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Sussex Archaeological Collections: Relating to the history and antiquities of East and West Sussex, published 2011 (vol. 149, Sussex Archæological Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

New animals, new landscapes and new world views: the Iron Age to Roman transition at Fishbourne, by Martyn Allen and Naomi Sykes, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.7-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Anthropologists and cultural geographers have long accepted that animals play an important role in the creation of human cultures. However, such beliefs are yet to be embraced by archaeologists, who seldom give zoo archaeological data much consideration beyond the occasional economic or environmental reconstruction. In an attempt to highlight animal remains as a source of cultural information, this paper examines the evidence for the changing relationship between people and wild animals in Iron Age and Roman southern England. Special attention is given to 'exotic' species - in particular fallow deer, domestic fowl and the hare - whose management increased around AD 43. In Iron Age Britain the concept of wild game reserves was seemingly absent, but the post-Conquest appearance of new landscape features such as vivaria, leporaria and piscinae indicates a change in worldview from a situation where people seemingly negotiated with the 'wilderness' and 'wild things' to one where people felt they had the right or the responsibility to bring them to order. Using Fishbourne Roman Palace as a case study, we argue that wild and exotic animals represented far more than gastronomic treats or symbols of Roman identity, instead influencing the way in which people engaged with, traversed and experienced their surroundings.

What did Ivan Margary ever do for me? An excavation of the Roman Greensand Way at Plumpton, by David Millum, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.25-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An account of an evaluation project of the Sussex Greensand Way at Ashurst Farm, Plumpton which confirmed Margary's inferred alignment and revealed information about the structure of the Roman road.

Dialogues in deposition: A reassessment of early Roman-period burials at St Pancras, Chichester, and other related sites, by Gordon Hayden, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.35-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This article focuses on the social dynamics underpinning change and continuity during the Iron Age-Roman transition period in the area of Chichester and its immediate hinterland. Although the primary data is derived from a reassessment of selected burial groupings from the St Pancras cemetery, data from other sites has been used to put St Pancras into a wider context. Though it is generally accepted that the arrival of Roman power and the establishment of a post-Conquest client kingdom in this area influenced cultural change, the reassessed data suggests that external influences more probably merged with local traditions. As individual and social group identity is partly expressed through manipulating material culture, this article examines the social dynamics of those further down the social scale, by re-evaluating specific 1st-century AD indigenous pottery types and their significance as indicators of change and continuity. It places indigenous pottery in a wider context by examining the nature of sub-regional social preferences and the relationship between the Chichester area and the peripheral environment. The results suggest there was an initial degree of resistance to change amongst certain social groups, whilst others were in constant dialogue and renegotiation over what types of material culture could be perceived as culturally acceptable. This indicates the active role of the existing population in fashioning their own particular lifestyles.

Excavation of medieval burgage plots and further evidence of iron working on land off Pegler Way, Crawley, West Sussex, by Stephen Hammond, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.49-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation at Pegler Way has extended the evidence of medieval burgage plot boundaries recovered from an adjacent site on the Crawley High Street Relief Road and added more evidence of the local disposal of iron-working waste, although again the primary working site has not been identified. A rare find of a wooden scutching knife suggests flax processing. The site appears to have been used only for a short span, from the late 12th to the 14th century.

Archaeological investigations at the Ropetackle site, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.59-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeology South-East undertook a programme of archaeological work at Ropetackle, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex between 2000 and 2003. A range of archaeological features were recorded, dating from the Late Iron Age to the post-medieval period, although the majority represented medieval activity. The medieval remains consisted predominately of pits, including cesspits, and wells, which produced substantial assemblages of artefacts and environmental evidence dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. Significant assemblages of local and imported pottery including a near-complete aquamanile were recovered, alongside ceramic building material, stone, metalwork, plant remains, and animal and fish bone. Large assemblages of post-medieval finds were also recovered, including significant groups of 17th- to 19th-century pottery from cesspits in former back yards.

In the wake of Throckmorton: Christopher Haynes, customer, searcher and taverner of Arundel, c.1527-1586, by Stewart Johnson, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.159-172) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In November 1583 Francis Throckmorton was arrested for his part in plotting a Spanish invasion of England combined with a Catholic rebellion at home; he was executed at Tyburn on 10 July 1584. Following the arrest, his fellow conspirators Charles Arundel and Thomas Paget, fearing for their safety, escaped to France from Sussex. This article examines the role played in these events by Christopher Haynes, customer of Arundel, and discusses his activities in the town since becoming a burgess in 1557.

Cowdray and the iconography of Henry VIII, by Bridget Howard, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.173-184) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The early Tudor mansion of Cowdray (at Midhurst) was devastated by fire in 1793 and, conserved by a Lottery Grant, it is now open to the public. At first sight it appears to have been typical of the houses built by members of Henry VIII's Court, but recent research is showing a property that was very different from the other mansions of the day. They displayed their possessors' importance; Cowdray, by contrast very much smaller, barely acknowledged its owner and was filled with symbolic references to the king. This article attempts to interpret the iconography and explain a unique house.

Excavation of a post-medieval cottage at Eartham, West Sussex, by David Butcher, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.185-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In June 2009 an excavation was conducted in the village of Eartham, near Chichester, to investigate a group of buildings shown on 18th- and 19th-century maps. The remains of at least one building were located, together with large quantities of building material. Finds included pottery, animal bone, clay pipes, metalwork and glass; these suggest a date range for occupation of the buildings from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Evidence was also found of occupation on the site from the medieval period, including a 13th-century cesspit

The impact of the Georgians, Victorians and Edwardians on early parish churches: City of Brighton and Hove c.1680-1914, by Sue Berry, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.199-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 1680, there were 12 medieval churches with parishes now wholly or partly within the boundaries of the City of Brighton and Hove. The parishes were Aldrington, Brighton, Falmer, Hangleton, Hove, Ovingdean, Patcham, Portslade, Preston, Rottingdean, Stanmer and West Blatchington (Fig. 1). The Georgians improved the condition of the ten churches that were in use in the early 18th century by undertaking modest repairs. They also added galleries and pews to some. From the mid 1830s the Victorians were far more radical. They re-ordered and extended four of these churches, heavily restored two without enlarging them, demolished and rebuilt four, and resurrected both the churches that had become ruins before 1680. The Victorians also removed much of the work undertaken by the Georgians. Further research will help us to understand the history of our medieval churches in Sussex during these periods, and clarify whether the range of approaches towards the care of churches found here is typical or not.

Further beyond the villa: Southwick revisited, 1933 and 2008, by Giles Standing, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, short article, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online