Publications
Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 114, edited by Sara Hanna, published April 2008 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 115, edited by Sara Hanna, published August 2008 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 116, edited by Sara Hanna, published December 2008 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Sussex Past & Present: The Sussex Archaeological Society Newsletter No. 117, edited by Sara Hanna, published April 2009 (Sussex Archæological Collections, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Palaeolithic in Sussex: Living at the limit, by Sarah Hanna, published August 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 118, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Preview:Dr Matt Pope was the speaker this spring for the annual SAS/Prehistoric Society lecture, held in April in Lewes with the title Living at the Limit, a Sussex perspective on the Palaeolithic of northern Europe.
Butser Ancient Farm: Recreating ancient lifestyles, by Sarah Hannah, published April 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 126, article, pp.10-11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Preview:This experimental archaeological project was first set up in 1972 by Dr Peter Reynolds, using archaeological discoveries to test ideas on how people in Britain farmed and lived in the Iron Age (around 300BCE). An earlier site was located on the slopes of Butser Hill within Queen Elizabeth Country Park, but following park development the farm was moved to its present site, an idyllic valley close to the village of Chalton some 4km south of Butser Hill, in 1990.
Chiddingly Wood Rocks: Prehistoric occupation sites and a hermit's hideaway, by Sarah Hanna, published August 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 127, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Preview:A report by Mike Allen, Andrew Maxted and Richard Carter (SP&P 115, August 2008) drew attention to the potential of the High Weald for evidence of Mesolithic activity, and Richard Carter led a Society walk here in June 2010. This popular event was repeated twice, most recently in February 2012. Chiddingly Wood Rocks are an outcrop of sandstone on the southern edge of the High Weald at West Hoathly, West Sussex, visited by kind permission of the landowner. The first site encountered was a rock shelter named Adulam's Cave (perhaps from Cave of Adullam connected with biblical King David). The shelter was reputedly occupied by a hermit until early in the 20th century, and its chimney now houses a colony of bats. Although never excavated, flint tools were found there, and we noticed disturbance by animals and signs of recent fires under the rock shelter. Richard suggested the ledge outside was a possible site of prehistoric activity, while above the shelter the escarpment rocks form part of the defences of Philpotts Camp, a promontory hillfort.