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What do we know about Bronze Age Sussex? And how has that understanding changed over time?

Hayley Nicholls pondered these questions via an overview of famous sites old and new during our 50th anniversary conference.

Spoiler alert – there’s still much we don’t know!

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50 years shaping early prehistory in the region | Matt Pope YouTube video by UCL Archaeology South-East

Watch the full video here: youtu.be/2MitpMw0Yjk

And stay tuned for another video next Thursday!

How do you cure a case of "I don't understand geoarchaeology-itis"? #geoarchaeology YouTube video by UCL Archaeology South-East

In the first recording from ASE’s 50th Anniversary Conference, @mattpope.bsky.social takes us through 600,000 years of prehistory – and over 50 years of projects.

Here’s a sneak preview!

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#ThrowbackThursday

Free lecture on early Neanderthal archaeology at ASE's Maritime Academy site in Frindsbury

🗓 Wednesday 8 April 2026
⏰ 5:00 – 6:00pm
📍 Attend in person (London): email admin[at]royalarchinst.org to register
💻 Or watch the live stream (see link)

Full details: www.royalarchinst.org/events/2026/...

We've been evolving and adapting ever since our 1974 beginnings as the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social's Field Archaeology Unit.

What's stayed the same? Our values. Good people, doing good archaeology, for good outcomes.

Here’s to our history, our future, and the work that connects them 🔍✨

🚀 Take a whistle stop tour through the decades with us as we unveil our new look! #ThrowbackThursday

PLUS every Thursday we'll share recordings from our 50th anniversary conference last April! From palaeolithic to postmedieval there’s something for everyone.

#Archaeology #LocalAndGlobal

Next week, in London, hear about the most important Middle Pleistocene site to be discovered in Britain the last decade. 🏺🦣

A poster for the exhibition “Buried stories in the archaeology of Whitechapel”, featuring an image of an archaeologist excavating a ditch with a v-shaped profile. High rise buildings can be seen in the background. Subtext reads “26 March to October 2026, Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archive”.

The exhibition featuring the glass vessels, clay pipes, and other archaeological artefacts

Four people stand in front of the exhibition cases smiling

“Buried stories in the archaeology of Whitechapel” launches Thu 26 March and runs until October 2026. Here’s a sneak peak!

Join us for the unveiling – find more information and book your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communitie...

seven glass vessels in a row on a black background. Some are white and transparent, others have murky brown colours. Some have stems, others only the bowl survives. Text on the image reads Day 25 of 200; UCL 200.

A line illustration of the 6th vessel, black on a white background. It shows the vessel to be about 6cm in diameter and 12 cm tall. The ‘flutes’ on the ‘trumpet bowl’ are much more visible than in the photograph.

Today’s #FindsFriday is from our upcoming exhibition at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives! These glass vessels include wine, ale and liquor glasses dating from the 17th-20th centuries.

These finds are Day 25 of @uclarchaeology.bsky.social's 200 Objects for #UCL200!

Five people stand in front of giant UCL letters. Text reads “Exploring archaeology, film and community-led heritage in East London: Introducing a new collaboration between Archaeology South-East and Museum X”.

A woman standing in front of a glass case talks to a group of people

Two people lean over a table together, looking at pieces of archaeological clay pipe

Two people standing at a lectern talk to an audience

After an inspiring event in January, we’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with Museum X! We’ll be working together to uncover powerful stories of place, identity and history through community‑driven heritage work.

🔎 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

📸 Museum X; AMGV Studio

Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!

Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.

Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.

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I'm really looking forward to talking to Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeological Society this Friday. I'll be talking about the Ice Age records of the Cuckmere Valley, Hope Gap, Birling Gap and the Downlands between Eastbourne and Lewes. Expect Mammoth. 🏺🦣https://www.eastbournearchaeology.com/

Poster advertising Cooden Camp Archaeology Open Day. Free entry. Saturday 21st February, 11-3pm, Bexhill Drill Hall. Inset image is a historical photograph of men sitting on the ground in front of tents eating a meal.

Don’t forget! THIS SATURDAY, 21 February, explore the lives of the men who trained at Cooden WW1 Camp, Bexhill at our Archaeology Exhibition Day!

Bexhill Drill Hall | 11-3pm | FREE entry

🎖WW1 displays
🔍Exhibition of artefacts
👷Meet the archaeologists

More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

A brown flint knife with a flat base and tapered point arranged artistically on a rock. Sun rays highlight the delicate knapping marks that have given the tool its convex shape.

The knife’s convex and flat sides, shown to be around 5cm long and 2cm wide at its largest points.

This #ValentinesDay our hearts belong to this beautiful, finely made flint knife! 😍
A plano-convex knife – flat one side, convex on the other. They’re sometimes called ‘slugs’ because of this shape! They are most commonly associated with the #EarlyBronzeAge or #LateNeolithic period.
#FindsFriday

Archaeologists in Sussex uncover secrets from the First World War | ITV Meridian (West) YouTube video by ITV News In Full

And finally, just in case you missed it, ASE's Simon Stevens and Alastair Threlfall were interviewed by ITV local news on Tuesday!

