UCL Archaeology South-East

Photo by Joseph Seresin of a staff member metal working at Butser Ancient Farm

Photo by Joseph Seresin of staff members metal working at Butser Ancient Farm

Photo by Joseph Seresin of a resident goat at Butser Ancient Farm

Photo by Joseph Seresin of sheep skull adorning a roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm

Yesterday, for #ThrowbackThursday we looked at the 2025 ArchaeoTech course #ATech25 @butserancientfarm.co.uk with some brilliant and evocative photos from Joseph Seresin one of our new Archaeology Undergraduates who had this to say about the course [1/3]

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The Cathedral’s Canon Treasurer, the Revd Baron, said "It was important that we reburied the infant at the same site with the dignity of a burial service that was likely not possible originally. We are conscious that someone went to great lengths to try to bury this baby on consecrated ground"

ASE's Michael Shapland, who led the excavations as the Cathedral Archaeologist, said "This is an extremely rare glimpse into the monastery that existed on this site during the Late Saxon period. This tiny baby is perhaps the oldest and the very youngest known member of the Cathedral community"

Recent burial at Chichester Cathedral is Late Saxon premature infant | Chichester Cathedral The remains of a pre-term infant found at Chichester Cathedral ahead of planned building work have been re-interred in a special burial service.The discovery was made in 2024 during work t

A moving story from @chicathedral.bsky.social about a Late Saxon pre-term infant found during planned building works. TW: this story discusses baby loss

The remains have been reburied in a special service as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 Oct)

www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/recent-...

Sound good? Apply here! www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/VAC1000345576

This is designed for those passionate about archaeology who don't have a relevant degree. You'll get:

Hands-on experience in excavation, recording, post-ex processing
Expert guidance from our team at ASE
Remote learning with Cirencester College (20% of your time)
A salary of £27,586 while you train

Two archaeologists on an excavation. One squats to trowel the ground, another leans over to watch

📢 Announcing three(!) new opportunities for aspiring archaeologists to join our Archaeological Fieldwork Technician apprenticeship program!

Apply now (closes Friday 24 October): www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/VAC1000345576

Such brilliant recognition for a really transformative scheme. @archsoutheast.bsky.social is thriving and the closer working relationship with the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social is reaping huge benefits in terms of teaching, fieldwork and professionalisation. 🏺

This tailored programme gives @uclarchaeology.bsky.social students hands-on experience across the full spectrum of commercial archaeology. from fieldwork and survey to specialist analysis and archiving.

Find out more and hear testimonials from our students ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Four students in high visibility vest smile for a group photo on an archaeological site. Text on the image says Archaeological Achievement Awards, Learning, Training and Skills.

We’re excited to share that our Placement Year has been shortlisted for the 2025 Archaeological Achievement Awards in the Learning, Training and Skills category!

We’ll be crossing our fingers when the winners are announced on 28 November!

@uclarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

A Sonic Migration: Listening to the Green Huts A collaboration between sound artist Simon James, ASE/UCL and local young people explores the Lewes Green Huts' history through deep listening and creative processes before their loss.

More information about the project: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

A large corrugated iron room, with people wandering around or sitting listening.

All these workshops and auditory investigations have led to the soundscape of SONIC MIGRATION!

So join us Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October, 12-4, and experience it for yourself - before the Green Huts are lost forever.

A group of people on a shingle beach under blue sky

Akila Richards (Writing our Legacy) used movement and physical connections to the huts and Seaford Beach to invite reflections on what home means and how we listen to each other.

A group of people viewed from behind walking along grassy coastland towards rising cliffs

A group of people sit with their backs to the beach, listening to someone speaking

Spending time listening and connecting in both the original (Seaford) and current (Lewes) hut locations was central to the project's focus of deep listening.

Edwina Livesey from the Green Huts project shared stories of the soldiers stationed nearby and would have used the Green Huts as a chapel.

A large blue-green corrugated iron hut being overtaken by vivid green plants

A historical black and white photograph of men in military uniform, apparently playfighting. In the foreground a piece of paper contains the words “What can you see?”. “See” is crossed out in red, and “Hear?” has been written instead.

A young artist wearing headphones taps the green corrugated iron of the hut with drumsticks

Young artists interacting with a modular synthesiser – a black folding case with lots of audio jacks and different coloured wires coming out of it

The Green Huts started as a WW1 chapel in Seaford before migrating to Lewes. They are reaching the end of their colourful lives.

Using microphones and imagination, local young artists have been deepening to their connection to history and the experiences of people who used the huts.

A green poster featuring a line drawing of a hut, surrounded by curling smoke reminiscent of sound waves. All information is in the post text.

🎧 THIS WEEKEND: Step inside The Lewes Green Huts and experience a powerful sound sharing event created by young artists in collaboration with artist Simon James.

🗓️ Sat 4 & Sun 5 Oct | ⏰ 12–4pm
📍 Garden Street, Lewes | 🎟️ Free, no need to book

A woman sitting at a desk. She wears purple nitrile gloves and is placing an artefact ready for photography under a camera mounted above her. She is lit by multiple desk lamps that illuminate the nondescript artefact.

A person writes on a clear plastic bag while holding a piece of grey flint. All around them are pieces of flint in neat lines.

Grey and black pieces of flint laid out on a table in neat rectangular sections. Clear plastic bags and old-looking labels sit between the ordered sections.

🔍 Spotlight on… Meet the #IceAgeIsland collections! #FestivalOfArchaeology
📅 Sat 26 July 9:30-1 | Sir Francis Cook Gallery, Jersey

Meet artefacts from @jerseyheritage.bsky.social's collections, and researchers from ASE/ @uclarchaeology.bsky.social!

