Defiant Britain; mapping the bunkers and pillboxes built to stymie a Nazi invasion

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Remains of fortifications from Exercise Pilgrim, the British response to the feared German invasion during World War II, are described. These remains have such colorful names as dragon's teeth and pillboxes. Those which have not been rzed in suburban development are put to various novel uses.

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Forgiveness in the sweat lodge

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Visitor turn-ins of potsherds and other antiquities they have stolen from archaeological sites are described. The Chaco Canyon complex is concentrated on , where such turn-ins have helped swell Chaco's storerooms.

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A rare bird

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The life and achievements of Jacquetta Hawkes is described, an early 20th century archaeology correspondent for London's Sunday Times and author of numerous academic papers on ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean.

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