They gave some wonderful insights into the excavations at Cooden Camp, and the other artefacts that have been recovered.

Watch now!

Poster advertising the open day on 21st February in Bexhill Drill Hall. It features a historic photograph of six men in flat caps, braces and waistcoats sitting on the ground in front of white tents.

See the knife, and the other artefacts from Cooden, at our FREE Archaeology Exhibition Day exploring the lives of the soldiers who trained at Cooden Camp!

📆Saturday 21st February | 11am-3pm
📍Bexhill Drill Hall Down Rd, Bexhill, TN39 4HS
🎫Free entry

More info: one www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

A historical photograph of a young man posing formally in military uniform.

Initial research has identified a possible owner of the knife: Lance Corporal Alfred Isted, from Burwash in East Sussex. Alfred was killed in action at the disastrous Battle of the Boar’s Head on the 30th of June 1916, aged just 19.

Photograph supplied by Alfred's relative, Julie Maley.

a bone knife handle, about 10cm in length. A piece of iron is sandwiched inside the handle, connected via rivets, and the handle is covered in corrosion from the iron. A capital A and I are thinly carved into the handle between the two rivets.

#FindsFriday: A scale-tang bone knife handle from WW1. What makes this find extra special? The owner carved their initials ‘AI’ on to the side of the handle. The find was recovered in 2025 during ASE’s excavations at Cooden Camp, a WW1 training camp in Bexhill.

More: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Spring Talk: Simon Stevens - Fall In, Ghosts – Archaeological Investigations at the Training Camp at Cooden, East Sussex - Sussex Past Join us for an online evening talk to hear about the excavations of the Military Camp at Cooden, East Sussex on Tuesday 3 February

Tonight, for @sussexpast.bsky.social I'm looking forward to welcoming Simon Stevens of @archsoutheast.bsky.social. He'll be talking about his excavations at the WW1 training camp at Cooden Sussex. We still have places for this online event, so please join us! 🏺
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Poster advertising Cooden Camp Archaeology Open Day, Saturday 21st February 11-3 Bexhill Drill Hall. Free Entry. Inset is an historical photograph of men in flat caps sitting on the ground to eat lunch, with white tents in the background.

Archaeology Exhibition Day | Saturday 21 Feb 11-3 | Bexhill Drill Hall

Join us for a FREE open day featuring:
🎖WW1 display by the Royal Sussex Living History Group
🔍Artefacts from the dig
👷Meet the archaeologists
🗣Share your stories, objects and memories

More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

Spring Talk: Simon Stevens - Fall In, Ghosts – Archaeological Investigations at the Training Camp at Cooden, East Sussex - Sussex Past Join us for an online evening talk to hear about the excavations of the Military Camp at Cooden, East Sussex on Tuesday 3 February

Explore the lives of the men who trained at Cooden Camp, Bexhill in World War One at two events this month:

➡️Online lecture with the Sussex Archaeological Society | TONIGHT Tuesday 3 Feb, 7:30pm

Free for SAS members, £5 non members. Sign up by 5pm via sussexpast.co.uk/event/spring...

Waterlogged timbers in a wet muddy environmemt

Now’s the time for anyone passionate about Eastbourne’s past, wetland sites, Bronze Age archaeology and heritage at risk to come together for Shinewater, if we want to learn its secrets before it's too late.

Stay tuned for more coming in 2026!

Shinewater – an exceptional late Bronze Age complex at risk: A hydrogeological and geoarchaeological assessment| Historic England Shinewater – an exceptional late Bronze Age complex at risk: A hydrogeological and geoarchaeological assessment

Our new hydrogeological assessment report indicates the site and its 3000-year-old wooden structures may have been desiccating during hot and dry summers, when lake levels were at their lowest.

Read the open access report: historicengland.org.uk/research/res...

aerial photo of a lake

Shinewater - Eastbourne's very own Must Farm - is at real risk of being lost ⚠️

A collaboration between ASE, Historic England, East Sussex County Council and JBA Consulting, has been assessing this threat 👇🧵

Image (c) Historic England Archive

Don't miss an exciting talk TONIGHT (Tues 9th) at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social, weaving archaeology and public engagement together at our Whitechapel site. Tickets in the link!

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A reconstruction illustration of Digges’ Wall, depicted as a large embankment parallel to the coast flanked by wet land on either side. A horse and cart are being driven along it towards a low sun.

ASE’s research into the #Tudor transformation of Dover harbour is now available #OpenAccess ✨

“The Honour and Safety of the Realm” includes a reconstruction of the Tudor harbour wall at Dover by ASE’s Lauren Gibson. It’s today’s #FindsFriday!

📲Read more/download/buy: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

It was wonderful to be in a positive & friendly @sussexpast.bsky.social conference with some of the best humans in Sussex Archaeology.
Also brilliant to see so many @archsoutheast.bsky.social colleagues and see our collective contribution making an impact. Terrible selfie, you had to be there. 🏺🦣

📢 UPDATE: applications are now closed as the maximum number of applications has been reached.

📢 UPDATE: applications are now closed as the maximum number of applications has been reached.