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UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 LETTERS

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Mesolithic structure with surviving timbers found at Killerby Quarry; New discoveries in Sutton Park; Age of Alfriston Clergy House revealed; Early Bronze Age ring-ditch at Clitheroe; Investigating a Highland drovers' inn; Science notes; Medieval structure found at Buckland Abbey; Finds Tray

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Joe Flatman excavates the CA archive

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Buried bronzes: Havering, London

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CULTURE

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Mudlarking: lost and found on the River Thames; Brick: a social history; Living off the Land: agriculture in Wales c.499-1600 AD; The Romans in Scotland and the Battle of Mons Graupius; Small Change: a history of everyday coinage; The Lost Shrine

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Tutankhamun: treasures of the golden pharaoh

58 MUSEUM NEWS

The latest acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions 59 CALENDAR

Our selection of exhibitions and events 60 CONFERENCE

The nominees for the CA Awards, and details of CA Live! 2020 64 SHERDS

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

The Pictish Arts Society

ON THE COVER Overlooking the excavation of Silchester's grand Roman bathhouse in Hampshire.

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Knole’s messages from the past

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Excavating Offa’s and Wat’s Dyke

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