Me？ Remembering to update my goodreads？？ Anyway yes， I finished this one a while ago。 Jumped on the proof， dropped everything to read it， regret nothing。 I love reading Alice Roberts' books - she's so full of joy and enthusiasm and compassion， it really rings archaeology to life。 But she's so thoughtful and considered too， I always feel like I go away not just with renewed energy， but food for thought。 This could be seen as a direct sequel to 'Ancestors' - it picks up， time-wise， where Ancestors Me？ Remembering to update my goodreads？？ Anyway yes， I finished this one a while ago。 Jumped on the proof， dropped everything to read it， regret nothing。 I love reading Alice Roberts' books - she's so full of joy and enthusiasm and compassion， it really rings archaeology to life。 But she's so thoughtful and considered too， I always feel like I go away not just with renewed energy， but food for thought。 This could be seen as a direct sequel to 'Ancestors' - it picks up， time-wise， where Ancestors left off， taking us from the prehistoric and iron age burials that were the focus of that into the romano-british landscape and into the early middle ages。 As always， I've come away with a new understanding of history， and a plethora of fun and unusual facts to fling at my colleagues。The one waring is that the entire first chapter is about baby burials。 It's fully signposted and very sensiitvely done， but it's very much worth knowing that the opening is about child mortality。 。。。more