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Issue 20

The Gods of the Polynesians were powerful gods requiring extreme rituals involving tattooing, eating only uncooked and thus 'pure' food, and wearing sacred clothes made from the feathers of a thousand birds. The word and concept of taboo (from the word 'Tapu') - a dangerous and prohibited act - derives from the erstwhile Polynesian religion, and the new exhibition at the British Museum provides one of the highlights of this latest edition of CWA.
Although Ostia is usually considered to be the main port of Rome, in fact it could not accommodate the big grain ships, and in the first century AD a huge new port was constructed, two miles to the north at a site called Portus. Portus is little known, but a recent massive survey by the British School at Rome has revealed just how it came to be built, and re-built till it was was big enough to accommodate the 300 ton mega ships that would bring the grain supplies from Egypt to Rome.
We then move to Spain to explore the story of our own development. Excavations at the southern Spanish sites of Orce and Cueva Victoria in Spain are rewriting the story of the early hominid colonisation of Europe. At these rich sites, the archaeologists have revealed the very oldest-known evidence of humans in Western Europe and are thus unlocking the secrets of the first human dispersal out of Africa.
With Africa in mind, the year 2007 is the 200th anniversary of the British abolition of the slave trade. It is also the 50th anniversary of Ghana's independence, and this issue offers two timely articles on Ghana: David Miles opens with a piece on the archaeology and heritage of the region. Among the earliest European settlers in Ghana were the Danes, and Professor Klavs Randsborg reports on his team's dig at a Danish colonial site at Frederiksnopel, the earliest European plantation in Africa, established to export luxury raw commodities from the Danish Gold Coast in modern Ghana.
Postcards come from Richard Hodges who writes from Italy; and Tim Darvill and Yvette Staelens who write from southern France where they have been looking at how the richly-painted Palaeolithic cave of Niaux has been presented in replica.
Finally, it is all change at Current Archaeology. The magazine is expanding, so the offices have moved to the Barley Mow Centre, in Chiswick (the former Sanderson's Wallpaper factory, now smart offices). All subscriptions should be sent to this new address, listed on the left, though Andrew and Wendy Selkirk are still at Nassington Road, where they will still be dealing with some editorial matters and will delighted to hear from friends, old and new.

Issue 20

CWA 20

  CWA 20 was published in December 2006 and contained articles on the Roman Port of Ostia, palaeontological finds at the Spanish…

Issue 20/Features/Spain

Spain, Early People

At the sites of Orce and Cueva Victoria in Spain, the story of the early hominid colonisation of Europe is being rewritten…

Issue 20/Features/Italy

Portus: Rome’s Other Port

How Claudius, and then Trajan constructed an artificial harbour to supplement Ostia…

Issue 20/Features/Ghana

Ghana: Roots to Forts

What is the state of Ghana's archaeology and heritage? English Heritage's Chief Archaeological Adviser David Miles reports…

Issue 20/Features/Ghana

Fredriksnopel, Denmark’s First Plantation in Ghana

A sherd of superb pottery reveals evidence for Denmark's original colonial presence in Ghana…

Issue 20/Features/Polynesia

Polynesia: Art and Divinity

What is taboo? The current exhibition at the British Museum reveals all by looking at Art and Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860…

Issue 20/France

Neanderthals, More Intelligent than Previously Thought

Re-examination of artefacts from sites in central France reveal that Neanderthals were more like modern humans than previously thought…

Issue 20/Mongolia

Mongolian Mummy

Well-preserved 'noble fighter' discovered…

Issue 20/Egypt

Ramesses Statue Moved to Giza

Pharaoh's suffering statue now re-erected at Giza…

Issue 20/France/Travel

France, The Grotte de Niaux

Prof. Tim Darvill and Yvette Staelens of Bournemouth University send a missive from the Grotte de Niaux, a cave bursting with Palaeolithic…

Issue 20/Italy/Travel

Ara Pacis, Italy

Richard Hodges visits architect Richard Meier's new building that encloses the Ara Pacis, the monument to peace erected by Emperor Augustus…

Issue 20/Books/UK

The Tomb Builders in Wales 4000-3000 BC

In the way in which the National Museum Wales portrays Welsh identity, it stands out on the international scene as a beacon…

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