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Current Archaeology 381
Highlights:
- Iona in the Viking Age: laying a ‘zombie narrative’ to rest
- CITiZAN’S Climate Emergency: protecting the future by understanding the past
- Picturing the past in Wales: the evolution of archaeological illustration
- Living like common people: uncovering medieval peasant perceptions of landscape
- From aurochsen to abbey tiles: uncovering Mesolithic and medieval finds at Blick Mead
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Iona in the Viking Age: laying a ‘zombie narrative’ to restThe traditional story of Iona’s early medieval monastery ends in tragedy and bloodshed, with the religious community wiped out by vicious Viking raiders. Increasingly, though,…Features
CITiZAN’S Climate Emergency: protecting the future by understanding the pastCan studying past coastal change help us to ameliorate the climate crisis facing us today? A project focused on Mersea Island in Essex has illuminated…
Picturing the past in Wales: the evolution of archaeological illustrationNo more waiting for photographs to be processed only to discover that half of them are under- or over-exposed or out of focus: we live…
Living like common people: uncovering medieval peasant perceptions of landscapeHow did medieval villagers understand the world around them? Stephen Mileson and Stuart Brookes addressed this question in a research project and recently published book.…
From aurochsen to abbey tiles: uncovering Mesolithic and medieval finds at Blick MeadExcavations at Blick Mead, a significant Mesolithic occupation site close to Stonehenge, continued this autumn. Carly Hilts travelled to the site to learn more about…Comment
Excavating the East MidlandsWhile investigating a site near Clifton in the south-western suburbs of Nottingham, Wessex Archaeology found evidence of a late Iron Age/early Romano-British farmstead, as well…
Church Communities and HeritageChurches are significant repositories of community history; they contain rare and precious objects; they are, in a very real sense, museums at the heart of…News
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Exhibitions, Events, and VisitsWith even more heritage sites and museums around the UK opening up and in-person events being held again, we have put together a list of…
Northampton Museum & Art GalleryFollowing a £6.7 million transformation, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery has reopened to the public, with new galleries showcasing the town’s history – particularly its…
Reviews
St Gregory’s Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire: archaeological investigations and historical contexthis Archaeopress volume represents the long-awaited full publication of Philip Rahtz’s 1994-2004 investigations at Kirkdale parish church, where the famed sundial records Orm Gamalson’s c.1060…
The Wrecks of HM Frigates Assurance (1753) & Pomone (1811)In April 1753, a British frigate called the Assurance sank on the Needles, off the coast of the Isle of Wight. Its remains were rediscovered…
London’s Roman Tools: craft, agriculture and experience in an ancient cityThis new study of tools from Roman London is a hefty volume, but it more than justifies the bookshelf space. Thorough coverage of dozens of…
Cruck Building: a surveyCrucks, curving roof timbers that in their purest form go from the ground to the apex of the roof, have long been a puzzle. They…
Stranger in the Mask of a Deer‘Dreamer, can you cast your mind back to before you were islanded?’ This thoughtful and thought-provoking book-length poem is described by its author, Richard Skelton,…
A Mighty Capital Under Threat: the environmental history of London, 1800-2000The London we know today traces its roots directly back to the modest settlement developed on the banks of the Thames in the late 9th…