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ISSN 1357-4442Editor: Simon Denison

Issue no 33, April 1998

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Contents

News

Tin mine closure marks the end of more than an era
London's wall `older than was thought'
Saxon and Viking trade in North Wales
In Brief

Features

Medieval fields in their many forms
There is far more to ridge and furrow than meets the eye. David Hall explains.

No carefree life for Mesolithic people
Hunter-gatherers worked much harder for their living than has previously been thought, writes Rob Young

Literate culture of `Dark Age' Britain
People continued to use sophisticated Latin in early medieval western Britain, writes David Howlett

Regions

Frontier territory along the Thames
The Thames Valley today is the epitome of a peaceful landscape. It was not always so, writes George Lambrick

Letters

covering the history of roads, rock art, and Stonehenge again

Comment

Education and better care of the land
Fewer ancient sites would be ploughed up if we understood them more, writes Richard Morris

Books

Paul Bidwell on Hadrian, architect and speech-maker
Neil Brodie on looting and crimes against humanity
Martin Henig on a disappointing study of Roman art
Lawrence Butler on how medieval changed to post-medieval

Essay

And spirits remain in ancient places
John Charlton recounts three uncanny experiences from a lifetime spent among ancient monuments


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