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evidence from human remains excavated at a dissenting burial ground at Hemingford Grey, St Ives, Cambridgeshire

on radiocarbon dating of charcoal from the hillfort of Mither Tap, Aberdeenshire, which gives dates of between AD 340 and AD 780

While preparing for an exhibition in Cardiff museum, the author noticed a remarkable similarity between a carved ivory panel in the collections and another in Liverpool museum. They turned out once to have been hinged together, making a complete diptych, showing the Virgin and child with saints Peter and Paul on one side, and Christ on the Cross with Mary and John on the other. The Cardiff piece is said to have been found at an old house in Llandaf before 1836; the original provenance of the Liverpool one is not known. A laser replica was made of the latter for the exhibition.

Article on the identification of a rare and still little-understood type of archaeological site dating from 1000--700BC, consisting of large amounts of artefacts and animal bone buried within a layer of blackened earth, sometimes so thick and extensive as to create a small hill. The authors report on the excavation of one such site at Whitchurch in the West Midlands, with evidence for smithing and unexpected quantities of bronze metalwork that includes miniature axeheads.

Article on a burial found during excavations at Hilton, Cambridgeshire, of the disarticulated skeleton of a woman, radiocarbon dated to c. AD 700 and accompanied by a combination of pagan Saxon grave goods and Saxo-Norman pottery dating to the tenth to twelfth century.

on the presentation of landscape history online

Article on the landscape history and archaeology of the parish of Winscombe in the Mendip Hills in Somerset.

On the first British publication of a camera lucida drawing made at Stonehenge in 1865 by the great astronomer John Herschel.

The singer-songwriter Billy Bragg gives a personal view of archaeology and its relevance to a more inclusive understanding of British identity.