British Archaeology Back Issue 203 July/August 2025

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What's in this issue:

  • From the director: Archaeology and wellbeing
  • News: The Melsonby Hoard; Nottingham’s caves; Ice Age art; crannogs
  • The world in antiquity: Activity at Flagstones henge in Dorset earlier than Stonehenge
  • Theatres of resistance Buried stories and Black radicalism at London s earliest playhouse and taverns
  • Heritage as healing Re-entangling heritage, ecology, and psychology
  • Heritage data management Arches: Protecting the historic environment and promoting information access 
  • A Long View Archaeological societies, their legacy, mission and membership 
  • Prehistoric cave art A Cro-Magnon Painter Sells a Masterpiece: Cave art in Punch 
  • Reviews The Ancients podcast; The Savage Isle 
  • Sharp Focus Mick Sharp visits Glastonbury Tor 
  • Greg Bailey Dr Greg Bailey wonders whether TV might adopt an In Our Time format 
  • Casefiles 80. Howells of Cardiff 
  • Archaeology Active Archaeology at the Chalke Valley Festival History 
  • Archaeology 8-25 CBA’s Youth Advisory Board: a successful 18 months 
  • Young Archaeologists’ Club Stratigraphy 
  • Archaeology Now Dr Chloë Duckworth wonders whether we miss too much ‘everyday’ history