Antiquity: Volume 61 - Issue 233

Contextual archaeology
John C. Barrett
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02 January 2015, pp. 468-473
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Ian Hodder's book, Reading the past (1986), was reviewed in the last number (Gardin 1987). Here a further comment is offered on Hodder's proposal for a ‘contextual archaeology’.

A secure future for the Roystone Grange Archaeological Trail
Richard Hodges, Ken Smith
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02 January 2015, pp. 473-474
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The July editorial (pp. 163–4) worried about the place for archaeology in the future of the British countryside, and this issue returns to the subject (p. 355). Here is a first example of the most satisfactory outcome imaginable – the acquisition of an upland farm primarily for archaeological use.

Marion Shoard. This land is our land: the struggle for Britain's countryside. London: Paladin, 1987. £5.95 paperback. - Timothy Darvill. Upland archaeology: what future for the past? London: Council for British Archaeology, 1986. £3.25 paperback. - Gareth Hugh Davies. England's glory: a photographic journey through England's threatened landscapes. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. £14.95 hardback. - Oliver Rackham. The history of the countryside: the full fascinating story of Britain's landscape. London: J. M. Dent, 1986. £16.95 hardback.
Peter Fowler
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02 January 2015, pp. 475-477
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Philip Grierson & Mark Blackburn. Medieval European coinage: with a catalogue of the coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 1: The early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries). 720 pages, 65 plates, 8 maps 28 tables. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. £85 & $125 hardback.
Cécile Morrisson
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02 January 2015, pp. 477-478
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John Schofield & Roger Leech (ed.). Urban archaeology in Britain. London: Council for British Archaeology, 1987. Research report 61. x + 234 pages, 103 illustrations. £19.50 paperback.
R.A. Hall
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02 January 2015, pp. 478-480
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Martin Bernal. Black Athena: the Afroasiatic roots of Classical civilization 1: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785–1985. London: Free Association Books, 1987. 575 pages, 7 pp. maps & charts. & £30 hardback, £15 paperback.
Michael Vickers
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02 January 2015, pp. 480-481
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J.-C. Gardin, O. Guillaume, P.-O. Herman, A. Hesnard, M.-S. Lagrange, M. Renaud & E. Zadora-Rio. Systèmes experts et sciences humaines: le cas de l'archéologie. Paris: Byrolles, 1987. 269 pp. 29 illus., 12 tables. Ff380 paperback.
Albertus Voorrips
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02 January 2015, pp. 481-482
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Olga Soffer. The Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain. London & Orlando: Academic, 1985. xxiv + 539 pages, 186 illustrations, 134 tables. £59 & $79.50 hardback, £22.50 & $29.95 paperback.
Simon Collcutt
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02 January 2015, pp. 482-483
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Seán McGrail. Ancient boats in NW Europe: the archaeology of water transport to AD 1500. London & New York: Longmans, 1987. xxii + 321 pages, 177 illustrations. £45 & $79.95 hardback
Basil Greenhill
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02 January 2015, pp. 483-484
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Anthony Gascoigne (photographs), Glyn Daniel & Paul Bahn (text). Ancient places: the prehistoric and Celtic sites of Britain. London: Constable, 1987. 178 pages, 81 full-page photographs, 1 map. £14.95 hardback.
Aubrey Burl
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02 January 2015, pp. 484-485
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T.W. Potter. Exploring the Roman world: Roman Italy. London: British Museum Publications, 1987. 240 pages, 12 colour + 80 b/w illustrations. £15 hardback.
Martin Henig
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02 January 2015, pp. 485-487
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Michael P. Closs (ed.). Native American mathematics. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986. 431 pp.
Gordon Brotherston
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02 January 2015, p. 487
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Torgny Säve-Söderbergh (ed.). Temples and tombs of ancient Nubia: the international rescue campaign at Abu Simbel, Philae and other sites. London: Thames & Hudson/UNESCO, 1987. 256 pages, 43 colour, 68 black-and-white illustrations. £25 hardback.
John Alexander
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02 January 2015, pp. 487-488
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Miranda Green. The gods of the Celts. Gloucester: Alan Sutton & Totowa (NJ): Barnes & Noble, 1986. x + 257 pages, 103 illustrations. £14.95 hardback. - Ralph Merrifield. The archaeology of ritual and magic. London: B.T. Batsford, 1987. xiv + 224 pages, 58 plates 8figures. £14.95 hardback. - Graham Webster. The British Celts and their gods under Rome. London: B.T. Batsford, 1986. 205 pages, 17 figures, 22 plates. £14.95 hardback.
J.V.S. Megaw, M.R. Megaw
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02 January 2015, pp. 488-490
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Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Brecknock (Brycheiniog) I, ii: Hill Forts and Roman remains. London: HMSO, 1987. xxxii + 196 pages, 180 illustrations. £45 hardback.
Michael Jarrett
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26 May 2015, pp. 490-491
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T. Darvill. Prehistoric Britain. London: Batsford, 1987. 223 pages, 110 illustrations. £12.95 paperback.
Roger Mercer
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02 January 2015, pp. 491-492
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GreenMiranda. The gods of the Celts. Gloucester: Alan Sutton & Totowa (NJ): Barnes & Noble, 1986. x + 257 pages, 103 illustrations. £14.95 hardback.
J.V.S. Megaw, M.R. Megaw
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01 November 1987, pp. 488-490
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John W. Hedges. Bu, Gurness and the Brochs of Orkney. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1987. British Series 163. 3 volumes, 637 pages, 286 illustrations. £42 paperback
Euan W. MacKie
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02 January 2015, pp. 492-494
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Leslie Alcock. Economy, society and warfare among the Britons and Saxons. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1987. 343 pages, many illustrations, maps & tables. £35 hardback.
Ian Burrow
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02 January 2015, pp. 494-495
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Gordon Randolph Willey. Essays in Maya archaeology. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. 245 pages, 7 illustrations. $27.50 hardback, $13.95 paperback.
Norman Hammond
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02 January 2015, p. 495
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Philip Grierson & Mark Blackburn. Medieval European coinage: with a catalogue of the coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 1: The early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries). 720 pages, 65 plates, 8 maps 28 tables. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. £85 & $125 hardback.

