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Marylebone cold case; Exploring the lives of London’s 19th-century poor; Roman lead coffins recovered in Surrey; Cernunnos in Cambridgeshire; The mystery of LeochelCushnie’s modern monument; Science notes; Revisiting the Mote of Urr; Finds Tray

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Joe Flatman excavates the CA archive

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Colouring the past: Wick Barrow, Somerset

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CULTURE

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Late Iron Age Calleva: the pre-Conquest occupation at Silchester Insula IX; Neolithic Britain: the transformation of social worlds; Unearthing Childhood: young lives in prehistory; London’s Crypts and Catacombs; Clifton Quarry, Worcestershire: pits, pots and cereals; Lime Kilns: history and heritage

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Meeting Brighton’s ancestors: the Elaine Evans Archaeology Gallery at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery 60 CALENDAR

Our selection of exhibitions and events 62 CONFERENCE

The latest details about Current Archaeology Live! 2019 64 SHERDS

Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues 66 ODD SOCS

The City of Rochester Society

ON THE COVER Part of a 13th-/14thcentury tiled floor recently uncovered at Bath Abbey

CREDIT: Wessex Archaeology

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Revealing 1,000 years of history in Bath Revealing 1,000 years

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Excavating Trumpington's unusual burials

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Protective graffiti and curse inscriptions

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