IN the autumn of 1926 an urn-field ( fig. 1) was discovered on the site of the war-time allotment gardens on the southern edge of Little Down Common, and about 500 yards NNE. of Pokesdown Station, lat. 5O°44-5', long. i°49-i3'. Its discovery was due to the finding of urns when a new road was driven through a long strip that had been sold for building plots. About nine cinerary urns, mostly of the globular type, were found within a small area by the roadmakers, and these have been preserved by Mr. Homewood, the borough surveyor. Several more were discovered on the adjoining plots when the overlying gravel was cleared away. Unfortunately many of these were destroyed, but two went to the Russell-Coates Art Gallery, one to the Bournemouth Natural Science Institute, and some fragments into private hands (figs. 2, 3, and 4).On the 1st November excavation was begun on the ground immediately to the north of the building plots, the procedure being to clear away the whole of the top-soil and thin gravel cap down to the undisturbed sand. Col. Hawley came down on the 1st December, and his experience and practical suggestions were a great asset. Work did not cease till the 28 th March, by which time the urn-field had been exhausted and the ground cleared for at least 30 ft. beyond its limits. The urnfield was found to be roughly triangular in shape with its long axis due east and west and its apex to the west. Forty-five burials were discovered. Although one distinct group was found, and those unearthed by Mr. Homewood during the making o£ the road were apparently in a cluster, yet for the most part they were irregularly placed and conformed to no formal lay-out or plan. Of the burials, twenty-six were by cremation only and eighteen by cremation in urns. In two instances the urns were associated with food vessels. Two sunken roads were discovered, one running east and west, and the other north and south. There were no surface indications of them, due in all probability to the cultivation of the ground during the war. These worn trackways in the soft sand were evidently earlier in date than the urn-field, for two urn-burials were found in the soil above the bottom of the east and west one. The direction of this east and west track was VOL. VII H h

Research on nativelike variation in second language (L2) systems indicates that learners studying abroad may adapt to regional norms as they build sociolinguistic competence (e.g., Kanwit & Solon, ; Salgado‐Robles, ). Spanish exhibits variation between the intensifiers muy [very] and bien [very] across numerous dialects. Recent research has shown greater preference for bien in Latin America than in Spain (Brown & Cortés‐Torres, ; Kanwit, Terán, & Pisabarro Sarrió, ). Nevertheless, variable intensification in L2 Spanish remains uninvestigated. Data showed that learners studying in Mérida, Mexico, selected bien significantly more than did learners in Oviedo, Spain, at the conclusion of a 6‐week stay abroad. This parallels the significantly higher selection on the same task by local Spaniards compared to local Mexican native speakers. Nonetheless, independent linguistic variables played a less straightforward role.

Three years in the making, the Institute of Medicine report Toward Environmental Justice was funded by a consortium of agencies, including the NIEHS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Energy. The independent review was authored by a 15-member committee that represented academia, public interest, medicine, law, and industry. The committee met with stakeholders, citizens, public officials, and industry representatives around the United States to assess the need for better research, education, and health policy related to environmental justice. The report investigates the situation of groups of individuals suspected of having disproportionately high levels of exposure to environmental stressors such as chemicals, biologics, allergenics, toxicants, light, noise, odors, and particulate matter. The report calls for more research to help identify and verify the environmental etiologies of diseases. It also recommends that citizens be recruited to participate in the design and execution of the research, and that communication during all phases of the research be open and reciprocal.

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