D ecem ber 2002 N um ber 68
Archaeology
On the cover: Henry Ill's African elephant and its keeper at the Tower of London, in a contemporary drawing by Matthew Paris. Copyright: Parker Library, Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Romans in the ‘Dark Age’:8
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Archaeology of zoos: 12
Finds from the waterfront: 20 New ideas about castles: 28
N ew s
From London and Shetland, and new archaeological awards
Roman B r ito n s a f te r 410 M artin Henig on how Roman culture never left Britain
B e a r pit to zoo
G reat s i te s
L e t te rs
I s su e s
P e te r E llis
Books
B riefing
H annah O ’Regan on the h istory o f wild animal collections
Gustav M ilne on the excavations on London’s w a terfront
Roman roads, talism ans, animal bones and Tolkien (again)
George Lambrick on th e pillage o l the warship ‘Sussex’
W hy th e medieval period m erits more a tten tio n than it gets
O n Avebury, m ilitary archaeology and the Roman invasion
Comprehensive listing o l w hat’s on in archaeology
Update
F avourite finds
Campaigns and reports from the c b a
Bill Putnam on a World War II fork in a ‘p rehistoric’ditch
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