This week, Current Archaeology sent us some complimentary copies of the April 2013 issue of their magazine current archaeology (vol. 24, no. 1). The cover image is of the skull/reconstructed face of Richard III. The two top items in the news section of the magazine are about some of the Trust’s recent discoveries (pp 6-7, including illustrations). The first – ‘Ringfenced research’ – is about the Roman cemetery which we excavated at the Butt Road car-park site, and its remarkable ‘ring-fenced’ burial groups. The second – ‘Colchester’s burning insights’ – is about the even more remarkable bustum burial which we excavated at the Napier Road car-park site.
These two items were previously posted on the Current Archaeology web-site (on the 8th March), with minor differences, at www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/roman-colchester-burning-insights.htm and at www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/remarkable-ringfenced-burials-from-roman-colchester.htm
We posted an item about the two postings on this web-site at www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=3999 !
The image shows pages 6-7 of the current issue of the Current Archaeology magazine.
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