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On the occurrence of Beania mirabilis and Labrus mixtus at Eastbourne, Sussex: To the editors of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, by F. C. S. Roper, published October 1869 in Journal of Natural History (series 4, vol. 4, article, pp.293-294)
On the Decapoda that have been found at Eastbourne, by F. C. S. Roper, published 1870 (Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society)
Lists of the Local Fauna and Flora, by F. C. S. Roper, published 1873 (Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society)
The Butterflies of Eastbourne, by Robert Adkin, published 1928 (Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society) accessible at: The Keep [ACC10182/2/4/2]
The Moths of Eastbourne, by Robert Adkin, published 1930 (Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society) accessible at: The Keep [ACC10182/2/4/2]
The Butterflies and Moths of Eastbourne. Supplement 1. Additions and corrections , by Robert Adkin, published 1934 (Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society)
A Natural History of Eastbourne, by Douglas Munson, published 1 May 1982 (43 pp., Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society, ISBN-10: 0954291840 & ISBN-13: 9780954291846) accessible at: Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society
Eastbourne: Aspects of Archaeology, History and Heritage, edited by Michael J. Allen, published 1 August 2014 (114 pp., Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society, ISBN-10: 0954291867 & ISBN-13: 9780954291860) accessible at: Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society
Abstract:A tribute to Eastbourne Archaeologist Lawrence Stevens. This collection of archaeological essays provides an easy insight into the wealth and diversity of archaeology and heritage in the Eastbourne area.
Review by Caroline Wells in Sussex Past & Present no. 134, December 2014:This volume has been produced to honour the tireless efforts of Lawrence Stevens, and his wife Pat, in researching and promoting the archaeology of Eastbourne for about forty years. I understand that Lawrence, the worthy recipient of a "festschrift", was taken completely by surprise by its presentation to him during a conference this summer, so the occasion was touching and delightful.
The first chapter is a short biography of Lawrence and describes his research, teaching and encouragement of other archaeologists and historians in the area. The extent of the Stevens' interests is indicated by the range of papers. On my first perusal, three contributions stood out as particularly note-worthy: Hayley Forsyth's analyses of skeletal material ("Eastbourne Ancestors") from two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries (Ockynge Hill and ECAT) - dating, inferences of nutrition, childhood home location, and disease; Martin Bell and Chris Butler's chapter on their excavation below the Long Man of Wilmington, with the conclusion that it is a post-medieval construct, created between AD1540-1710 (brick fragments tell the story) and David Rudlings's synopsis of the 1970's fieldwork on Bullock Down in the light of current interpretations of Romano-British rural settlements and votive practices.
On my second reading I found further interesting topics, for instance in Mike Allen's paper which provides dateable sequences for the inundation and drying out of the Willingdon Levels against hill wash data from elsewhere in town and also in that by Chris Greatorex, ostensibly about Crowlink Barrow, but leading on to a consideration of Beaker evidence on the Beachy Head block of Downland. This area is also the subject of Julie Gardiner's paper on Neolithic flintwork, with thoughts on socio-economic reasons for differences by location and date. It was also interesting to learn that the 1963 discovery of boat fragments in a sewer trench, might now be dateable to the Norman or Saxon period, shunting a medieval interpretation back to 10th-11th centuries AD, so it was a much rarer and more significant vessel. Finally, the topic of Lawrence Stevens' own particular interest in mills has been tackled by Peter Hill in an informative paper on the local examples.
This celebratory volume has variety, yet academic substance, and will introduce readers to many interesting aspects of Eastbourne's heritage. I congratulate both the recipient and the editor, and commend the volume.
The first chapter is a short biography of Lawrence and describes his research, teaching and encouragement of other archaeologists and historians in the area. The extent of the Stevens' interests is indicated by the range of papers. On my first perusal, three contributions stood out as particularly note-worthy: Hayley Forsyth's analyses of skeletal material ("Eastbourne Ancestors") from two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries (Ockynge Hill and ECAT) - dating, inferences of nutrition, childhood home location, and disease; Martin Bell and Chris Butler's chapter on their excavation below the Long Man of Wilmington, with the conclusion that it is a post-medieval construct, created between AD1540-1710 (brick fragments tell the story) and David Rudlings's synopsis of the 1970's fieldwork on Bullock Down in the light of current interpretations of Romano-British rural settlements and votive practices.
On my second reading I found further interesting topics, for instance in Mike Allen's paper which provides dateable sequences for the inundation and drying out of the Willingdon Levels against hill wash data from elsewhere in town and also in that by Chris Greatorex, ostensibly about Crowlink Barrow, but leading on to a consideration of Beaker evidence on the Beachy Head block of Downland. This area is also the subject of Julie Gardiner's paper on Neolithic flintwork, with thoughts on socio-economic reasons for differences by location and date. It was also interesting to learn that the 1963 discovery of boat fragments in a sewer trench, might now be dateable to the Norman or Saxon period, shunting a medieval interpretation back to 10th-11th centuries AD, so it was a much rarer and more significant vessel. Finally, the topic of Lawrence Stevens' own particular interest in mills has been tackled by Peter Hill in an informative paper on the local examples.
This celebratory volume has variety, yet academic substance, and will introduce readers to many interesting aspects of Eastbourne's heritage. I congratulate both the recipient and the editor, and commend the volume.