BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE LOGO


ISSN 1357-4442 Editor: Simon Denison

Issue no 52, April 2000

Click here to see larger image (70k)


Contents

News

Gemstone evidence for late Roman survival: jewel points to trade between North Wales and the Byzantine Empire
Government rejects conventions on loot trade
Woven clothing dates back 27,000 years
Excavation in a hermit's cave: new work sheds light on 18th century eviction
Traces emerge of lost Crusader priory in London
Roman ruins `survived in 13th century London'
In Brief

Features

Origins of war: Mesolithic conflict in Europe
The Mesolithic era is often characterised as a kind of golden age of harmony with nature and peaceful co-existence between people. Not so, writes Nick Thorpe

On the road
New evidence suggests Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims were following a pre-Christian tradition at least 1,000 years old, writes Miranda Aldhouse Green

Viking Christians & Christian Picts
The Vikings and Picts brought a 9th century Christian `Reformation' to parts of Britain. Martin Carver looks at the new evidence

Great sites: Wharram Percy
A deserted village excavation in Yorkshire transformed our understanding of medieval peasant life, writes James Bond

Letters

covering Neanderthals, horse burials, changes in archaeology, listed buildings and war photos

Issues

One step to the left, two steps back: moving ancient woods or monuments out of harm's way is no way to preserve them, writes Simon Denison

Peter Ellis

Books

Gold through the ages by Rob Ixer
Archaeology of death by Simon Mays
Men who dig graves by Blaise Vyner
Ancient chemistry by Richard Evershed

CBA update

Favourite finds

Dainty dishes on a tiny isle: Anna Ritchie recalls the pottery that dated the oldest standing building in western Europe


Return to the British Archaeology homepage

Return to the CBA homepage


© Council for British Archaeology & individual authors, 2000