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Rescue News 77
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Rescue News 77
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Rescue News
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77
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1999
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Date Of Issue From: 1999
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20 Jan 2002
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Happy reunion: recent excavations by British Waterways at North Basin, Tower Wharf, Chester
Martin Cook
1 - 2
Reports that archaeological work at a canal basin on the edge of Chester town centre. Remains of five nineteenth-century barges, known as `flats', were recorded.
Two holes in the road: some advantages of Hereford's AAI status
Andrew R Boucher
Reports on two small archaeological interventions undertaken under a voluntary code of practice covering the Area of Archaeological Importance. Saxon defences were located in sewer trenches in East Street and in Aubrey Street (the Kings Ditch). Medieval layers were also recorded, and a peat deposit at the Aubrey Street site was radiocarbon dated to the Bronze Age.
Location, location, location! Is an international institution being marginalised?
John Price
Discusses the merits of proposal to relocate the English Heritage Ancient Monuments Laboratory from central London to Portsmouth.
Bodies of evidence
Nina Crummy
Considers how the Museum of London, under the Directorship of Simon Thurley, is changing to combat the problem of falling attendance. In particular, the recent exhibition of human pathology through the ages, `London Bodies', is examined, along with its accompanying publication (see also 99/1151--2).
Heritage for sale as tourist trophies
Judith Plouviez
Warns of the potential threat posed to archaeological remains by the increasing popularity of organised treasure-hunting holidays (see also 99/1143).
Pooter's piece
Lupin Pooter
Reports on topical issues, including: a debate at the IFA's 1998 AGM; the 1998 British Archaeological Awards; threatened local government cuts in Northamptonshire; the `digger's' lot; and news of a vacancy for a Chief Archaeologist at English Heritage.
Fabric Descriptions -- a thing of the past
Valery Rigby
Roberta Tomber
Gives a brief account of the background to the recently published National Roman [pottery] Fabric Reference Collection and highlights the importance of the Collection as a resource for research.