After being a CA reader for many years, it is very exciting to be here, and I hope that you enjoy my first issue.
\nWe start with the goods yard that once stood next to St Pancras station. In its heyday, this supplied the capital with Midlands victuals, but unlike St Pancras there was no appetite to save it from the wrecking ball. Now, redevelopment allows us to examine the archaeology of the Age of Steam.
\nFrom trains to planes, and Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Archaeology seeks out everyday life in the past, and here it is: a landscape devoid of forts, villas, or mansions. This is the story of where real people lived.
\nMysterious burnt mounds are a staple of the Irish landscape. Over 5,000 of these enigmatic features are known, and they are generally believed to have been used for cooking. But there is another possibility \u201a were these really Bronze Age microbreweries, quenching the thirst for a Prehistoric pint?
\nBeer and graffiti can go hand in hand, in which case the Medieval parishioners of Norfolk also knew how to have a good time. But rather than many of today’s scrawls, their etchings, including a fleet of engraved ships, had a more sober purpose.
\nFEATURES\/n
\nSHADOW OF ST PANCRAS\/n
\nExcavating the Age of Steam<\/p>\n
While the St Pancras passenger terminal was spectacularly saved, its neighbouring goods yard was abandoned to decay and demolition.
\nHEATHROW’S EVERYDAY LANDSCAPES\/n
\n80 hectares, 8,000 years<\/p>\n
Excavations at Terminal 5 have provided a refreshingly ordinary slice through the English countryside, revealing an archaeology of everyday life.
\nPAST ORDERS\/n
\nArchaeology of Beer<\/p>\n
Are Ireland’s mysterious burnt mounds really Bronze Age microbreweries? Experimental archaeology recreates the Prehistoric pint.
\nREADING THE WRITING ON THE WALL\/n
\nThe Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Society<\/p>\n
Norfolk’s churches are riddled with the works of Medieval graffiti artists, but who were they, and why did they do it?
\nNEWS\/n
\nNew light on Mithraic Scotland; Scottish skulduggery; Human remains found in Bronze Age pots; Roman theatricals in Canterbury; Iron Age brain matter; Embracing death in the Cotswolds; Face of Franklin’s Arctic expedition.
\nREGULARS\/n
\nContext\/n
\nMike Parker Pearson, a Neolithic house, and a memorable image.
\nReviews\/n
\nEthics and Burial Archaeology; Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections; Imperialism, Power, and Identity; The Time Team Guide to the Archaeological Sites of Britain and Ireland.
\nSherds\/n
\nChris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues.
\nLast Word\/n
\nAndrew Selkirk tries to take a holiday from archaeology, and fails.
\nOdd Socs\/n
\nSociety for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this issue:
\n-Heathrow: 8000 years of archaeology
\n-Ireland: the archaeology of beer
\n-London: St Pancras
\n-Norfolk: Medieval church graffiti
\nPlus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":309,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"","site-sidebar-style":"","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center 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