January February 2023 Number 188 Published December 9

Archaeology British

THE VOICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY FOR OVER 75 YEARS

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From the director News The world in antiquity The wonders of aDNA Old sheep Battle of Worcester University archaeologies Letters My archaeology Sharp focus Greg Bailey / Phase 2 Books Casefiles Archaeology active Archaeology 8–25 Spoilheap

A tour of Jersey A lost mosaic, an odd engraving and archaeology in Ukraine Carved trees, cat origins and the effects of climate change Celebrating a Nobel prize for work that is changing the past The curious escape of rare breeds from St Kilda Some of the field of conflict lies preserved south of the city A surprising range of research has impacts beyond academia Readers have gone to the cinema Chris Evans, late of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit Haworth parsonage, West Yorkshire A volley of kings Celts, Normans and collecting stones from fields Waterworks Cottage near Bath An excavation in Hull that welcomed all The return of the Dig It! competition A research institute whose reality seems virtual

FIRST SIGHT This unusual copper-alloy figure, appearing to ride a bull and a duck in a bucket handle-mount, probably dates from Late Iron Age or Roman times (100BC– AD200). Breasts suggest it is female and might represent Europa and the Bull, a fairly common Classical motif. It was found in 2016 by detectorist Paul Campbell near Barnetby le Wold, Lincolnshire, and auctioned in November for £7800. Height 6cm. Photography Portable Antiquities Scheme

Archaeologists… practise censorship by ridiculing and insulting alternative ideas. Graham Hancock, presenter of Ancient Apocalypse (Netflix), an eight- part “docuseries” in which he ridicules and insults archaeologists who disagree with him

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