This #ValentinesDay our hearts belong to this beautiful, finely made flint knife! 😍 A plano-convex knife – flat one side, convex on the other. They’re sometimes called ‘slugs’ because of this shape! They are most commonly associated with the #EarlyBronzeAge or #LateNeolithic period. #FindsFriday

#FindsFriday: A scale-tang bone knife handle from WW1. What makes this find extra special? The owner carved their initials ‘AI’ on to the side of the handle. The find was recovered in 2025 during ASE’s excavations at Cooden Camp, a WW1 training camp in Bexhill. More: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Tonight, for @sussexpast.bsky.social I'm looking forward to welcoming Simon Stevens of @archsoutheast.bsky.social. He'll be talking about his excavations at the WW1 training camp at Cooden Sussex. We still have places for this online event, so please join us! 🏺 sussexpast.co.uk/event/spring...

Explore the lives of the men who trained at Cooden Camp, Bexhill in World War One at two events this month: ➡️Online lecture with the Sussex Archaeological Society | TONIGHT Tuesday 3 Feb, 7:30pm Free for SAS members, £5 non members. Sign up by 5pm via sussexpast.co.uk/event/spring...

Shinewater - Eastbourne's very own Must Farm - is at real risk of being lost ⚠️ A collaboration between ASE, Historic England, East Sussex County Council and JBA Consulting, has been assessing this threat 👇🧵 Image (c) Historic England Archive

Don't miss an exciting talk TONIGHT (Tues 9th) at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social, weaving archaeology and public engagement together at our Whitechapel site. Tickets in the link! www.lamas.org.uk/product/farm...

ASE’s research into the #Tudor transformation of Dover harbour is now available #OpenAccess ✨ “The Honour and Safety of the Realm” includes a reconstruction of the Tudor harbour wall at Dover by ASE’s Lauren Gibson. It’s today’s #FindsFriday! 📲Read more/download/buy: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

It was wonderful to be in a positive & friendly @sussexpast.bsky.social conference with some of the best humans in Sussex Archaeology. Also brilliant to see so many @archsoutheast.bsky.social colleagues and see our collective contribution making an impact. Terrible selfie, you had to be there. 🏺🦣

📢 UPDATE: applications are now closed as the maximum number of applications has been reached.

As part of #BlackHistoryMonth we’re sharing Remember Us, an original spoken word piece by British-born Sierra Leonean rapper and storyteller Alim Kamara. Alim was inspired by members of London’s Black community who journeyed to Sierra Leone in 1786-7. youtu.be/_0bNxfH3wMU

Don't miss your chance to apply for our latest round of apprenticeships! Closes Friday 24 October.

Yesterday, for #ThrowbackThursday we looked at the 2025 ArchaeoTech course #ATech25 @butserancientfarm.co.uk with some brilliant and evocative photos from Joseph Seresin one of our new Archaeology Undergraduates who had this to say about the course [1/3] #LocalAndGlobal

A moving story from @chicathedral.bsky.social about a Late Saxon pre-term infant found during planned building works. TW: this story discusses baby loss The remains have been reburied in a special service as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 Oct) www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/recent-...

📢 Announcing three(!) new opportunities for aspiring archaeologists to join our Archaeological Fieldwork Technician apprenticeship program! Apply now (closes Friday 24 October): www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/VAC1000345576

Such brilliant recognition for a really transformative scheme. @archsoutheast.bsky.social is thriving and the closer working relationship with the @uclarchaeology.bsky.social is reaping huge benefits in terms of teaching, fieldwork and professionalisation. 🏺

We’re excited to share that our Placement Year has been shortlisted for the 2025 Archaeological Achievement Awards in the Learning, Training and Skills category! We’ll be crossing our fingers when the winners are announced on 28 November! @uclarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

🎧 THIS WEEKEND: Step inside The Lewes Green Huts and experience a powerful sound sharing event created by young artists in collaboration with artist Simon James. 🗓️ Sat 4 & Sun 5 Oct | ⏰ 12–4pm 📍 Garden Street, Lewes | 🎟️ Free, no need to book

🔍 Spotlight on… Meet the #IceAgeIsland collections! #FestivalOfArchaeology 📅 Sat 26 July 9:30-1 | Sir Francis Cook Gallery, Jersey Meet artefacts from @jerseyheritage.bsky.social's collections, and researchers from ASE/ @uclarchaeology.bsky.social! Info: www.jerseyheritage.org/visit/whats-...

We were on the Telly again. This time we were lucky enough to have the BBC come and cover our work. We're now over half way through cataloguing & repacking this material cared for by @jerseyheritage.bsky.social. 🏺🦣 #IceAgeIsland @archsoutheast.bsky.social @uclarchaeology.bsky.social

🔍 Spotlight on… Meet ASE’s expert archaeologists! #FestivalOfArchaeology 📅 Fri 25 July, 10:30-4 @romanpalace.bsky.social Who's excited for tomorrow's Meet the Experts event? 🙋 Read more about going behind the scenes at Fishbourne Roman Palace ➡️ sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...

🔍 Spotlight on… ASE at the Festival of Essex Archaeology & Heritage #FestivalOfArchaeology 📅 Thu 24 July (10–5) at Cressing Temple Barns, Braintree We’re bringing Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman discoveries to life at this FREE festival! Find out more: www.explore-essex.com/whats-on/fes...

