December 2023/Ja nuary 2024
Volume 11 | Number 2
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UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 10 NEWS FOCUS
Rediscovering a forgotten power centre 12 CHARLES HIGHAM
Affluent hunters 14 HORIZON
Footprints in stone
TR AV EL 36 IN PRAISE OF TATING WARE (AND
HIGH-DEFINITION ARCHAEOLOGY) A distinctive type of medieval pottery leads Richard Hodges on an epic, 50-year-long journey across Europe 44 THE GOLDEN AGE OF
THE KINGDOM OF GEORGIA Christoph Baumer explores the political intrigues and military struggles that led to the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Georgia
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CULTURE 52 MUSEUM
The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden’s latest exhibition explores the year 1000 in the Netherlands 55 REVIEWS
Archaeolog y of Jesus’ Nazareth; Life and Afterlife in Ancient China; Megaliths of the World: volume I; In Search of Ancient Tsunamis 58 RUBINA RAJA & SØREN SINDBÆK
The difference within 60 SPECIAL REPORT
Making money in 18th-century America 62 CHRIS CATLING
Revisiting research and challenging conclusions 64 FORUM
Letters, crossword, cartoon 66 OBJECT LESSON
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