CONTENTS
UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 LETTERS
Your comments, complaints, and compliments 8 NEWS
Rare rural plague burial found at Thornton Abbey; Britain’s earliest monastery at Beckery?; Jam yesterday: West End preserves jars; Chester’s Roman gate; Neanderthals in Jersey; Life and death at Gloucester Cathedral; The Shropshire piano hoard; New Treasure report launched; Roman tools on display; Finds tray 14 COMMENT
Joe Flatman excavates the CA archive 16 CONTEXT
Using drones to investigate Roman Northamptonshire
58
62
66
9
9
CULTURE 54 REVIEWS
The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain; The Birth of Industrial Glasgow; The Mildenhall Treasure; Romano-British Settlement and Cemeteries at Mucking; Treasures of Roman Lincolnshire; Lost Landscapes of Palaeolithic Britain
16
58 MUSEUM
A look at Norton Priory’s new museum 61 CALENDAR
Our selection from the month’s exhibitions and events 62 CONFERENCE
Current Archaeology Live! 2017 is just around the corner. This special section brings you the latest details, including information about our bonus activity and a reminder of how to book. 64 SHERDS
Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues 66 ODD SOCS
The Carriage Foundation
ON THE COVER
The magnificent portal dolmen of Pentre Ifan,
Nevern.
CREDIT: Dreamstime
I s s u e
3 2 4 ❙
M a r c h
2 0 1 7
The UK’s bes T-selling archaeology magazine
Issue 324 ❙ March 2017 ❙ £4.50
B l i c k
M e a d ❙
C I
T i
Z A N
W W I ❙
N e o l i t h i c
P e m b r o k e s h i r e ❙
C o g i d u b n u s ’ k i n g d o m
Before StonehengeBefore Stonehenge
Tracing Mesolithic journeys at Blick Mead Tracing Mesolithic journeys at Blick Mead
Set in stone Set in stone
Understanding the megalithic monuments of Pembrokeshire Understanding the megalithic monuments of Pembrokeshire
PLUSPLUS
Pioneering female archaeologists
❙
A forgotten First World War frontline
❙
Seeking the dominion of a Roman client king
Issue 324 ❙ £4.50
001_CA324_CoverFinal_MESC.indd 1
19/01/2017 12:23
ISSUE 324
5