The excavations by T C Lethbridge at Wandlebury in the mid 1950s revealed a frieze of chalk figures unknown to history but which caused considerable controversy at the time. His book in defence of his arguments met with condemnation but his work continues to attract attention nearly 70 years later.
Active between ca. 1050 and 1450, the great mounds and palisaded settlement at Moundville, Alabama, offer a remarkable contrast to contemporary life in medieval Europe.