British museum technical research bulletin, volume 5

Evidence for shield construction from the early Anglo-Saxon cemetery site of Tranmer House, Bromeswell, SuffolkHayley Bullock, Alexandra Baldwin, Jamie Hood, Chris Fern, Caroline Cartwright, Janet Lang and Quanyu Wang Investigating technological and environmental evidence from plant remains and molluscs in cuneiform tabletsCaroline Cartwright and Jon Taylor Portrait mummies from Roman Egypt: ongoing collaborative research on wood identificationCaroline Cartwright, Lin Rosa Spaabk and Marie Svoboda The Noli me Tangere: study and conservation of a Cretan iconLynne Harrison, Janet Ambers, Rebecca Stacey, Caroline Cartwright and Angeliki Lymberopoulou Assessing the potential of historic archaeological collections: a pilot study of the British Museums Swiss lake dwelling textiles Catherine Higgitt, Susanna Harris, Caroline Cartwright and Pippa Cruickshank Defence and decoration: new findings on a late fourteenth-century kettle-hat helmet found in LondonJamie Hood, Joanne Dyer, Janet Lang and Janet Ambers Beauty and belief: the endangered tradition of Omani silver jewellery Aude Mongiatti, Fahmida Suleman and Nigel Meeks Grimes Graves revisited: a new light on chalk lampsSatoko Tanimoto, Rebecca Stacey, Gillian Varndell and Tracey Sweek The history and conservation of the papyrus of Tuy John Taylor, Bridget Leach and Helen Sharp A Chinese bronze gui vessel: genuine Western Zhou object or fake? Quanyu Wang, Sascha Priewe, Kwang-tzuu Chen and Susan La Niece