Description
In this issue:
– MUST FARM: An extraordinary tale of the everyday
– BURIED BETWEEN ROAD AND RIVER: Investigating a Roman cemetery in Leicester
– WILD COUNTRY: The archaeology of Upland Gwent
– AN UNLIKELY SURVIVOR: Presenting the many lives of a First World War warship
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Sherds, Odd Socs, and more!
From the Editor:
We now know that disaster swiftly struck Must Farm. Construction may not even have been complete when the flames took hold, and it is probable that the settlement was gutted within a year of being founded. For the inhabitants, the loss of their homes and possessions must have been devastating, but the archaeological windfall has been immense. As the roundhouses surrender their secrets, we are beginning to get a sense of what was normal in the Late Bronze Age.
Insights into day-to-day life in Roman Leicester are coming from the inhabitants themselves. Excavations in the city’s West End have revealed a curiously disordered cemetery. Those laid to rest within it are helping archaeologists to build up a picture of a place where the locals rubbed shoulders with incomers from the furthest reaches of the Empire.
Countless generations have contributed to the making of Upland Gwent. Prehistoric peoples hunted and farmed there, while Romans struggled to control it. More recently, industry has left its mark. We examine this rich heritage, and see how the valleys are turning green once more.
Over the last 25 years, HMS M.33 has also been transformed, in this case from a rusting hulk to a recognisable warship. But below decks a different approach to conserving historic ships has been attempted; we explore a First World War artefact.
Matt Symonds
Cover Date: Oct-2016, Volume 27 Issue 7