CONTENTS
I S SU E 416 (Vol.XXXV, No.8) ❙ November 2024
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FEATURES
18 BURIED AT BODICOTE
Investigating unusual inhumations at an Iron Age farmstead in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds Archaeological work ahead of a new housing development near Banbury has uncovered the remains of an Iron Age farmstead, including ten pit burials with unexpected characteristics.
26 PIONEERING SPIRIT
Exploring the archaeology and history of The Glenlivet whisky Excavations in the Scottish Highlands have revealed the stor y of the industrialisation of whisky production during the 19th century.
32 NORFOLK’S EARLIEST
STONE CHURCHES Constructing a timeline of ancient religious buildings A new book visits almost 650 medieval churches in Norfolk in an in-depth study of their building materials, many of which were reused from Roman ruins.
42 MAKING A SPLASH
The Big Bronze Age Boat Build at Stanwick Lakes Three Bronze Age-style log-boats were recently constructed
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and launched as par t of an experimental archaeology project in Northamptonshire.
48 SCRAPS OF MEMORY
Illuminating the imaginative worlds of Sutton House’s 17th-century schoolgirls A handful of tiny paper finds, discovered at Sutton House in Hackney over 30 years ago but only recently identified, offer a unique opportunity to explore the ar tistic interests of the young girls who were educated there in the 17th centur y.
52 IN FOCUS: ANTIQUARIAN
OR ARCHAEOLOGIST? Illustrating the influence of Edmund Tyrrell Artis We explore the life and legacy of the 19th-century polymath Edmund Tyrrell Artis, and his contribution to pioneering a more analytical approach to archaeological investigation.
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