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current archaeology No. 3 July 1967

CONTENTS 53 EDITORIAL

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NOTES AND NEWS

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HOW CHRISTIANITY CAME TO BRITAIN I: It began with the Romans

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CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE The early churches

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CHRISTIAN ART Pagan motifs mingle with Christian Art in Roman Britain

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HOW CHRISTIANITY CAME TO BRITAIN II : Consolidation in the Dark Ages

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Inset: Pelagius

Inset: Gildas

Inset: St. Patrick

72 THE CHURCH IN NORTH BRITAIN

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Inset: Flavius Antigonus Papias

Inset: St. Ninian

BOOK REVIEWS David Johnston on Regional Studies, and Dr. Ralegh Radford on the Iron Age in Northern Britain

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WELWYN An early Roman cemetery

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INSIDE BACK COVER

KENNINGTON The Medieval Royal Palace

DIGS TO VISIT

COVER PICTURE The mosaic head of Christ from Hinton St. Mary. Photo: National Buildings record, copyright W. J. White.