John Schofield & Roger Leech (ed.). Urban archaeology in Britain. London: Council for British Archaeology, 1987. Research report 61. x + 234 pages, 103 illustrations. £19.50 paperback.

Martin Bernal. Black Athena: the Afroasiatic roots of Classical civilization 1: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785–1985. London: Free Association Books, 1987. 575 pages, 7 pp. maps & charts. & £30 hardback, £15 paperback.

J.-C. Gardin, O. Guillaume, P.-O. Herman, A. Hesnard, M.-S. Lagrange, M. Renaud & E. Zadora-Rio. Systèmes experts et sciences humaines: le cas de l'archéologie. Paris: Byrolles, 1987. 269 pp. 29 illus., 12 tables. Ff380 paperback.

Olga Soffer. The Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain. London & Orlando: Academic, 1985. xxiv + 539 pages, 186 illustrations, 134 tables. £59 & $79.50 hardback, £22.50 & $29.95 paperback.

Seán McGrail. Ancient boats in NW Europe: the archaeology of water transport to AD 1500. London & New York: Longmans, 1987. xxii + 321 pages, 177 illustrations. £45 & $79.95 hardback

Anthony Gascoigne (photographs), Glyn Daniel & Paul Bahn (text). Ancient places: the prehistoric and Celtic sites of Britain. London: Constable, 1987. 178 pages, 81 full-page photographs, 1 map. £14.95 hardback.

T.W. Potter. Exploring the Roman world: Roman Italy. London: British Museum Publications, 1987. 240 pages, 12 colour + 80 b/w illustrations. £15 hardback.

Michael P. Closs (ed.). Native American mathematics. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986. 431 pp.

Torgny Säve-Söderbergh (ed.). Temples and tombs of ancient Nubia: the international rescue campaign at Abu Simbel, Philae and other sites. London: Thames & Hudson/UNESCO, 1987. 256 pages, 43 colour, 68 black-and-white illustrations. £25 hardback.

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Brecknock (Brycheiniog) I, ii: Hill Forts and Roman remains. London: HMSO, 1987. xxxii + 196 pages, 180 illustrations. £45 hardback.

T. Darvill. Prehistoric Britain. London: Batsford, 1987. 223 pages, 110 illustrations. £12.95 paperback.

GreenMiranda. The gods of the Celts. Gloucester: Alan Sutton & Totowa (NJ): Barnes & Noble, 1986. x + 257 pages, 103 illustrations. £14.95 hardback.

John W. Hedges. Bu, Gurness and the Brochs of Orkney. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1987. British Series 163. 3 volumes, 637 pages, 286 illustrations. £42 paperback

Leslie Alcock. Economy, society and warfare among the Britons and Saxons. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1987. 343 pages, many illustrations, maps & tables. £35 hardback.

Gordon Randolph Willey. Essays in Maya archaeology. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. 245 pages, 7 illustrations. $27.50 hardback, $13.95 paperback.

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