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Issue 122

Jan / Feb 2012

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news

All the latest archaeology news from around the country

letters

Your views and responses

CBA Correspondent

Highlights of another year in listed building casework

Mick's Travels

Mick Aston explores less-visted sites in Brittany

science

Sebastian Payne looks at the reality of spotted horses

features

COVER STORY: Origins of London

The city reveals its chilling Roman past

Local Authority cuts and EH protection

The latest probelms and policies of procting our heritage

Dating Europe's oldest modern humans

Each team from Somerset and Italy thought they had it

Archaeology in Russia

Heinrich Härke reports on kurgans, politics and sprit

Operation Nightingale

Rehabilitating wounded soldiers with archaeology

Embroidering history

The strange tale of the Bayeux Tapestry, archaeology and the Nazi party

 

ISSN 1357-4442

Editor Mike Pitts

Issue 122, January/February 2012

contents

news

All the latest archaeology news from around the country

letters

Your views and responses

CBA Correspondent

Our Casework and Community Officers highlight sites from the year's listed building casework

Mick's Travels

Mick Aston explores less-visted sites in Brittany

science

Sebastian Payne compares recent genetic evidence of horses with those depicted on cave paintings

features

COVER STORY: What Rome did for the origins of London

Who created London, and why? The city reveals its past

Local Authority cuts and EH protection

Don't shoot the councellors, and an overview of English Heritage protection policies

Dating Europe's oldest modern humans

Two teams thought they had the earliest evidence, from Somerset and southern Italy

Archaeology in Russia

Heinrich Härke reports on kurgans, politics and sprit

Operation Nightingale

An archaeological experiment in rehabilitating wounded soldiers

Embroidering history

The strange tale of the Bayeux Tapestry, archaeology and the Nazi party

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