Info: www.jerseyheritage.org/visit/whats-...

We were on the Telly again. This time we were lucky enough to have the BBC come and cover our work. We're now over half way through cataloguing & repacking this material cared for by @jerseyheritage.bsky.social.
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#IceAgeIsland @archsoutheast.bsky.social @uclarchaeology.bsky.social

Two hands hold up a red ceramic bowl with a pattern around the edge of hares running. This type of pottery is known as Samian.

A slightly sepia toned photo of an excavation from the 1980s. A wide, shallow trench has been dug in a field with large hay bales, and multiple people sit in lines in the trench working with trowels. In the foreground a wheelbarrow bears the letters FAU.

At ASE’s stand you can:

👷 Meet ASE field archaeologists Simon and Charley
🕰 See some of our favourite finds from 50 years of excavations in Sussex
🏺 And check out some discoveries from current sites in the region

@romanpalace.bsky.social #FestivalOfArchaeology

Festival of Archaeology: Meet the Experts! - Sussex Past For one day only, go behind the scenes, meet archaeology experts, explore recent discoveries, and get hands-on with real artefacts and crafts.

🔍 Spotlight on… Meet ASE’s expert archaeologists! #FestivalOfArchaeology
📅 Fri 25 July, 10:30-4 @romanpalace.bsky.social

Who's excited for tomorrow's Meet the Experts event? 🙋

Read more about going behind the scenes at Fishbourne Roman Palace ➡️ sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...

An archaeologist kneels next to a feature they are excavating, which has a pottery vessel in it, on an archaeological site. They are wearing high viz clothing and there’s a wheelbarrow in the background.

An archaeologist carefully excavates an archaeological floor of many small square tiles.

Two archaeologists seen from behind working on an archaeological site, surrounded by lots of holes indicating excavated features.

Visit our stand in the Barley Barn where you can:

🏺 Examine interesting (and intriguing) artefacts
📸 See photos and videos from recent excavations in the region
🗣️ Chat to archaeologists
🗡 And maybe even try on our replica suit of Roman armour!

#FestivalOfArchaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Poster advertising The Festival of Essex Archaeology and Heritage, Thursday 24 July. It features the historic Cressing Temple Barns in the background, and images of bunting, trowels, and archaeological finds.

🔍 Spotlight on… ASE at the Festival of Essex Archaeology & Heritage #FestivalOfArchaeology
📅 Thu 24 July (10–5) at Cressing Temple Barns, Braintree

We’re bringing Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman discoveries to life at this FREE festival!

Find out more: www.explore-essex.com/whats-on/fes...

'Mammoth' project to catalogue Ice Age animal bones begins in Jersey Archaeologists from Archaeology South-East and the UCL Institute of Archaeology are helping Jersey Heritage catalogue and carefully store hundreds of pieces of Ice Age animal bone.

If you're based in Jersey there's a FREE drop in event called Meet the Collections this Saturday 26th July at Sir Francis Cook Gallery, 9.30am-1pm. This is part of the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalofArchaeology!

You can read more about the project here: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

A 'mammoth' project is just beginning in Jersey! 🦣

Archaeologists from ASE and staff/students from @uclarchaeology.bsky.social are helping @jerseyheritage.bsky.social catalogue hundreds of pieces of Ice Age animal bone ahead of a new scientific analysis.

Watch: www.itv.com/watch/news/h...

It was a brilliant exhibition!! We'll be back.

Two heritage professionals examine a mammoth bone ahead of photography

We're in the news today with @jerseyheritage.bsky.social working on the #LaCotte animal bone they curate. Join Olga Finch, @lettyingrey.bsky.social , Josie Mills and me in person this Saturday for a @archaeologyuk.bsky.social festival open day www.facebook.com/share/p/1EXM...
#IceAgeIsland
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This week we’re with UCL students working with Jersey Heritage to bring order to the fauna collected during the early years of excavation at La Cotte de St Brelade. #IceAgeIsland

The Highdown Big Dig 2025 | Worthing Theatres and Museum We are delighted to reveal that we are embarking on an exciting excavation at Highdown Hill this month. The Highdown Big Dig 2025 will see Worthing Museum

Highdown Hill is a site of nationally important archaeology, with significant prehistoric, Roman & Early Medieval activity.

There are FREE site tours every day this week at 1:30 and 2:30pm, and loads more events up until the 1st August. Find out more: wtm.uk/news/the-hig...

#FestivalOfArchaeology

A woman in a labcoat examines an upturned animal skill with callipers

A striking black and white poster for The Highdown Big Dig, 19 July – 1 August. It features the Worthing Theatres and Museum, National Trust, Worthing Archaeological Society and The Headly Trust logos.

🔍Spotlight on… ASE bone specialist at Highdown Big Dig #FestivalofArchaeology
📆 Tuesday 22 - Friday 25 July at Highdown Hill, Worthing

The Highdown Big Dig is in full swing! And this week you can catch one of ASE’s osteoarchaeology team at this exciting new excavation!

@wtm.uk

Whitechapel ASE's excavations at a large multi-period site in Whitechapel (2015-19) uncovered exciting finds and important stories. These discoveries have generated multiple community and research projects.

All events are free, no sign up required!

The material is on display for a year as part of a wider exhibition titled Pattern, so don't fret if you can't make the 21st!

Find out how to visit, and check out the online exhibition, via: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

#FestivalOfArchaeology