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CONTENTS ISSUE 350 ISSUE 350 (Vol.XXX, No.2) ❙ May 2019 FEATURES 18 YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT? Excavating the Oxford Jewry Perceptions of Oxford usually revolve around 'dreaming spires' and the city's famous university, but recent excavations in the city centre have illuminated other aspects of its rich past, including early Anglo-Saxon structures and rare traces of Oxford's long-vanished medieval Jewish quarter. 26 BATTLING OLD FATHER THAMES The Thames Discovery Programme at ten For the last decade, archaeologists and volunteers from the Thames Discovery Programme have worked tirelessly to record foreshore sites exposed by the waters of the Thames, racing against time before the fragile finds are eroded away. We explore some of the key highlights among their discoveries. 52 18 26 32 32 SALT OF THE EARTH How Lincolnshire transformed seawater into white gold Today, we take salt for granted, but its history stretches deep into our past. Spanning from the Middle Bronze Age into the medieval period, salt was produced in industrial quantities in Lincolnshire, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape. 42 EXERCISE TIGER Archaeological echoes of rehearsals for the D-Day landings D-Day was a massive, complex operation, the likes of which had never been attempted before. To get the details right, the Allied forces practised their assault on a Devon beach – but the rehearsals ended in disaster, and the loss of hundreds of lives. With the tragedy marking its 75th anniversary this month, maritime surveys are shedding new light on the wreck site. 26 4 42 MAY 2019
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CONTENTS UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 LETTERS Your comments, complaints, and compliments 11 8 NEWS Ritual protection marks identified at Creswell Crags; Conclusive chronologies at Carnoustie; Recording Roman graffiti near Hadrian’s Wall; Neolithic cranium found on the Thames foreshore; New insights into Irish bog butter; Science Notes; Investigating leprosy in Ireland; Finds Tray 14 COMMENT Joe Flatman excavates the CA archive 16 CONTEXT Supply and demand: Bradkirk Brickworks, Lancashire 46 DIGS GUIDE 2019 This special section gives a taste of the projects you can get involved in this summer 16 13 46 62 58 5858 64 CULTURE 54 REVIEWS The Times of their Lives: hunting history in the archaeology of Neolithic Europe; The First Foresters: explore the Neolithic in Scotland’s native woodlands; The Archaeology of Underground Mines and Quarries in England; Nineteenth Century Childhoods; The Reality of Artifacts: an archaeological perspective; Thurrock’s Deeper Past: a confluence of time 58 MUSEUM The Egyptian Galleries at Bolton Museum 60 CALENDAR Our selection of exhibitions and events 62 CONFERENCE A round-up of what happened at CA Live! 2019 64 SHERDS Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues 66 ODD SOCS Box Archaeological and Natural History Society ON THE COVER Recording traces of a 19th-century vessel on the Thames foreshore. CREDIT: Thames Discovery Programme I s s u e 3 5 0 ❙ M a y 2 0 1 9 THE UK’S BEST-SELLING ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE Issue 350 ❙ May 2019 ❙ £4.95 S t A l d a t e s , O x f o r d ❙ T h a m e s D i s c o v e r y P r o g r a m m e ❙ L i n c o l n s h i r e s a l t - m a k i n g ❙ E x e r c i s e T i g e r ❙ D i g s G u i d e 2 0 1 9 DIGS GUIDE Godigging in 2019! Recording the river PLUS 10 years of the Thames Discovery Programme Bronze Age saltmaking secrets ❙ Excavating Oxford’s medieval Jewry ❙ D-Day rehearsals and disaster in Devon Issue 350 ❙ £4.95 001_CA350_Cover_Final_MESC.indd 1 20/03/2019 15:57 ISSUE 350 5

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CONTENTS

ISSUE 350 ISSUE 350

(Vol.XXX, No.2) ❙ May 2019

FEATURES

18 YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT?

Excavating the Oxford Jewry Perceptions of Oxford usually revolve around 'dreaming spires' and the city's famous university, but recent excavations in the city centre have illuminated other aspects of its rich past, including early Anglo-Saxon structures and rare traces of Oxford's long-vanished medieval Jewish quarter. 26 BATTLING OLD FATHER THAMES

The Thames Discovery Programme at ten For the last decade, archaeologists and volunteers from the Thames Discovery Programme have worked tirelessly to record foreshore sites exposed by the waters of the Thames, racing against time before the fragile finds are eroded away. We explore some of the key highlights among their discoveries.

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32 SALT OF THE EARTH

How Lincolnshire transformed seawater into white gold Today, we take salt for granted, but its history stretches deep into our past. Spanning from the Middle Bronze Age into the medieval period, salt was produced in industrial quantities in Lincolnshire, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape. 42 EXERCISE TIGER

Archaeological echoes of rehearsals for the D-Day landings D-Day was a massive, complex operation, the likes of which had never been attempted before. To get the details right, the Allied forces practised their assault on a Devon beach – but the rehearsals ended in disaster, and the loss of hundreds of lives. With the tragedy marking its 75th anniversary this month, maritime surveys are shedding new light on the wreck site.

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