November December 2022 Number 187 Published October 7
Archaeology British
THE VOICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY FOR OVER 75 YEARS
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From the director News The world in antiquity The Amesbury Archer is 20 Anglo-Saxon halls To find a king Bucket art Nothing to see? Letters Sharp focus My archaeology Greg Bailey / Phase 2 Books Casefiles Archaeology active Archaeology 8–25 Spoilheap
Condolences to the Council for British Archaeology’s patron Romano-Celtic temple find, and benefits of woke building Maya salt making, and Neolithic “rondels” in central Europe Remembering a very unusual excavation and its discoveries Buildings in Northampton pose questions about kingship Richard iii is excavated again: what is the result? New study reveals the politics of a Celtic masterpiece There’s much more than meets the eye in empty trenches Rough reviews, starry skies and a medieval castle modelled Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, Aberdeenshire The dark earth of early London inspires Rebecca Stott How responsible is Channel 5’s Digging for Treasure? Humanity’s weird childhoods, and hidden early kingdoms Old Eastward Farm in the Lake District How things went at the 31st cba Festival of Archaeology Supporting students and early career archaeologists The Museum of London prepares for a transformation
FIRST SIGHT Balfron Rock was used some 5,000 years ago by Neolithic people to shape and sharpen stone axe blades, leaving distinctive grooves common on the continent but very rarely seen in the UK. Scotland’s Rock Art project, helped by AOC Archaeology and funded by Forestry & Land Scotland and HES, is recording a 200m-long sandstone outcrop which is rich with ancient workings and was previously known for Bronze Age cupmarks. Main photography Murray Cook, detail Nick Parish
Working like this meant kneeling with our backs to the sea. On a calm day, you could forget it was there, except when you stood, stiffly, to empty a bucket or barrow. Then you could see the ocean, all the way to the northern horizon, with gannets diving and a lobster boat working the creels. Kathleen Jamie at the excavation of a Neolithic village at the Links of Noltland, Orkney, in Surfacing (See Books, Jan/Feb 2020/170)
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