Editorial
Abstract
EDITORIAL Alan Saville National Museums of Scotland Having taken over as Editor of the EJA at the Annual Meeting of the EAA in Lyon in September 2004, I was presented shortly afterwards with some 24 typescripts of varied vintage and very different degrees of 'publishable-ness', which is when the seriousness of the task ahead finally struck home. Once spread out, the 24 papers covered virtually the entire floor of my dining-room (henceforward the EJA office!) and glared reproachfully at me every time I entered. It was not until the Christmas vacation that I was able to devote a solid block of time to the task of editing and began to feel I was at last in control of the submissions rather than the other way around. After being responsible only for the proof-reading of issue 7(1), 7(2) is the first issue of the EJA I have produced from scratch and I now realize just how much the EAA is indebted to the work and commitment of the two previous editors John Chapman and Mark Pearce. In February 2005 I travelled with curiosity, enthusiasm and some slight trepidation to Prague for my first meetings of the EAA Boards. Fuelled