Brit Archaeol News 14

Noting the rising popularity of archaeology amongst university entrants, concerns are expressed as to the effect of rapidly increasing numbers on standards of teaching. Other pressures faced by universities, such as the need to offer work-related courses, attract sources of funding, and achieve certain quality targets are also analysed. See also 94/968.

Notes the discovery of the exact site of Dwight Eisenhower's wartime headquarters, at Sawyer's Wood, Hampshire.

A Department of Transport request for a reduction in costs of archaeology associated with road improvements is discussed.

An appreciation of the life of the former CBA President, authority on ancient glass, and prominent museum archaeologist.

Reports diverse archaeological evidence that there has been habitation in the vicinity of the village has since the mid Neolithic, although the focus may have shifted position over the centuries.

Suggests that a 500,000-year-old shin bone from Boxgrove evinces that humans left Africa a million years later than previously thought. The argument hinges on the view that the Boxgrove find is more securely stratified and better researched than `earlier' examples from Asia. It is also considered unlikely that early hominids colonised Asia long before they moved into Europe. The Boxgrove hominid is then described and its site context discussed (see also 94/1253 et al).