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Sussex Archaeological Collections: Relating to the history and antiquities of East and West Sussex, published 2008 (vol. 146, Sussex Archæological Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A collection of Mesolithic flintwork from the Horsham area: the Standing Collection, by Chris Butler, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.7-18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The collection of prehistoric flintwork by Sylvia Standing around Southwater, near Horsham, has provided a fascinating insight into Mesolithic hunter-gatherer activity in the area. The presence of Horsham points on some of the sites alongside other types of microlith, tranchet adzes and other implements suggests they may be associated with a reduction in human group mobility.

From potsherds, to people: Sussex prehistoric pottery., by Mike Seager Thomas, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.19-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This article summarizes our knowledge of Sussex Bronze and Early Iron Age pottery traditions from c. 2000-500 cal. BC, along with the research issues, by which this knowledge of pottery is transformed into a knowledge of people. Written by an expert in the field, who has worked in both contract and research archaeology, its aim is to provide an easily accessible, up-to-date synthesis of practical use to both the would-be and the active pottery specialist. In so doing it introduces for the first time data on pottery from 20-odd unpublished Sussex assemblages, including that from the nationally known site of Shinewater Park.

A topographical survey of Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex: an interpretation of the prehistoric landscape from the Neolithic to the Middle Iron Age, by Mark Tibble, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.53-74) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This article results from a topographical survey of the landscape and hillfort of Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex, carried out in the summer of 2003 and the winter of 2004 by the author. Produced as an undergraduate dissertation for the University of Southampton, the survey has recorded the site as it was in 2004 and has provided a base for future management. It has also recorded previously unsurveyed features which may prove to be Bronze Age round barrows. The aim was to contextualize the hillfort within its immediate topographical setting. This has provided a background against which an interpretation might be made of the prehistoric use of the landscape. This work approached the idea of the landscape as being inscribed with meaning and significance that is carried over a long timescale beginning in the Neolithic, although it is interpreted against the varying cultural backgrounds of the prehistoric communities. It also considers the construction of the Late Bronze Age hillfort and views this construction in part as the creation of a physical link to the mythical past.

Romano-British and medieval occupation at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex, by David Godden, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.75-94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation in a little-investigated part of Chichester's historic core revealed Romano-British and medieval features. There was no evidence to support the existence of a Romano-British forerunner of the road now known as North Pallant; indeed, only a north-south aligned ditch and the remains of two wells were identified suggesting relatively sparse activity in an area away from any street frontage. The principal phase of occupation dates from the second half of the first century AD, although quantities of later material (mostly residual) hint at occupation on or near the site. Near the western edge of the site, late-Saxon - early medieval pits (tenth-twelfth century) indicate renewed activity, perhaps to the rear of properties fronting a road then recently laid out. Later medieval cesspits and refuse pits occurred over the rest of the site, with indications of a gradual westwards shift in focus towards East Pallant. Associated food and artefactual remains are typical of urban medieval assemblages: the one notable find was an ornate thirteenth-century ceramic roof finial. Otherwise there was little to relate to the presumed high status of the only structure from the site, a fourteenth- to early-fifteenth-century vaulted undercroft, part of a building fronting onto North Pallant.

An archaeological excavation at Steyning Museum, Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex, by Christopher Greatorex, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.95-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Seventeen medieval features were recorded during an excavation undertaken at Steyning Museum, Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex. These discoveries included part of a tenement boundary, pits and three possible post-holes dating to the twelfth to early/mid-thirteenth century. A single shallow scoop of mid-thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century origin was also investigated. The range of recovered artefacts/ecofacts (pottery, burnt clay, metalwork, animal bone and marine shell) is indicative of general waste derived from a relatively low-status family group or smallholding utilizing mainly local resources. This project has contributed to the detailed understanding of Steyning's early development and confirmed the archaeological potential of the immediate area.

Archaeological investigations at the ASDA site, Crawley, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.107-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An archaeological evaluation of the site carried out in June 2002 revealed a range of surviving archaeological deposits, despite extensive modern truncation. Seven separate areas of the site were then subjected to full excavation and recording based on potential identified during the evaluation. Although small quantities of flintwork were recovered from the overburden of one area, all of the excavated features dated from the medieval and post-medieval periods, with the majority of features dating from the mid-thirteenth to the third quarter of the fourteenth century. Two ironworking hearths and large quantities of slag were encountered as well as evidence of the deposition of domestic refuse in pits and ditches. A thirteenth-century well produced a remarkable assemblage of artefacts and environmental evidence including a large group of insect remains.

Excavations at the Jenner and Simpson Mill site, Mount Street, Battle, East Sussex, by Richard James, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.148-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 1997 Archaeology South-East carried out a major excavation in the centre of Battle, on the site of the medieval market place. An earlier evaluation in 1990 revealed the existence of stratified medieval deposits on the site. The 1997 work was hampered by extensive modern disturbance relating to the recent industrial use of the site, but did reveal an interesting sequence of features relating to the medieval and early post-medieval use of the site. Fragmentary remains of a stone building identified from documentary sources as being a former market hall or courthouse were excavated, together with a major boundary ditch and a series of rubbish pits. Two large ponds were also located. Artefacts included quantities of medieval and early post-medieval pottery, which, although not forming major assemblages, nevertheless cast light on the life of the town.

Graffham and Woolavington potters, tile-makers and brickmakers, c.1590-1740, by Danae Tankard, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.175-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The medieval and early modern pottery industry of the Graffham area has been discussed in articles published in Sussex Archaeological Collections by Anthony Streeten (1980) and by Fred Aldsworth and Alec Down (1990). These focused primarily on the archaeology of the industry, although Aldsworth also surveyed some of the documentary sources. Brick and tile-making in the Graffham area has received less attention. A more extensive examination of documentary sources, including property deeds, manorial records, wills and probate inventories, provides new information about the potters, brick and tile-makers and enables the archaeological evidence to be placed in a stronger historic context.

Brighton's Railway District in the mid-nineteenth century, by June A. Sheppard, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.189-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An area close to the railway stations and engineering works is identified as Brighton's Railway District c. 1860. It comprised streets of small terraced houses built between 1820 and 1860, most rented for a few shillings a week, where railway employees formed at least 10 per cent of household heads. Rateable values, though generally low, varied from street to street, and there was a broad correlation between these values and the employment grades of the railwaymen household heads who resided in each street. Four sample streets illustrate the income levels and some of the other factors that influenced the choice of place of residence.

An Early Bronze Age burial and Iron Age ditch at East Brighton Golf Club, by John Funnell, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.199-202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Roman pottery assemblage from Hills Place, Horsham, West Sussex, by Malcolm Lyne, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.203-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An assemblage of medieval pottery found at the former Police House, Lewes Road, Ringmer, East Sussex, TQ 453 127, by David Gregory, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.206-209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at The Pilgrims Rest, Park Lane, Battle, East Sussex, by Richard James, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.210-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An archaeological investigation at 42 North Street, Horsham, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.215-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online