This month CA turns 50 and we are taking the opportunity to celebrate. Alongside the usual array of fascinating archaeological discoveries, we have sprinkled a selection of offerings with an anniversary theme. Our special wraparound cover pays homage to the very first issue, giving a modern and CA 1-style treatment to the excavations at the Over Narrows. Which is your favourite?<\/p>\n
For a magazine that regularly chronicles events that played out thousands of years ago, there is a danger that a mere half century might seem a little parochial. Yet 50 years is not only a fair span in human and indeed magazine terms; it is long enough for archaeology to have undergone massive changes as a discipline. I’m not among those who experienced 1967 for themselves – although raiding my parents’ record collection as a teenager made me wish that I had – but through the pages of CA I can see how the archaeological world I took for granted as a student came into being.<\/p>\n
This seems like a good moment to pay tribute to Andrew and Wendy Selkirk, for following their dream and working tirelessly to make CA a success. The magazine they created has showcased countless archaeological discoveries and brought much joy to its readers along the way. I joined their ranks as a teenager – at about the same time I started rifling through my parents’ records, funnily enough – and now, thanks to my association with the magazine, I have a wonderful wife and son. It is fair to say that when I filled out my first subscription form I had no idea what I was signing up for!<\/p>\n
Matt Symonds<\/p>\n
IN THIS ISSUE:\/n
\nFEATURES\/n
\nCURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY AT 50\/n
\nHalf a century of keeping upwith the past
\nAs we celebrate CA’s golden anniversary, we take a lookback at how the magazine has charted the happeningsin British archaeology over the past 50 years.<\/p>\n
CARTIMANDUA’S CAPITAL?\/n
\nRoman diplomacy and the riseof Stanwick
\nWe examine theremarkable fortifiedcomplex at Stanwick,North Yorkshire. Was thisstronghold a centre ofresistance against Romein northern England oran aid to the empire’sdomination of the area?<\/p>\n
THE SECRETS OF SHAKESPEARE’SGRAVE\/n
\nSeparating fact from fiction at HolyTrinity Church
\nWith a famous epitaph cursing anyone whomight disturb his remains, Shakespeare’s grave inStratford-upon-Avon has attracted many visitorsas well as tales of graverobbers and stolen bones.We look at the surprising findings of the firstarchaeological investigation of the Bard’s final resting place.<\/p>\n
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE\/n
\nExploring Iron Age rituals in the Fens
\nExcavations on the banks of the Great Ouse in theCambridgeshire Fens have revealed intriguing newinsights into this ancient landscape of mid-riverislands and ridges. With human body parts and evidence of bird sacrifice unearthed, what do thefinds tell us about the mortuary practices of thearea’s Iron Age inhabitants?<\/p>\n
CAUGHT KNAPPING\/n
\nRevealing the secrets of Blick Mead’sMesolithic toolmakers
\nAn unusually large number of Mesolithic workedflints has been discovered at Blick Mead, nearStonehenge. We find out what the 35,000 struck flints found so far can reveal about the peoplewho made them.<\/p>\n
NEWS\/n
\nLate Roman luxury living in Leicester; Shrivenham’smystery beast revealed; Neolithic origins for Hebrideancrannogs?; Henry VII’s birthplace revealed at PembrokeCastle?; Excavating Cambridge’s Augustinian friary; Lastcoin removed from largest Celtic coin hoard; Highlandhistory revealed; Aberdeenshire beakers decoratedwith bone; Finds tray<\/p>\n
REGULARS\/n
\nAn archaeology of ale
\nRecreating lost local ales of Scotland<\/p>\n
Context
\nWest Stow revisited<\/p>\n
Reviews
\nUnderground Archaeology; The Lost Dark AgeKingdom of Rheged; William Boyd Dawkins andthe Victorian Science of Cave Hunting; The Gladius;Rescued from the Sea; Celtic from the West 3<\/p>\n
Exhibition
\nTunnel: the Archaeology of Crossrail at the Museum ofLondon Docklands<\/p>\n
Sherds
\nChris Catling’s irreverent take onheritage issues<\/p>\n
Last Word
\nAndrew Selkirk takes a stroll through 50 years of CA<\/p>\n
Odd Socs
\nThe Friends of the Dymock Poets
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\n– \tDiscovering Iron Age sacrifices in Fenland
\n– \tThe secrets of Shakespeare’s grave
\n– \tCartimandua’s capital? Roman diplomacy and the rise of Stanwick
\n– \tCaught knapping: the secrets of Blick Mead’s Mesolithic toolmakers
\n– \tCurrent Archaeology at 50: half a century of keeping up with the past
\n– \tAn archaeology of ale<\/p>\n