Antiquity 76 (293)

Discusses various topical issues in contemporary archaeology, including archaeological conferences, and the financing of the British Museum.

Reports on SPACES (the Strumble--Preseli Ancient Communities Environmental Study) which aims to develop a broad diachronic understanding of the way Neolithic communities occupied and structured the landscape.

Examines the duration of breastfeeding using bone stable isotopes in infant remains from the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire. The results of the study suggests cessation of breastfeeding between one an two years of age. Comparison with medieval textual sources suggests that recommendations of physicians regarding infant feeding may not have influenced common practice in this period.

Discusses the preservation of various mid- and late-twentieth-century military sites in Britain and an English Heritage seminar and report on the monuments of the Cold War.

Comments on MacKie's response. See 2003/270, 2000/1308, 99/1457 and 98/396.

which discusses radiocarbon dating in Scotland

which discusses pre-Iron Age artefacts

which describes the Roman frontier in northern Britain from the perspective of the native population

which reports evidence of Early Bronze Age peat cutting on the Isle of Barra

which considers administrative and practical issues regarding the management of the underwater heritage in Scotland, focusing on the seven 1914--18 military wrecks in the area of Scapa Flow

Evaluates six monographs which report archaeological fieldwork projects in British wetlands. Notes that over the last decade `Wetland Archaeology' has emerged as a subdiscipline of archaeology, and that the wetland archaeological record is as diverse as that of the dryland. Reviews: Francis Pryor et al, 2001, The Flag Fen basin: archaeology and environment of a Fenland landscape; Lane, Tom & Morris, Elaine L. (eds.), 2001, A millennium of saltmaking: prehistoric and Romano-British salt production in the Fenland; D Hodgkinson et al, 2000, The lowland wetlands of Cumbria; Rippon, Stephen (ed.), 2001, Estuarine archaeology: the Severn and beyond; Barbara A Purdy (ed), 2001, Enduring records: the environmental and cultural heritage of wetlands; Stephen Rippon, 2000, The transformation of coastal wetlands: exploitation and management of marshland landscapes in North West Europe during the Roman and medieval periods. See also 2002/843 & 2002/880.