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Letters
Your comments, complaints and compliments.
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News
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Iron-Age torcs: a £1m-plus find; Treasure Report; Looter’s loophole closes; Lankhills cemetery; Gloucester Goth; Bronze Age Food miles; 2010 British Archaeological Awards; Back to Bosworth; The Kyng’s Beestes; Unseen artefacts from the Mary Rose.
Calendar
Archaeology dates for your diary.
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From Stonehenge to Santa Claus: What do Stonehenge, Santa Claus, the Nativity and Roman midwinter celebrations all have in common?
From Stonehenge to Santa Claus: What do Stonehenge, Santa Claus, the Nativity and Roman midwinter celebrations all have in common?
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Art Deco Archaeology | Wearmouth Jarrow | News | Opinion | Odd Socs
ON THE COVER One of the atmospheric settings near Alderley Edge that inspired Alan Garner while writing The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.
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THE BEST OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT HOME AND ABROAD
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FROM STONEHENGE TO SANTA CLAUS
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The Archaeology of Christmas We look at the evolution of our modern Christmas, from prehistory to the present.
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The Alderley Edge Landscape Project Archaeologists unravel the truth about the legends of Alan Garner’s Alderley Edge.
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ART DECO ARCHAEOLOGY
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The Heroic Band and its legacy Fresh inquiry challenges the work of some of Britain’s most famous archaeologists.
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Wearmouth-Jarrow’s World Heritage Site bid The Venerable Bede’s former home is the UK’s 2010 nomination; can it succeed?
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Reviews
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The Iveragh Peninsula; Tasting the Past; Where Rivers Meet; Antiquaries and Archaists; Upcoming releases.
Diary
Tony Rook at Lullingtone’s 60th.
Opinion
Poetry in pottery.
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Interview
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David Charles Hibbitt discusses the world of a self-taught archaeologist.
Sherds
Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues.
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Last Word
Andrew Selkirk visits the new Ashmolean Museum.
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Odd Socs
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The National Hedgelaying Society.
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