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UCL Archaeology South-East
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ASE is part of the UCL Institute of Archaeology. We provide expert advice and services to communities and clients in need of heritage protection and archaeological research.
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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...
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.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Remember Us is part of an exhibition at UCL East Culture Lab, co-curated by ASE, the Culture Lab, and community partners.

Read more about Alim's performance: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Visit the online exhibition: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Visit the Culture Lab: www.ucl.ac.uk/creative-cul...
A Black man (Alim Kamara) with his back to us looks at a nondescript bright white exhibition display case. Text on the image says Remember Us – Alim Kamara – Patterns at UCL East Culture Lab. Excerpt from Remember Us: For us the ocean is a cemetery and if you look closely you can still see the names engraved on tombstones made out of waves. Text is over a peach and blue/grey background. Further text on the image says Remember Us – Alim Kamara – Patterns at UCL East Culture Lab. Excerpt from Remember Us: We boarded an arc for resettlement to avoid the storms of England. We, the Black Poor, were tired. Text is over a peach and blue/grey background. Further text on the image says Remember Us – Alim Kamara – Patterns at UCL East Culture Lab. Excerpt from Remember Us: The way was risky, but anything is better than the torment we endure. So we took our chances with the tide. Further text on the image says Remember Us – Alim Kamara – Patterns at UCL East Culture Lab.
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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📢 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
Two archaeologists on an excavation. One squats to trowel the ground, another leans over to watch
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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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
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.
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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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 large corrugated iron room, with people wandering around or sitting listening.
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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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 on a shingle beach under blue sky
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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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 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
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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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 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
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🎧 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 green poster featuring a line drawing of a hut, surrounded by curling smoke reminiscent of sound waves. All information is in the post text.
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🔍 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-...
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.
July 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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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
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.
July 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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
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.
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🔍 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...
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.
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🔍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
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.
July 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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From 5-6pm, join us where the discoveries were made for tours around the now-completed development 'The Silk District'.

See how the public open spaces were designed in reference to the archaeology that once lay beneath... 🔍

More info: www.archaeologyuk.org/festival/fes...

#FestivalOfArchaeology
A man chats to people while leaning against a tall wooden post that reads “Red Lion Playhouse”
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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From 10-4, visit a new exhibition of stories from the site in the UCL East Culture Lab.
👋Meet the curators
🗣️Hear from East London community partners
🖌️Chat about archaeological illustration/reconstruction
🗺️Pore over old maps

More info: www.archaeologyuk.org/festival/fes...

#FestivalOfArchaeology
Three women stand smiling in front of an exhibition case. Behind them you can see archaeological wine glasses, bottles and ceramic jars, alongside labels in a glass case.
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Fri 25 July: Meet the experts
Fishbourne Roman Palace, Chichester, SUSSEX

Peek behind the scenes @romanpalace.bsky.social! ASE archaeologists will be there with finds from our excavations, come talk to us about our discoveries!

sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...

#FestivalOfArchaeology
July 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Thu 24 July: The Festival of Essex Archaeology & Heritage
Cressing Temple Barns, Braintree, ESSEX

See fantastic artefacts at our stand in the Barley barn, and perhaps even try on the armour of a Roman soldier!

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

#FestivalOfArchaeology
“The Festival of Essex Archaeology and Heritage” poster, over an image of two archaeologists planning a ditch section.
July 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Tues 22 - Fri 25 July: ASE at The Highdown Big Dig
Highdown Hill, Worthing, SUSSEX

ASE osteoarchaeologist Hayley will be at the Highdown Big Dig in case any bones are discovered.

Full program of Big Dig events: wtm.uk/news/the-hig...

#FestivalOfArchaeology @wtm.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social
“ASE osteoarch at The Highdown Big Dig” poster, featuring images of an osteoarchaeologist in a white labcoat and the Big Dig logo
July 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Mon 21 July: Whitechapel excavation showcase
UCL East Culture Lab, Stratford & The Silk District, Whitechapel, LONDON

Meet the curators at a new exhibition of stories from the site (10-4)

Join us on a site tour of The Silk District (5-6pm)

www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

#FestivalOfArchaeology
“Whitechapel Excavation Showcase” poster, featuring images of an excavation, a ceramic jar, and a wooden post that reads “Red Lion Playhouse”.
July 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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We're excited to be part of multiple events next week during the 2025 @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalOfArchaeology! Find us in Sussex, Essex and London at excavations, exhibitions and more.

More details on our website, or in the thread below! 🧵

www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...
Poster for ASE events at the CBA Festival of Archaeology. The festival logo is displayed alongside a list of events, over a background of archaeologists working on site. The events are: Mon 21 July: Whitechapel excavation showcase; Tue 22 - Fri 25 July: ASE at The Highdown Big Dig; Thu 24 July: The Festival of Essex Archaeology & Heritage; Fri 25 July: Meet the experts at Fishbourne Roman Palace
July 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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And congratulations to ASE Project Officer Angus Foreshaw for winning the Techs Driving Curiosity photo competition with his photo Smiling Despite the Conditions! 📸

Read more about this photo, and more reflections from ASE staff: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...
Two very damp and muddy archaeologists grin at the camera. They are standing with tools and buckets on an archaeological site that has clearly just been hit with a downpour. Muddy puddles surround the area where they are working.
July 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Special shoutout to ASE's Sarah Wolferstan & Elke Raemen for their work presenting our Whitechapel excavation finds and public engagement projects.

Sarah was also part of the Tech EDI committee that won Technical Professional of the Year, Leadership category!
A woman standing behind a table full of archaeological artefacts talks to people visiting the stand A group of eight people stand smiling in a line. One holds a golden plaque.
July 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This award-winning community archaeology initiative sees pupils from the local primary school excavate at the site of a former cottage, visible on a 1739 map, which fell out of use in the early 20th century.
Overhead shot of the excavations. Around 20 children dig in individual test pits, supported by archaeologists, teachers and helpers.
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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It's the UCL Technical Showcase!

Swing by the first floor atrium of the UCL East Marshgate building to see some of the exciting artefacts and discoveries from our Whitechapel excavations, and chat to the ASE team about the latest public engagement initiatives the project has been generating.
Two people stand grinning behind a table upon which archaeological artefacts are displayed. Close up of some of the archaeological pottery fragments, including one with a bearded face on it. Close up of other archaeological artefacts, including a mouth harp, a needle case, a comb, and glassware.
June 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM