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Current Archaeol 12 (4)
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Title:
Current Archaeol 12 (4)
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Series:
Current Archaeology
Volume
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Volume:
12 (4)
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Publication Type:
Journal
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Year of Publication:
1993
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BIAB (The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
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Created Date:
20 Jan 2002
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Canterbury Cathedral
Kevin Blockley
124 - 130
Partial investigation under the floors of Canterbury Cathedral has revealed that the Anglo-Saxon cathedral stood on the same site as its Norman successor. Four phases of building have been identified: the earliest dates back to the period of St. Augustine and the latest to the eleventh century.
The A41 excavations
133 - 137
The site of a Neolithic village has been discovered in Hertfordshire. The site was extensive and the principal evidence comprised pits, postholes and ditches, together with flints and pot sherds. A complex of forty ditches has also been discovered -- it appears that only three or four ditches were open at any one time. These sites were discovered by extensive trenching with mechanical excavators, rather than by field walking or geophysical survey, which it is claimed are more expensive.
Bronze Age salt production at Tetney
Colin P H Palmer-Brown
143 - 145
Salt was one of the first commodities to be extracted on a large scale and ancient salt workings are known on the east coast. Salt was extracted from sea water by boiling and large quantities of burnt material were left behind. A new discovery of a salt working site, near Cleethorpes, appears to date to the Bronze Age and thus to be the earliest in the country.
Science Diary
John Musty
146 - 148
Reports on a variety of topics including faunal remains from a Roman well in Leicester which included the head of a white-tailed eagle; finds of dwarf animals of a comparatively recent date in Cyprus; the origins of maize as determined by a study of its 13C content; analytical techniques for differentiating between shale, jet and lignite; accelerator dates for a variety of objects including an early bow, axe haft and wheel, along with a third human body found at Lindow Moss; finds of Neanderthal and contemporary early modern Homo sapiens skeletons in Israel; geophysical survey at Soutra, Lothian; the use of cannabis as an anaesthetic during childbirth in the fourth century~AD; and lastly the technique of electronic imaging.
Diary
149 - 151
Items on the destruction of the remains of medieval strip fields as a result of the Common Agricultural Policy; the Roman Research Trust; the unveiling of a `blue plaque' on Sir Mortimer Wheeler's former home; the relationship between professionals and the local society in Northamptonshire; and the launch of British Archaeology Students as a group for 16 to 21 year olds.
Hoxne
152 - 157
A report on the contents of a Roman treasure hoard of 14,780 gold and silver coins, jewellery (including bracelets and a body chain), 78 spoons, and silver pepper pots, found in Suffolk. The finds had originally been placed in wooden box and were likely to have been buried after the supposed collapse of Roman authority in AD~410.
