This issue of Current Archaeology contains our annual Digs special, chock-full of all the information you need to get digging this summer, or plan a day out to see what’s happening in your local area. Have fun \u201a and if you participate in an excavation or just visit one, tell us what you thought on ilovethepast.com.<\/p>\n
Appropriately, our features this month focus on excavations, leading off with big digs in three of the UK’s largest cities: Manchester, London and Edinburgh. Deep urban stratigraphy contains layer upon layer of information. This month’s articles show how archaeology can shed light on everything from the evolution of industry in Manchester to the lifestyle of London’s early inhabitants, and the many stages of Edinburgh’s development. We close the issue by hearing about a ‘first dig’ experience: how wonderful it is to be reminded of the thrill of first picking up a trowel.<\/p>\n
Finally, we would like to thank everyone who participated in Archaeology 2010. See you next year!<\/p>\n
News
\nBronze Age Shipwreck
\nNeolithic stone rows
\nRoman York’s African
\nAbbey Road Studios
\nSalisbury’s puzzling inscription
\nFirst Treasure Act conviction
\nColchester’s chariot track
\nTime out for Time Team?<\/p>\n
Features
\nManchester: Dark Satanic Mills?
\nA decade of rescue and research projects chart the growth of this great industrial city. <\/p>\n
Draper’s Gardens: Unearthing the lives of Roman Londoners.
\nAn interim report from this remarkable site reveals its post-Boudiccan reconstruction.<\/p>\n
Edinburgh: Slicing through 1,000 years of urban life.
\nConstruction work for a new tram system has uncovered the roots of Scotland’s capital<\/p>\n
Duddon Valley: Diary of a dig: a novice’s view.
\nThe first tast of dirt archaeology is different for everyone; here, a trowel’s edge view.<\/p>\n
Regulars
\nConference Overview
\nThe verdict on Archaeology 2010 and the Current Archaeology Awards<\/p>\n
Book Reviews
\nEuropean Influence on Celtic Art
\nCaesar’s Druids
\nThe Iron Age Roundhouse
\nThe Early Medieval Church in Wales<\/p>\n
Sherds
\nChris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues.<\/p>\n
Last Word
\nAndrew Selkirk finds that the archaeology of climate change is more complicated and controversial than it is generally made out to be.<\/p>\n
Odd socs
\nThe Charles Close Society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this issue:
\n-Conference: 2010 Overview
\n-Drapers’ Gardens
\n-Duddon Valley: Diary of a Dig
\n-Edinburgh: 1,000 Years of Urban Life
\n-Edinburgh: Urban Archaeology
\n-Manchester: Dark Satanic Mills
\n-Manchester: Excavating an Industrial City
\n-Roman London: Draper’s Gardens
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