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note on an engraved jet lozenge found in a pit with a flint knife and redeposited Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age pot sherds, in South Lowestoft, Suffolk. The design is comparable to the gold lozenges found at Bush Barrow, near Stonehenge, and at Clandon Barrow, Dorset

on the sale of a Neolithic jadeite axe blade from Newton Peverill, inland from Bournemouth, formerly in the collection of Augustus Pitt Rivers

The article discusses the physical evidence provided by the wrecks of British vessels involved in the transatlantic slave trade during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the artefacts and documentary evidence associated with them.

Article on a project whereby eleven artists were invited to provide works on the site of, and interpreting, the ruined mining complex of South Wheal Frances near Redruth in Cornwall. Includes

The author describes the results of a survey of almost 1,750 churches in England and Wales to investigate the proposition that churches were built facing sunrise on the feast day of their patronal saint.

The authors describe excavations in Townwall Street, outside the historic core of Dover, which revealed dwellings and smallholdings from the medieval period. Finds were indicative of the inhabitants' involvement in the fishing industry which, along with service on the king's ships, was a key occupation in medieval Dover.

review or archaeological glossaries and thesauri on the Internet

description of the Community Archaeology Forum, a web project launched by the Council for British Archaeology to draw together resources specific to community projects

The author discusses the use of blind tests to check the reliability of findings from different laboratories involved in analysis of the same types of archaeological sample.

Article looking at statistics for television viewers of archaeology and heritage programmes, including the popularity of different types of programme and the demographic breakdown of viewing figures.

The archaeologist and author of Britannia: a history of Roman Britain looks back over his long career in the subject.