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Book Reviews - Volume 170

These reviews have been published in The Archaeological Journal Volume 170 for 2013.


A bioarchaeological study of medieval burials on the site of St Mary Spital: excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007
By Brian Connell, Amy Gray Jones, Rebecca Redfern and Don Walker
Reviewed by Diana Mahoney Swales

Published by Museum of London Archaeology


A Corridor Through Time: The Archaeology of the A55 Anglesey Road Scheme
Edited by Richard Cuttler, Andrew Davidson and Gwilym Hughes
Review by Frances Lynch

Published by Oxbow Books


A Late Iron Age Farmstead in the Outer Hebrides: excavations at Mound 1, Bornish, South Uist
Edited by Niall Sharples
Reviewed by Stratford Hailliday

Published by Oxbow Books


A Roman Frontier Post and its People: Newstead 1911-2011
Edited by Fraser Hunter and Lawrence Keppie
Reviewed by James Bruhn

Published by National Museums Scotland


Ancient Glass: An Interdisciplinary exploration
By Julian Henderson
Reviewed by Thilo Rehren

Published by Cambridge University Press


Anglo-Saxon Art
By Leslie Webster
Reviewed by Caryl Dane

Published by The British Museum


Archaeology of the Origin of the State: The Theories
By Vincente Lull and Rafael Micó
Reviewed by Kristian Kristianson

Published by Oxford University Press


Archaeology: the discipline of things
By Bjørnar Olsen, Michael Shanks, Timothy Webmoor, and Christopher Witmore
Reviewed by Andrew Meirion Jones

Published by University of California Press


Britons and Anglo-Saxons: Lincolnshire AD 400-650
By Thomas Green
Reviewed by Michael Shapland

Published by Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology


Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture, Volume X: The Western Midlands
By Richard Bryant
Reviewed by Mark A. Hall

Published by Oxford University Press


Custodians of Continuity? The Premonstratensian Abbey at Barlings and the landscape of ritual
By Paul Everson and David Stocker
Reviewed by Tim Pestell

Published by Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire


Disease in London, 1st-19th centuries: an illustrated guide to diagnosis
Edited by Don Walker
Reviewed by Kimberly Plomp

Published by Museum of London Archaeology


Dunluce Castle: History and Archaeology
By Colin Breen
Reviewed by Gillian Eadie

Published by Four Courts Press


Early European Castles: Aristocracy and Authority, AD 800-1200
By Oliver Creighton
Reviewed by Richard Oram

Published by Bristol Classical Press at Bloomsbury


Hadrian's Wall: A Life
By Richard Hingley
Reviewed by Michael Fulford

Published by Oxford University Press


Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe
By Ian Armit
Reviewed be Rebecca Redfern

Published by Cambridge University Press


Industrial Archaeology: A Handbook
By Marilyn Palmer, Michael Nevell and Mark Sissons
Reviewed by David Gwyn

Published by the Council for British Archaeology


Iron Age Hillforts in Britain & Beyond
By Dennis W. Harding
Reviewed by Ian Brown

Published by Oxford University Press


Lady Anne Clifford: Culture, Patronage and Gender in 17th-century Britain
Edited by Karen Hearn and Lynne Hulse
Reviewed by Dai Morgan Evans

Published by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society


Liturgy, Architecture and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England
By Helen Gittos
Reviewed by Ian Riddler

Published by Oxford University Press


Lug's Forgotten Donegal Kingdom: The archaeology, history and folklore of the Síl Lugdach of Cloghaneely
By Brian Lacey
Reviewed by Thomas Kerr

Published by Four Courts Press


Medieval Life: Archaeology and the Life Course
By Roberta Gilchrist
Reviewed by Leonie Hicks

Published by Boydell & Brewer


New Bunhill Fields burial ground, Southwark: Excavations at Globe Academy, 2008
By Adrian Miles with Brian Connell
Reviewed by Harold Mytum

Published by Museum of London Archaeology


Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue, Part 4
Edited by Peter Saunders
Reviewed by Nicola Rogers

Published by Oxbow Books


The Antiquarian Rediscovery of the Antonine Wall
By Lawrence Keppie
Reviewed by Karen J. Pollock

Published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland


The Archaeology of English Battlefields: Conflict in the Pre-Industrial Landscape
By Glenn Foard and Richard Morris
Reviewed by Peter Gaunt

Published by the Council for British Archaeology


The First Souvenirs: Enamelled Vessels from Hadrian's Wall
Edited by David J. Breeze
Reviewed by Rob Collins

Published by the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society


The impact of the railways in the East End: 1835-2010: Historical archaeology from the London Overground East London Line
By Emma Dwyer
Reviewed by Helen Gomersall

Published by Museum of London Archaeology


The Roman Cemeteries and Suburbs of Winchester: Excavations 1971-86
Edited by P. J. Ottaway, K. E. Qualmann, H. Rees, and G. D. Scobie
Reviewed be Adam Rogers

Published by Winchester City Museums


The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 1813-2013
Edited by David J. Breeze
Reviewed by David Clarke

Published by the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne


Understanding the Archaeological Record
By Gavin Lucas
Reviewed by Kevin Greene

Published by Cambridge University Press


Vikings!
By Gunnar Andersson
Reviewed by Colleen Batey

Published by National Museums Scotland

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