Dr Sue Anderson

The Anglo-Saxon Agricultural Revolution in Norfolk has been published. My paper on Middle Saxon pottery in East Anglia, written during the Covid lockdowns, is included! An open access pdf is available: www.archaeopress.com/Archa.../Pro...

The fields around Leiston Abbey are producing so much new information about its hinterland and earlier land use as well. The pottery assemblage alone is huge! Very happy to be working on the project with Oxford & Cotswold Archaeology. oxfordcotswoldarchaeology.org.uk/news/the-mov...

My first thought was "more Early Saxon stuff"! Deffo IA then?

Five of my papers are in there, but I guess it's part of the price we pay for Open Access.

French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticizing Trump France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched…

French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticizing Trump

We had one in Long Melford, Suffolk. Stone coffin containing gypsum. It was a bugger to move and it just sat in the store for years.

They do though! They recently published 'Building the Late Medieval Suffolk Parish Church'. We (NNAS) are publishing the Norfolk version. Admittedly the distribution was just to members for them I think, but the precedent is there. Also there's Boydell & Brewer?

Publish a 2nd edition? If it was about Norfolk I could probably help with that, but maybe Suffolk Institute of Archaeology would be interested?

Can I be added too please? Not many medieval archaeologists on here yet!

Forensic science centre that inspired BBC show Traces at risk of closure All 24 jobs at Dundee University’s Leverhulme research centre could be axed because of £30m budget deficit Dundee University’s world-leading forensic science research centre, which inspired the hit BBC drama Traces, is under threat of closure as the…

Forensic science centre that inspired BBC show Traces at risk of closure

Dormant seeds from Watton Ice Age pond project germinate The seeds found between sediment layers have now germinated to bring back ancient aquatic plants.

Ice Age seeds from Norfolk pingos. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The resting place of the heart of Robert the Bruce (Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders) for Valentine's Day 🥰

A small selection (mainly rims) of pottery from a single context at a rural site in east Suffolk. These are most likely from the remains of a midden. The latest dates are later 13th to mid-14th c., suggesting that the related household(s) were abandoned during this period.

They missed out Handmaid's Tale 🙁

Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone Alt: a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone

We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!

Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺

#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky

Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system. We can't leave the future of this critical natio...

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Ask your MP to be there.

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Ahhh, only 35 minutes left of January.

Why dies he have a tonsure?

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With 38 million birds lost from UK skies in 60 years, the Big Garden Birdwatch is more important than ever. Whether you see one bird or none, your observations will help protect the species we love.

We have very similar examples from the Lackford Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery in Suffolk, UK.

Circular blue plaque to Basil Brown 1888-1977

A Suffolk house where he was born

#MondayMotivation Very good to see the new (unofficial) Blue Plaque to Sutton Hoo excavator Basil Brown, recently put up via local fundraising in his Suffolk village of Rickinghall.

📷 Yesterday

#SuttonHoo #BluePlaque

Islamesque by Diana Darke review – the diverse roots of medieval architecture A beautifully-illustrated account of the Middle Eastern influence on Europe’s great buildings From Cairo to Istanbul, the ancient cities of the eastern Mediterranean tell a story of conquest, trade and coexistence written in stone. Jerusalem’s…

Islamesque by Diana Darke review – the diverse roots of medieval architecture

The first 6 months: is Labour really ‘achieving nothing’? In October, 43% of people told YouGov that the new government had achieved nothing. In the first of a series we explore whether they were right

The first 6 months: is Labour really ‘achieving nothing’? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...

Withy Beds Talk by Andrew Bluett YouTube video by Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society

A really interesting talk about withy beds and their link to brick production in Gloucestershire. Always fascinating to see his sort of industry and the crossover between nature and heritage conservation: www.youtube.com/watch?time_c... #Archaeology

A compelling argument for Anglo-Saxon princely burials being those of warriors who fought in the Byzantine army.

I worked on a pottery assemblage from the kitchen area of one of the Cambridge colleges recently. It will be interesting to see if your pottery forms are similar to ours!

Quite a fancy brick tomb in East Bergholt churchyard #Suffolk

A little piece of 15th-century Spain found at a site near the Essex coast.