Children often leave only faint traces in the archaeological record, so it is always exciting to be able to piece together their experiences in the past. Our cover feature visits Sutton House in Hackney, once a 17th-century girls\u2019 school, where delicate scraps of paper have offered unique insights into the imaginations of one group of young women.<\/p>\n
Turning from educational ephemera to the complexities of prehistoric funerary practices, we next travel to Bodicote in Oxfordshire, home to an Iron Age farmstead, including ten pit burials with unexpected attributes.<\/p>\n
From treatment of the dead to the \u2018water of life\u2019, we then turn the spotlight on Speyside, one of five recognised whisky-producing regions in Scotland, where archaeologists have been uncovering one of the area\u2019s earliest legal distilleries.<\/p>\n
The buildings in our next feature have a rather more sacred flavour: Norfolk\u2019s almost 650 surviving medieval churches, which often incorporate Roman remains into their masonry. What can be learned about their development? Much smaller constructions come next: a trio of Bronze Age-style log-boats built during an experimental archaeology project at Stanwick Lakes in Northamptonshire. CA went to watch the craft take to the water for the first time, and to learn about the country park\u2019s archaeological legacy and ongoing heritage programme.<\/p>\n
Speaking of experimental archaeology, you might call Edmund Artis an early pioneer, as he built a replica Roman kiln to test his theories in the 19th century. Our final feature recounts his eventful life and lasting influence \u2013 and, given CA\u2019s enthusiasm for \u2018edible archaeology\u2019, I am delighted that it all began with a cake shaped like a castle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n– Scraps of memory: illuminating the imaginative worlds of 17th-century schoolgirls
\n– Buried at Bodicote: investigating unusual Iron Age burials
\n– Making a splash: Bronze Age logboats launch at Stanwick Lakes
\n– Norfolk\u2019s earliest stone churches: constructing a timeline of ancient religious buildings
\n– Antiquarian or archaeologist? Illustrating the influence of Edmund Tyrrell Artis<\/p>\n