M. W Pitts, ed., (2007). Brit Archaeol (1357-4442) 95. York: Council for British Archaeology.

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Brit Archaeol (1357-4442) 95

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British Archaeology

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Mike W Pitts

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2007

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16 Jul 2007

Article Title	Author / Editor	Page Start/End	Abstract
News		6 - 9	Short articles about archaeological news and events, including
Compassion revealed in Quaker finds		6	evidence from human remains excavated at a dissenting burial ground at Hemingford Grey, St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Did comb dress Celtic beard or horse's mane?		7	on a decorated metal comb found near Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, of probable first-century AD date
Popular Scottish hillfort is probably Pictish		9	on radiocarbon dating of charcoal from the hillfort of Mither Tap, Aberdeenshire, which gives dates of between AD 340 and AD 780
Archaeology: the Blair years	Mike W Pitts	10 - 13	Article on what happened to archaeology under the Blair governments. The author identifies this period as the decade that archaeology in Britain came of age, when unprecedented amounts were spent on the past and initiatives such as the Treasure Act led to a new democratisation of Britain's heritage. The article pick out some of the great discoveries of the ten years from 1997 to 2007.
In holy union	Mark Redknap	14 - 15	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.
The Hermitage: sublime secrets in a craggy glen	Shannon Marguerite Fraser Thomas Addyman	22 - 27	Article on the eighteenth-century wilderness pleasure grounds, known as the Hermitage, laid out by John Murray at the Dunkeld Estate in Perthshire. The garden was later enlarged and then fell into decay, aggravated in 1869 when locals protesting a bridge toll blew up Ossian's Hall, the main architectural feature. The garden has been restored, and Ossian's Hall replaced. Amongst discoveries made during the restoration work were unique brick heating ovens and nineteenth-century and Polish Second World War graffiti.
Pins, pixies and thick dark earth	Kate Waddington Niall M Sharples	28 - 33	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.
Calling the mighty mite	Sebastian Payne	34	Article describing the archaeological evidence provided by mites.
Proto-Christian or evil dead?	Thomas Woolhouse	42 - 43	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 web	Mike W Pitts	44 - 45	Articles on archaeology-related websites, including
Past landscapes on the move	Caroline R Wickham-Jones	44	on the presentation of landscape history online
Roman barrier now community inspiration	Matthew Symonds	45	websites about Hadrian's Wall
Winscombe: a hidden Mendip valley	Mick A Aston	46 - 48	Article on the landscape history and archaeology of the parish of Winscombe in the Mendip Hills in Somerset.
Market forces leave the past behind	John Hammond	49	Opinion piece on problems arising from the way in which British archaeology is organised and funded, and the underlying legislation giving rise to these problems, with particular reference to the shortcomings of sites and monuments records.
John Herschel visits Stonehenge	Howard Mitchell	50 - 51	On the first British publication of a camera lucida drawing made at Stonehenge in 1865 by the great astronomer John Herschel.
CBA correspondent: Mike Heyworth on archaeology and education, educat...	Mike Heyworth	64 - 65	Article discussing the decline of archaeology as a secondary school and university subject, and its potential as a vocational qualification.
A hyphenated people	Billy Bragg	66	The singer-songwriter Billy Bragg gives a personal view of archaeology and its relevance to a more inclusive understanding of British identity.