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• Archaeological Dig Unearths Roman Army Treasures - The Guardian reports the discovery in Carlisle of a Roman armoury workshop with weapons and some of the best-preserved armour ever discovered.
• Archaeological Objects Thesaurus - Provided by MDA (representing museums) and English Heritage.
• Bomford Collection of Ancient Glass - Bristol City Museum provides a searchable catalogue of its important collection of ancient and Roman glass vessels and other glass objects, and a bibliography.
• Brooch Reveals Ancient India-Britain Links - Shyam Bhatia reports that a brooch has confirmed trade links between India and the Saxon kingdoms. India Abroad News Service.
• Caerwent Animal Bones - Archaeology student Kevin Smith presents his dissertation on the faunal remains of the late Romano-British period from the forum-basilica at Caerwent. Includes plan, images, bibliography.
• Celtic Coin Index - An illustrated introduction to Oxford University's huge collection of images of Celtic coins found in Britain, with bibliography.
• Celtic Coin Index on the Web - The Internet version by John Hooker and Carin Perron. The coins of the Atrebatian king Epaticcus are on-line. Further records will be added in order of original cataloguing. Bibliography.
• Celtic Inscribed Stones - Online database of all non-Runic inscriptions on stone monuments in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Dumnonia, Brittany and the Isle of Man AD 400-1000. Hosted by University College London.
• Cleeve Abbey Floor Tiles - Report by Alan Vince on the petrology and ICPS analysis of medieval floor tiles from Cleeve Abbey, Somerset.
• Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture - Durham University hosts this site on the British Academy project. Background information, progress of county volumes, digital grammar of Anglo-Saxon ornament, with bibliography.
• Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture - The British Academy describes its cataloguing of Anglo-Saxon sculpture by area. Lists of volumes published.
• Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani - The British Academy describes its cataloguing of Romano-British sculpture by area. Lists of volumes published.
• Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi - The British Academy describes its cataloguing of Medieval Window Glass in Britain by area. Lists of volumes published.
• Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds - Searchable database all of the single finds of coins minted 410-1180 found in the British Isles, based at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
• Gold Coin Hoard Unveiled - BBC News announced that rare mint condition Roman coins found in London go on show at the Museum of London.
• Later Prehistoric Pottery Gazetteer for England - Gazetteer of collections and bibliography, maintained by the University of Southampton Department of Archaeology.
• Portable Antiquites Scheme - A government-backed scheme for the recording of finds in England and Wales. Includes a database containing information on c.9,000 archaeological finds with c.600 images.
• Portable Antiquities - CBA guide to portable antiquities, metal detecting and archaeology.
• Potsherd - Online atlas of Roman pottery, listing the wares by class or source, from Paul Tyers, author of Roman Pottery in Britain.
• PotWeb - The Ashmolean Museum aims to create an online catalogue of its ceramic collections. Sample images by period. Guide to pottery-making and pottery in archaeology; information on the collectors; bibliography.
• Roman Carving Unearthed at Fort - Archaeologists hail the discovery of a Roman carving at Segontium in north Wales as the most significant find at the site for 30 years. From BBC News.
• Roman Finds Among Most Important - The Newcastle Chronicle reports the discovery by Carlisle Archaeology of hundreds of items of Roman armour on the site of a Roman fort in Carlisle.
• Roman Inscriptions of Britain - Roman expert Guy de la Bédoyère has made available on-line the texts from the standard work 'Roman Inscriptions of Britain', vol.1.
• Saxon Jewel Fit for Princess Unearthed - The Guardian reports that a late 7th-century brooch made of copper and delicately worked gold, studded with Indian garnets, goes on show at the Museum of London.
• Sculptured Stones of Early Medieval Scotland - The University of Glasgow records these monuments using traditional and digital techniques, including 3D modelling. Examples on-line require a VRML viewer.
• South Cadbury Castle, Somerset: The Later Prehistoric Pottery - University of Birmingham Field Archaeology Unit introduces one of the largest assemblages of late Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery ever encountered in Britain.
• Spoilheap Archaeology - Illustrated introductions to pottery, burials and human bones from archaeologist Sue Anderson. Also bibliographies and reports on finds from specific sites.
• St Andrews Database Index of Coins - The electronic index of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, a series published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press 1958-.
• The Bead Study Trust - A registered charity which promotes research into beads world-wide, using archaeological,ethnographic and scientific techniques. Newsletter, publications.
• Treasure Act 1996 - The law in England, Wales and Northern Ireland relating to the handling of treasure trove. Sets out the meaning and ownership of treasure.