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98nevertheless, when the financial crisis struck, the Unit took the only possibledecision to concentrate full-time staff on the completion of reports onprevious excavations. Major progress has been made in this area during theyear. Brian Durham's report on 79-80 St. Aldates, Oxford has been submittedto Oxoniensia and this report will be published in 1978 as will MichaelParrington's report on Barrow Hills, Radley. The same volume will also containsmaller reports by Richard Chambers on excavations at Cassington andSummertown, by Maureen Mellor on pottery from Christ Church, Oxford and byMichael Parrington on Iron Age finds from Benson. Michael Parrington hascompleted the report on the Ashville Trading Estate, Abingdon. This report willform the first of a proposed series of joint CBA and Unit excavation reports.The second in the series will be George Lambrick's and Mark Robinson's reporton Farmoor which has also been completed. Both reports should be printed in1978. David Miles is pressing on with the report on Barton Court Farm,Abingdon/Radley. Bob Wilson is working on the skeletal data from the same sitewhile work also continues on the Oxford backlog of sites. Brian Durham hascompiled a report on the Littlegate sites to form part of the report on theGreyfriars, the archive of which has been placed in order by Michael Wilcox.Maureen Mellor is continuing her study of Oxford Medieval pottery. The basicprocessing of the pottery from the Hamel has been completed and work has begunon the massive task of analysing the pottery from 31-34 Church Street. Thegeneral supervision of finds in the Unit is still under the control of DianeHofdahl and Wendy Lee remains the Unit's full-time draughtsperson.The Unit continues to communicate its activities through its monthlyNewsletter, exhibitions and press reports. The opening of the new groundfloorgallery at the Oxfordshire Department of Museum Services, Fletcher'sHouse, Woodstock means that material from excavations at Abingdon, Berinsfield,Farmoor and Oxford is now on permanent display. Temporary exhibitions werestaged at Abingdon, Farmoor and Hardwick and a small temporary exhibition areais maintained at 46 Hythe Bridge Street. An excavation open-day was held atHardwick. Members of the Unit staff continue to lecture on the activities ofthe Unit. The Director gave single lectures to 12 local groups, 2 groups outsidethe County, 4 conferences and 3 seminars organised by Oxford UniversityDepartment for External Studies, 3 weekend schools organised by other Extra-Mural Departments and a conference on Archaeological priorities.There have been a number of staff changes during the year. MichaelParrington has left the Unit to work in the United States. He hopes to get anarchaeological job there eventually. Michael Wilcox has left to take up anArchivist Course. Neither of these posts can be replaced. Annie Lipson leftin August and her place as the Unit's secretary has been taken by PaolaLawrence. During the year Philip Page took part in the in-service trainingscheme organised by the Oxford University Department for External Studies andthe DoE.As always the Unit continues to be grateful to all those who make its workpossible. The Committee under the Chairmanship of Trevor Rowley andSecretaryship of David Brown continue to give the staff every possible supportwhich has been particularly valuable this year. The County Treasurer and hisstaff particularly Lloyd Adams, Peter Gosling and Russell Worsley have providedtheir usual invaluable help. Michael Maclagan as Chairman of the OxfordArchaeological Excavation Committee and Constance Preston as the Hon. Secretaryhave continued to keep control over the Unit's activities in Oxford. The Unitcontinues to rely on the help of its professional and part-time colleagues.In particular the close relationship has been maintained with the AshmoleanMuseum and the Oxfordshire Department of Museum Services where regular contactis maintained with John Steane, John Rhodes and Ahmed Shishtawi. Contacts with