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REVIEW BY BRANDON BRAUN
The Latin motto for Shropshire – Floreat Salopia, ‘may Shropshire flourish’ – has been used since at least the 17th century, so it is a fitting title for the 100th volume of the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society.
This edited volume traces the history and archaeology of Shropshire from prehistory to the 21st century in 14 chapters. These are organised chronologically, each exploring research themes through the lens of Shropshire-specific case studies. For example, in the opening chapter on the Neolithic and Bronze Age, Dave Mullin and Jodie Lewis discuss prehistoric artefacts found in Shropshire and the significance of places like the Wrekin, outside Shrewsbury, whereas Barrie Trinder outlines Shropshire’s role in the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, focusing on Coalbrookdale Coalfield.
Overall, Floreat Salopia is an interesting and useful volume that highlights the known archaeology of Shropshire, while also contributing to wider discussions about archaeology in the county and beyond.
Floreat Salopia: a celebration of Shropshire’s history and archaeology
Roger H White (ed.)
Oxbow, £45
ISBN 978-8888571590
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Hadrian’s Wall and its Trees
David J Breeze (ed.)
Archaeopress, £29.99
ISBN 978-1805830986
Fragile Gods: pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain
Matthew Fittock
BAR, £82
ISBN 978-1407362281
Making Art in the Ice Age: the story of how our ancestors made images
Paul Bahn and Elle Clifford
Archaeopress, £14.99
ISBN 978-1805830887
Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology
Kelly Kilpatrick (ed.)
Scottish Society for Northern Studies, £19.95
ISBN 978-1036934125
From Farm to Viking-Age Trading Centre: the 1994-2012 excavations at Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Mark Redknap
Oxbow, £60
ISBN 979-8888571972
The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay: excavations at the centre of the Lordship of the Isles, 1989-1998
David Caldwell
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, £40
ISBN 978-1908332363
Archaeological Investigations to the east of Lydney, Gloucestershire
Tom Brindle (ed.)
Archaeopress, £24.95
ISBN 978-1917215039
Hadrian’s Wall: milecastles, turrets, and the curtain
Derek A Welsby and Nick Hodgson (eds)
Archaeopress, £45
ISBN 978-1805831457
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