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Spring 2021

Volume 16, Number 4

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Features
  • Author, Author...: Masterwork The winners of the biennial London Archaeological Prize were Warwick Rodwell and David Neal for their 20-year research project and publication of the medieval Cosmatesque mosaics in Westminster Abbey. Becky Wallower interviewed the authors of this landmark publication.
  • LA Publication Prize: A Good Read Due to the high standard of the publications nominated for the recent LA Publication Prize, here is the opportunity to read the judges' comments for the runners-up.
  • Access to Archaeology: Digging London Ian Blair and John Burke-Easton have launched a new website to record the memories of archaeologists, past and present. Ian Blair and John Burke-Easton

Research
Prehistoric Landscapes and a Later Deer Park Neolithic pits, Bronze Age agriculture and a medieval deer park — how the landscape developed over time at Beddington Sewage Farm.
Tom Wells and László Lichtenstein

Lift Going Down: Roman Finds at Dyers' Hall A relatively small area excavated for a lift shaft revealed a wealth of evidence of quality Roman buildings.
Joe Abrams

Plus commentary, news, and virtual visits

On the Cover
The great Cosmatesque pavement in the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey was created by Italian craftsmen for Henry Ill's new church in the 1260s. It was the starting point for a 20-year investigation and conservation project, which has revealed the pavement as part of an extensive, integral mosaic scheme at the heart of Henry's Abbey. Warwick Rodwell and David Neal's two-volume book on this project won the 2020 London Archaeological Prize. The story behind the many discoveries is told in Becky Wallower's feature on p 94. The painting on our cover is one of hundreds by David Neal that record every tessera.

Painting: © David S Neal 
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