A 'mammoth' project is just beginning in Jersey! 🦣 Archaeologists from ASE and staff/students from @uclarchaeology.bsky.social are helping @jerseyheritage.bsky.social catalogue hundreds of pieces of Ice Age animal bone ahead of a new scientific analysis. Watch: www.itv.com/watch/news/h...

It was a brilliant exhibition!! We'll be back.

We're in the news today with @jerseyheritage.bsky.social working on the #LaCotte animal bone they curate. Join Olga Finch, @lettyingrey.bsky.social , Josie Mills and me in person this Saturday for a @archaeologyuk.bsky.social festival open day www.facebook.com/share/p/1EXM... #IceAgeIsland 🏺🦣

This week we’re with UCL students working with Jersey Heritage to bring order to the fauna collected during the early years of excavation at La Cotte de St Brelade. #IceAgeIsland

🔍Spotlight on… ASE bone specialist at Highdown Big Dig #FestivalofArchaeology 📆 Tuesday 22 - Friday 25 July at Highdown Hill, Worthing The Highdown Big Dig is in full swing! And this week you can catch one of ASE’s osteoarchaeology team at this exciting new excavation! @wtm.uk

Spotlight on… Whitechapel excavation showcase #FestivalOfArchaeology Monday 21st July Explore over 2000 years of history from our 2015-19 excavations at Stepney Way! Join us: 🏺10-4 at the exhibition at the UCL East Culture Lab, Stratford 🚶5-6 for walking tours at The Silk District, Whitechapel

We're excited to be part of multiple events next week during the 2025 @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalOfArchaeology! Find us in Sussex, Essex and London at excavations, exhibitions and more. More details on our website, or in the thread below! 🧵 www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

🎉 Celebrating ASE at the UCL Technical Showcase! 🏛️ ASE staff were in their element at this year’s UCL Technical Showcase at UCL East, embracing two days of collaboration, creativity, and recognition. Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

Excavations have just wrapped up on the sixth season of the Stiances Archaeological Project! Read more about the 2025 season here: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-...

📢Job Alert! 📢 Laboratory Technical and Lab Support We are seeking to appoint a full-time interim (1.0FTE; 36.5 hours per week) Laboratory Manager. The post is funded until September 2026 in the first instance. Deadline 1st July 2025 bit.ly/4luKqtA

It's the UCL Technical Showcase! Swing by the first floor atrium of the UCL East Marshgate building to see some of the exciting artefacts and discoveries from our Whitechapel excavations, and chat to the ASE team about the latest public engagement initiatives the project has been generating.

Shout out to this amazing team from @ucl.ac.uk and @archsoutheast.bsky.social: Stuart, Murray, Jodie and Lucy Stay tuned to #SuffArch25 on here and IG for all the latest! #LocalAndGlobal

Great news - professional accreditation for @uclarchaeology.bsky.social undergrad degrees has been renewed for the next 5 years! We're proud that the BA Archaeology with Placement Year at ASE is one of those degrees. Read all about accredited degrees at the IOA here: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Day 1 at Royal Parks Greenwich is go! With students and staff from the @ucl.ac.uk IoA and UCL @archsoutheast.bsky.social it’s our 3rd year working with the awesome Royal Park’s Archaeologist Andrew Mayfield! What will we find this year??? #LocalAndGlobal

This week’s #FindsFriday: Roman perforated pottery discs! These three 5mm-thick discs are made from perforated and smoothed broken pottery. They’re actually a common find on Roman sites all over the country. ASE excavated these in Chichester (2017-8), and we’re currently working on the publication.

What an incredible day we had last Saturday for our 50th Anniversary Conference! Want to relive the action? Our Roman Pottery Trainee, Joe Locke, has written about his experience: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-... What were your key takeaways? 🤔 #ASEat50

#FieldworkThursday - with a twist! Here is a group of our Project Officers finding out how to train our site teams in safe manual handling techniques in the field. Looking after our team is one of the most important ways we can look after the archaeology we uncover!

Fantastic day conference looking at the archaeological work of @archsoutheast.bsky.social over the past 50 years Here's to their next half century 🥂 #ASEat50

Our final presentation of the day follows a video of some very thought provoking hopes for the future from ASE staff. 📽️ Martin Bell is now reflecting on the day and our challenges going forward! #ASEat50

It's our keynote speaker Prof Mel Giles on Iron Age funerary archaeology. What a treat for us at the @archsoutheast.bsky.social conference.

Next up we're in London with a talk about the finds and public engagement from our Whitechapel excavations with Elke Raemen and Sarah Wolferstan #ASEat50

We're on a journey to some strange old buildings now with ASE Historic Buildings archaeologist Michael Shapland #ASEat50

After lunch our first presenter is guest speaker Melanie Giles with her highly anticipated talk on warrior burials #ASEat50

The only way is Essex! Or at least it is for Rob Cullum and Angus Foreshaw, project officers at ASE, who are taking us through recent discoveries in the region #ASEat50

Hayley Nicholls, project officer at ASE, now takes the stage to take us through the Later Bronze in Sussex #ASEat50

Neolithic transformations now with guest speaker Paul Garwood #ASEat50

Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social now up, on ASE's contribution to prehistoric research in the region #ASEat50

David Rudling talking now about the first 30 years of ASE (or should we say the FAU!) #ASEat50

Early start this morning for @archsoutheast.bsky.social #ASEat50 today