Professor of Archaeology at Sussex University
Publications
Rescue Archaeology in Sussex: a pilot study, edited by Peter Drewett, published 1974 (booklet, London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9195][Lib 5683] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Excavation of a Turf Barrow at Minsted, West Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.54-65) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library
A Section through the Iron Age Promontory Fort at Belle Tout, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, note, pp.184-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library
A Neolithic pot from Selmeston, East Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, note, pp.193-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library
Excavations 1974: Alfriston, by P. L. Drewett, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, p.65) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations 1974: Harting, West Heath Common, by P. L. Drewett, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, p.65) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
The excavation of an oval burial mound of the third millennium BC at Alfriston, East Sussex, 1974, by Peter Drewett and others, published December 1975 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 41, article, pp.119-152) View Online
Abstract:The small oval burial mound at Alfriston, East Sussex, being one of only twelve certain burial structures of the 3rd millennium bc in Sussex, was totally excavated in 1974 prior to its final obliteration by ploughing. The barrow was found to consist of a simple dump mound derived from material out of flanking ditches. It covered a single burial pit containing the crouched skeleton of a young female. Information concerning the post-Neolithic land use of Alfriston Down was obtained from the ditch silts and expanded by an intensive field survey.
Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1975, edited by Peter Drewett, published 1976 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9188] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Excavation of Four Round Barrows of the Second Millennium BC, at West Heath, Harting, 1973-5, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.126-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library
Excavations 1976: Beachy Head, Bullock Down, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 20, article, p.97, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations 1976: Offham Hill, Hamsey, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 20, article, p.97, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations 1976: Slindon, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 20, article, p.98, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1976, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1977 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9189] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Archaeology in Sussex to AD 1500, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1977 (Research Report 29, Council for British Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7002] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The excavation of a Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, 1976, by Peter Drewett and others, published December 1977 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 43, article, pp.201-242) View Online
Abstract:The small causewayed enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, being one of the only five surviving Neolithic enclosures in Sussex, was excavated in 1976 prior to its final destruction by ploughing. The enclosure consisted of two incomplete circles of discontinuous banks and ditches. Molluscan analysis indicated that the structure was built in a woodland clearing and that the ditches were not contemporary. A few pot sherds and flint tools were found in the shallow ditches, together with a crouched burial and disarticulated human bones. No conclusively Neolithic features were found in the interior. The possibility that this enclosure, together with others of similar type, may have been areas defined for exposure burial is discussed.
Excavations 1977: Alciston, Black Patch, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 23, article, p.125, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations 1977: Beachy Head, Bullock Down, Heathy Brow, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 23, article, p.125, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations 1977: Beachy Head, Bullock Down, Kiln Combe, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 23, article, p.126, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1977, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1978 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9190] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Excavation of an Oval Mound and a Round Barrow at Slindon, West Sussex, 1976, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.257-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library
Excavations 1978: Selmeston, East Sussex, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1978 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 26, article, p.160, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations 1978: Black Patch, East Sussex, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1978 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 26, article, p.160, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations 1978: Belle Tout, East Sussex, by P. L. Drewett, published December 1978 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 26, article, p.160, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1978, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1979 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9191] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
New Evidence for the Structure and Function of Middle Bronze Age Round Houses in Sussex, by Peter Drewett, published 1979 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 136, article, pp.3-11) View Online
Abstract:Area excavation of five Middle Bronze Age Round Houses at Black Patch, Alcisten, E. Sussex, has conclusively proved that the house terrace itself was a major structural element in the house construction. The position of storage pits and artifacts confirms that the house floor consisted of the whole house terrace. The precise recording of the position of every artifact was used to define activity areas which indicate the possible function of individual houses. From this evidence it is possible to suggest the likely social organisation of the excavated compound.
An Early Bronze Age Collared Urn from Hangleton, West Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library
Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1979, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1980 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9192] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Archaeology of Sussex Pottery. Neolithic Pottery in Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.23-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library
Excavation Report 1979: Black Patch, Alciston, East Sussex, by P. L. Drewitt, published April 1980 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 30, article, p.199, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations at Chanctonbury Ring, Wiston, West Sussex 1977, by Owen Bedwin, David Rudling, Sue Hamilton, Peter Drewett and Karen Petzoldt, published November 1980 in Britannia (vol. 11, article, pp.173-222) View Online
Abstract:Chanctonbury Ring (NGR TQ 139 121) is one of the best known landmarks in Sussex. It consists of a clump of trees, mostly beech, but with occasional sycamore, situated on the very northern edge of the South Downs, about 8 km (5 miles) from the coast (FIG. I). The height above sea-level is 234 m (780 ft.), and the subsoil is Upper Chalk, though several local patches of Clay-with-flints were encountered during the excavation.
