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Title:
Rescue News 72
Series:
Rescue News
Volume:
72
Publication Type:
Journal
Year of Publication:
1997
Note:
Date Of Issue From: 1997
Source:
BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
Created Date:
20 Jan 2002
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Industrial Tintern: destruction in the Wye Valley
Stephen H Clarke
1 - 2
Discusses the flood scheme which threatened the site of the important early brass production and water-powered wireworks site at Abbey mill.
Secrets of the Wreake Valley: excavations at Kettleby, Leicestershire
Neil Finn
4 - 5
Reports on excavations in advance of development on the deserted Saxon and medieval village site that also produced evidence for prehistoric occupation including a BA cremation cemetery.
Open meeting, 1997: finds and their fate
Hester Cooper-Reade
5 - 6
A summary report of a meeting discussing issues relating to the retention and disposal of archaeological finds -- problems highlighted by the closure of the Museum of London's archaeological archive.
The Rescue survey 1996: some preliminary results
Paul Spoerry
6 - 7
Rescue's latest survey of jobs, pay, and funding in archaeology is thought to indicate that developers are getting good value for money from archaeologists.
Images of England
A J Scrase
Reviews of a pilot database of listed buildings, with images, recently completed by the RCHME, in conjunction with Kodak and the Royal Photographic Society, and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Reportedly, there are proposals to release a full database in CD-ROM or DVD format.
Protecting the historic environment
Martin Brown
Calls for a radical review of the Common Agricultural Policy, highlighting two recent cases in which SSSIs on the Sussex downs have been ploughed for the first time by farmers encouraged by EU subsidies for planting flax.
Positive thinking: a prehistoric and Roman landscape at Milton, Cambridgeshire
Aileen Connor
A cautionary tale illustrating how evaluation procedures can fail to identify significant archaeological remains. A deep accumulation of soil at a proposed landfill site concealed evidence for occupation going back to the Neolithic period, including a rare example of an RB burial mound and an IA--RB agricultural landscape. However, a three-year programme of further recording was possible, incorporating a training excavation.
