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May June 2015 Number 142 Published April 10 2015 Archaeology British THE VOICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND 14 22 28 36 48 6 10 12 13 14 22 28 36 42 48 56 58 62 65 66 News Letters My archaeology Greg Bailey / Phase 2 Royston Mesolithic wheat Blick Mead A lady’s grave Hadrian’s Wall Wolfhall Books Briefing Correspondent Casefiles Spoilheap “Celtic” face on bone comb, and unusual Roman grave group The spectre of museums charging researchers Sue Hamilton, director of the ucl Institute of Archaeology Channel 5 looks for cavemen in a Bulgarian forest Excavating an exceptional Roman burial in Hertfordshire Impossible? Ancient dna throws a biscuit in the works Sorting the archaeology from the hype at tv’s favourite dig Wealth and art in Anglo-Saxon Norfolk Opening up collections of Roman sculpture Seeking a country palace among the cowsheds Identifying first world war dead, and Celtic art Fieldwork, cba network, conferences and courses What has the government done for heritage? The James Reckitt Library, Hull Saving parliament from terminal collapse FIRST SIGHT This gravestone was excavated at the Bridges Garage site, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, where many Roman burials have been found. The apparently incomplete inscription reads, “In memory of Bodicacia wife lived 27 years”; archaeologists thought remains buried nearby could be the named woman’s. The pediment featured an Oceanus mask, mostly chiselled out in Roman times. Length 143cm. Photography Cotswold Archaeology There are some things we shouldn't forget, and mostly they add up to where we came from and how we got here and the stories we told ourselves on the way. Sir Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), in The Folklore of Discworld (Transworld 2008), by Terry Pratchett & Jacqueline Simpson British Archaeology|May June 2015|5

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May June 2015 Number 142

Published April 10 2015

Archaeology British

THE VOICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND

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22

28

36

48

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14

22

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36

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58

62

65

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News

Letters

My archaeology

Greg Bailey / Phase 2

Royston

Mesolithic wheat

Blick Mead

A lady’s grave

Hadrian’s Wall

Wolfhall

Books

Briefing

Correspondent

Casefiles

Spoilheap

“Celtic” face on bone comb, and unusual Roman grave group

The spectre of museums charging researchers

Sue Hamilton, director of the ucl Institute of Archaeology

Channel 5 looks for cavemen in a Bulgarian forest

Excavating an exceptional Roman burial in Hertfordshire

Impossible? Ancient dna throws a biscuit in the works

Sorting the archaeology from the hype at tv’s favourite dig

Wealth and art in Anglo-Saxon Norfolk

Opening up collections of Roman sculpture

Seeking a country palace among the cowsheds

Identifying first world war dead, and Celtic art

Fieldwork, cba network, conferences and courses

What has the government done for heritage?

The James Reckitt Library, Hull

Saving parliament from terminal collapse

FIRST SIGHT This gravestone was excavated at the Bridges Garage site, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, where many Roman burials have been found. The apparently incomplete inscription reads, “In memory of Bodicacia wife lived 27 years”; archaeologists thought remains buried nearby could be the named woman’s. The pediment featured an Oceanus mask, mostly chiselled out in Roman times. Length 143cm. Photography Cotswold Archaeology

There are some things we shouldn't forget, and mostly they add up to where we came from and how we got here and the stories we told ourselves on the way.

Sir Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), in The Folklore of Discworld (Transworld 2008), by Terry Pratchett & Jacqueline Simpson

British Archaeology|May June 2015|5

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