Rescue Archaeology in Sussex, 1980, edited by Peter Drewett and others, published 1981 (London: Institute of Archaeology) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9193] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Excavation Report 1980: Bevis's Thumb, Compton, by Peter Drewett, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, p.242, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavation Report 1980: Stoughton, by Peter Drewett, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, p.242, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavation Report 1980: West Heath, Harting, by Peter Drewett, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, p.242, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavation Report 1980: Bullock Down, Eastbourne, by David R. Rudling and Peter Drewett, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, p.242, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
The Archaeology of Bullock Down, Eastbourne, East Sussex: The Development of a Landscape, by Peter Drewett, published 1982 (Monograph no. 1, Sussex Archæological Society, ISBN-10: 0904973026 & ISBN-13: 9780904973020) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8775] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Later Bronze Age downland economy and excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex, by Peter Drewett and others, published January 1982 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 48, article, pp.321-400) View Online
Abstract:The Later Bronze Age site at Black Patch consisted of hut platforms and enclosures set in a system of rectangular fields. The settlement area is overlooked by round barrows. Area and sample excavations of the settlement revealed circular huts and activity areas within a C-14 date range of 1070 +/- 70 bc - 830 +/- 80 bc. Extensive economic data in the form of seeds, animal bones, foreign stones and artefacts were recovered. These formed the basis of an economic resource-area analysis undertaken around Black Patch and other contemporary occupation sites on the South Downs. From this an economic activity model is proposed.
Sussex Lithics in the Hewlett and Ami Collections in Canada, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.193-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library
An Early Third Millennium Sherd from the Long Down Flint Mines, West Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, p.195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library
Settlement, economy, ceremony and territorial organization in Sussex : 4th - 2nd Millennium B.C. , by Peter Ladson Drewett, 1985 at U.C.L., University of London (Ph.D. thesis)
The Excavation of Barrows V-IX at West Heath, Harting,1980, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.35-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library
The Excavation of a Saxon Sunken Building at North Marden, West Sussex, 1982, by Peter L. Drewett and others, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.109-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library
The Excavation of a Neolithic Oval Barrow at North Marden, West Sussex, 1982, by Peter Drewett, published January 1986 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 52, article, pp.31-52) View Online
Abstract:An extensively plough-damaged oval barrow of the third millennium bc was excavated. The entire mound had been removed by ploughing. No burials were found under the site of the mound but disarticulated human skeletal material was found in the ditches. The main flanking ditches appear to have silted in naturally with evidence of Beaker activity and Romano-British agriculture in the higher levels. Some evidence of deliberate back-filling, including the burial of carved chalk objects, was found in the ditches at the east end. A single Saxon hut was excavated in the north-east corner of the barrow and a rubbish deposit containing Middle Saxon pottery was found in the upper levels of the ditch in the south-west corner of the barrow.
The South East to AD1000, by Peter Drewett, David Rudling and Mark Gardiner, published 9 May 1988 (384 pp., London: Longman, ISBN-10: 0582492726 & ISBN-13: 9780582492721) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Anthropogenic Soil Erosion in Prehistoric Sussex. Excavations at West Heath and Ferring, 1984, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.11-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library
Excavations at Lewes Castle, East Sussex 1985-1988, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.69-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library
The Excavation of a Bronze Age Round Barrow (Site 15), Cornish Farm, Eastbourne, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, archaeological note, p.235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library
Dr V Seton Williams' excavations at Combe Hill, 1962, and the role of Neolithic causewayed enclosures in Sussex, by Peter L. Drewett, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.7-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library
Marking time and making space: excavations and landscape studies at the Caburn Hillfort, East Sussex, 1996-98, by Peter L. Drewett and Sue Hamilton, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, article, pp.7-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library View Online
Abstract:The Caburn dominates the lower Ouse valley in East Sussex. Its use and significance have waxed and waned but its unique dome shape against the skyline must have helped define peoples' sense of place throughout time. This article, based on the first three field seasons of the Society's project, examines the surfaces of the hill, the use of space on the hill and through time. In prehistory the Caburn may have been a special place, perhaps a sacred hill, while in post-Roman times its strategic location was utilized in times of threat.
Later Hunters and Gatherers, by Peter Drewett, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.14-15, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
First Farming Communities and Communal Monuments, by Peter Drewett, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.16-17, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Caburn: sacred mount and classic hill fort, by P. Drewett, published 2001 in Current Archaeology (Issue 174, article, pp.256-262)
Obituary: Martin Welch FSA, 1947-2011, by Peter Drewett, published April 2011 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 123, obituary, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online