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FRANCE
Alesia (museum open April-October;excavations,July-September 1988).Caesar's
tookplaceherein52B.C.
siegeofVercingetorix
tothesitethissummermayviewtheexVisitors
cavation
ofa Gallo-Roman
village.Themuseum
featuresartifactsrecoveredfromthe excavations. Nearbysites includethe Châteaude
the medieval
townsof Flavigny
Bussy-Rabutin,
and Semur,and the 12th-century
Abbayede
Fontenay.
Gettingthere:Located230kilometers
southeastof Paris,three kilometersfromLes
Laumesvia the Paris-Lyon
A6 road.Appointmentnecessaryforadmission
to site;accessible
station; hotel,
by train, exit Laumes-Alesia
campingandrestaurantsin Les Laumes.Contact:Elizabeth
Rabeisen,AlesiaMuseum,Alise
Ste. Reine21150Les Laumes,France (tel.)
80-96-10-95.
West Stow Anglo-SaxonVillage(April 1October31, 1988).Thissitewasexcavated
by Baudimont (July-August1988). This seaeffortswillfocuson a 2nd-to
CountyArchaeologist
StanleyWest,whospent son'sexcavation
evidenceofthe remains 4th-century
A.D.sanctuary
inhonor
constructed
eightyearsuncovering
of80paganAnglo-Saxon
houses.Sixofthebuild- ofthegoddessCybeleandona military
building
ingshavebeen reconstructedon their original datingfromthe late4thto the early5thcentury
sitesusingthe toolsandtechniquesthat would A.D.Getting
there:Locatedonthe mainstreetin
havebeenavailable
to thefarmersofthisperiod. thetownofArrasat 79rue Baudimont.
AppointMuseuminBurySt. Edmunds
andNeolithic
flint ment necessaryfor admissionand guide;acminesin GrimesGraves.Gettingthere:Located cessiblebybusor byfootfromthe towncenter.
six milesnorthwestof BurySt. Edmundsin Volunteersaccepted.Contact:AlainJacques,
siteisinthe CountryParkat WestStow, Archaeology
Suffolk;
Service,22ruePaulDoumer62000
offthe A1101
road.No appointment
necessary Arras,France.
foradmission,
but advisable
forguide;hotelsix
milesaway;bed andbreakfastone mileaway;
campingtwo milesaway;site is wheelchairaccessible.Volunteers
accepted.Contact:Alan
Baxter,2 Wideham
Cottages,WestStow,Bury
St. Edmunds,Suffolk,England1P286HE(tel.)
Culford718.
WharramPercy (year-round;excavations,
July 2-23, 1988).Thisvillagedatingfromthe
Medieval
periodshowsevidenceof occupation
fromprehistoric
topost-medieval
times.Visitors
cansee evidenceofearthworks,
a ruinedchurch
anda reconstructed
KirkhamAbbey,
millpond.
CastleHoward,SledmereHouseand coastal
resorts are nearby.Gettingthere:Locatedin
NorthYorkshire
onthe B1248roadfromMaltón
to Beverly;siteaccessis southofWharram-lewalkfromthe car parkat
Street, a 20-minute
BellaFarm.Noappointment
necessaryfor admission;guideavailable
duringexcavations
only;
accessible
bybusto Maltón,thenbytaxi;hotel
andrestaurantsinMaltón;bedandbreakfast
one
mileaway.
Volunteers
accepted;minimum
age18
years.Contact:FrancescaJ. H. Croft,5 South
Street,Wiveliscombe,
Somerset,EnglandTA4
2LZ(tel.)0984-24442.
WestCotton (March-November1988).Excavations
willcontinueon thiscomplexoccupation site that showsevidenceof Late Neolithic/Bronze
Ageritualandfuneraryactivity,
anda LateSaxonandMedieval
periodpeasant
stonebuildings.
village,
featuring
well-preserved
Otherongoing
excavations
are at Stanwick
Romanvillaone-half
mileawayandBurysteadMedievalManorabouttwomilesaway.Getting
there:
Locatedin Northamptonshire,
abouttwomiles
fromthe villageofRaunds;writeor callcontact
fordirections.
Noappointment
necessaryforadmission,butpreferredforguide;hotelandrestaurantsin Wellingborough
or HighamFerrers.
Volunteers
accepted.Contact:D. Windell,ArchaeologyUnit, BoltonHouse, WootonHall
Park, MereWay,Northampton,
England(tel.)
700493.
Northampton
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TravelGuide- March/April1988

York (excavationsscheduled throughout
hereprovideinformation Bliesbruck (year-round;excavations,July
1988).Sitesexcavated
on the topography,
economyandsocietyofthis 15-August20, 1988). Datingfromthe 1st
ancientcityoverthepast2,000years.Evidence throughthe 4thcenturyA.D.,thisGallo-Roman
of Roman,Anglo-Saxon,
Viking,Medievaland markettownservedas anartisanal,commercial
center.Visiblebuilding
remainsinpost-Medieval
periodshavebeenfound.Oneof andreligious
Britain's
historictowns,Yorkfeaturesa cludebronze-smelting
andpotteryworkshops,
a
principal
Romanfortress,manymuseums,andpreserved bakeryanddevotion
wellsin4ionor
ofthegodsof
stone and timber buildingsrepresentingall theCeltsandtheirRomancolonizers.
Museums
RomansitesarelocatedinMetz,
periods.JorvikVikingCentreis anotherattrac- andotherGallotionofthe city.Gettingthere:Accessible
andSchwarzenacker.
bycar Homburg,
Sarreguemines,
fromthe Ml or Al roads;siteslocatedthrough- Gettingthere:Locatedin the Moselle-Sarre
valout the city.Noappointment
border.Noappointnecessaryforad- leyneartheFrench/German
missionor guide;accessible
butrequiredfor
bypublictranspor- mentnecessaryforadmission,
andrestaurantsin city. guide;accessibleby train fromParisto Sartation;accommodations
Volunteers
callcontact,or taketaxito siteten
accepted.Contact:P.V.A.
Addyman, reguemines;
YorkArchaeological
and restauTrust,1Pavement,
York,YOl kilometersaway;accommodations
2NA(tel.)0904643211.
rants in nearby towns; site is wheelchair-
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