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Brit Archaeol 47
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Brit Archaeol 47
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British Archaeology
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47
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Journal
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Year of Publication:
1999
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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20 Jan 2002
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News
4 - 5
Notes the discovery of a high status Saxon woman's grave in Newark; Christian graves found surrounding a Bronze Age barrow near Holyhead, Anglesey; and the seizure by Customs officers of artefacts exhumed by Americans on metal detecting holidays in Britain. `In brief' notes the search for King Alfred's grave in Winchester and the publication of English Heritage's annual Buildings at Risk register.
Here he lies, hewn down ... in the dirt
Richard Underwood
6 - 7
Drawing on literary references from works such as the Battle of Maldon and some graphic sagas, discusses the weaponry used by different strands of Anglo-Saxon society.
Growth and decay of an Essex village
Mark Atkinson
8 - 11
Reports on excavations at Heybridge Romano-British village which was occupied for five hundred years from the Late Iron Age through the Roman period. Finds from domestic and garden areas as well as public buildings such as the shrines and temples shed light on the customs and social life of the inhabitants.
All Tudor life in a disused fishpond
Geoff Egan
12 - 13
Discusses excavations from a site opposite the Tower of London which yielded a large number of previously rare items from everyday Tudor life. Shoes, buckles, pewter toys, armour and many other finds were unearthed from what was originally a medieval fishpond which became disused, possibly in a period of decline in the fish trade after the Reformation. The wall of the fishpond was supported with the remains of a thirteenth-century ship.
CBA Update
Short sections on an inquiry into the DCMS which includes proposals for heritage and conservation, the omission of AS history from the A-level syllabuses, and the success of National Archaeology Days.
Cromwell vs King Alfred at Waterloo
Simon Denison
Laments the fact that some people learn very little about history in school.