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CONTENTS ISSUE 385 (Vol. XXXIII, No. 1) ❙ April 2022 38 FEATURES 18 BRETONS AND BRITONS Exploring prehistoric Britain’s French connection The cultural ties shared by Britain and Brittany stretch back thousands of years, and can be traced both in the archaeological record and through analysis of place names on either side of the Channel. 28 FROM TENTS TO TOWNS Tracing Torksey after the Vikings Excavations at Torksey in Lincolnshire have revealed a perhaps more unexpected legacy left by the Viking Great Army’s decision to overwinter there in AD 872: the birth of a thriving Anglo-Saxon town and an innovative pottery industry. 28 38 BEYOND THE WALL Exploring the prehistoric origins of Scotland A new look at brochs, duns, crannogs, and souterrains suggests that the lands that would become Scotland and England were already culturally divergent long before Hadrian’s Wall split Britain in two. 46 PETUARIA REVISITED Searching for Brough-on-Humber’s lost Roman theatre In the 1930s, a Roman inscription hinting at the presence of a theatre was discovered at Brough-on-Humber. Now, a community project is searching for more clues – uncovering diverse layers of urban life along the way. 46 4 Current Archaeology 18 18 APRIL 2022
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8 CONTENTS - UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 LETTERS Your comments, complaints, and compliments 8 NEWS Elaborately carved Burton Agnes chalk drum goes on display; Highways to the past: excavating the A428 in Bedfordshire; Roman roadside life and death near yles ury riary oor tiles revealed in Gloucester; Roman furniture-making in rural Cambridgeshire; Building an Iron Age broch in Caithness; Science Notes; Finds Tray 14 COMMENT Joe Flatman excavates the CA archive 16 CONTEXT Unearthing an ‘idol’: Twyford, Buckinghamshire 56 58 61 62 13 16 CULTURE 52 REVIEWS Iron Age Chariot Burials in Britain and the Near Continent; Adrift: the curious tale of the Lego lost at sea; The Romans in the Nene Valley; Peasant Perceptions of Landscape: Ewelme hundred, south Oxfordshire, 500-1650; Middle Bronze Age and Roman Settlement at Manor Pit, Baston, Lincolnshire; A History of Norfolk in 100 Places 56 MUSEUM CA visits Nottingham Castle 58 MUSEUM NEWS The latest acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions 60 LISTINGS Our selection of exhibitions and events, as well as historical, archaeological, and cultural resources from around the world that are still available online 62 SHERDS Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues 64 LAST WORD Andrew Selkirk remembers Neil Faulkner (1958-2022) 66 ODD SOCS The Long Distance Walkers Association ON THE COVER Ann Wilkinson (University of Bradford) taking archaeomagnetic dating samples. CREDIT: Tents to Towns Project 3 8 5 A p r i l Issue 385 ❙ April 2022 ❙ £5.95 THE UK’S BEST-SELLING ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE B r e t o n s a n d B r i t o n s T o r k s e y a f t e r t h e V i k i n g s P r e h i s t o r i c S c o t l a n d B r o u g h o n - H u m b e r Life after the Vikings Life after the Vikings Uncovering the Great Army’s legacy at Torksey Uncovering the Great Army’s legacy at Torksey PLUS Bretons and Britons ❙ Searching for Brough’s Roman theatre Scotland’s prehistoric origins ❙ .95 £5 ❙ 385 Issue ISSUE 385 Current Archaeology 5

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CONTENTS

ISSUE 385

(Vol. XXXIII, No. 1) ❙ April 2022

38

FEATURES

18 BRETONS AND BRITONS

Exploring prehistoric Britain’s French connection The cultural ties shared by Britain and Brittany stretch back thousands of years, and can be traced both in the archaeological record and through analysis of place names on either side of the Channel. 28 FROM TENTS TO TOWNS

Tracing Torksey after the Vikings Excavations at Torksey in Lincolnshire have revealed a perhaps more unexpected legacy left by the Viking Great Army’s decision to overwinter there in AD 872: the birth of a thriving Anglo-Saxon town and an innovative pottery industry.

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38 BEYOND THE WALL

Exploring the prehistoric origins of Scotland A new look at brochs, duns, crannogs, and souterrains suggests that the lands that would become Scotland and England were already culturally divergent long before Hadrian’s Wall split Britain in two. 46 PETUARIA REVISITED

Searching for Brough-on-Humber’s lost Roman theatre In the 1930s, a Roman inscription hinting at the presence of a theatre was discovered at Brough-on-Humber. Now, a community project is searching for more clues – uncovering diverse layers of urban life along the way.

46

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