive? Nick Ashton reports on our first half million years
Archaeologists have been intrigued by Europe's largest prehistoric mound for centuries. David Field reports on new work that overturns some old ideas
Jewellery from Bronze Age graves is normally interpreted as a symbol of status. Howevr, materials like jet, amber, faience and tin were also worn as talismans, writes Alison Sheridan
Views and responses.
Numerous areas of heritage law are now under review. Let us seize this golden opportunity, write George Lambrick
Our regular columnist.
All the latest books on archaeology in Britain reviewed.
Campaigns and reports from the CBA.
The chair of the man who became a Roman. Ros Niblet on the grave goods of a Briton who had been persuaded to adopt Roman ways
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