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Member publications
Con Ainsworth (1917-2001) Recollections
Con was an influential member of WAS from 1963 to his death in 2001. 100 years after Con was born, this is a collection of members recollections celebrating his life as an Archaeologist in Sussex.
Con was an influential member of WAS from 1963 to his death in 2001. 100 years after Con was born, this is a collection of members recollections celebrating his life as an Archaeologist in Sussex.
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Robert Turner - Flint Knapping: A Guide to Making Your Own Stone Age Toolkit
Flint knapping, which is the shaping of flint or other fracturing stone to manufacture tools, was one of the primary skills used for survival by our prehistoric ancestors. Bob's guide contains everything you need to know on the subject, accompanied by illustrations and photographs. |
Who was Madame Jadot?
Peter. H. Skilton
An investigation into the history of a 1942 grave in the Roman Catholic cemetery , Angmering, West Sussex.
Peter. H. Skilton
An investigation into the history of a 1942 grave in the Roman Catholic cemetery , Angmering, West Sussex.
Friends publications
David Lea, Judie English and Richard Tapper, 2019, South Downs Cross Ridge Dyke Project Part 5: River Arun to the A286/Lavant Valley
This is the fifth in a series of interim reports for the South Downs Cross Ridge Dyke Project, each report covers separate sections of the downs as the project progresses. This report covers the area from the River Arun westwards to the A286, the road that routes across the downs from Midhurst to Chichester. This report highlights the similarities to and differences from the previous areas surveyed. The practice of constructing cross-dykes on the spurs projecting from the down thus displaying to those approaching from the Weald continues. The main differences are an increase in the number of areas of high ground encompassed by cross-dykes and the grouping of a number of cross-dykes in close proximity.
This is the fifth in a series of interim reports for the South Downs Cross Ridge Dyke Project, each report covers separate sections of the downs as the project progresses. This report covers the area from the River Arun westwards to the A286, the road that routes across the downs from Midhurst to Chichester. This report highlights the similarities to and differences from the previous areas surveyed. The practice of constructing cross-dykes on the spurs projecting from the down thus displaying to those approaching from the Weald continues. The main differences are an increase in the number of areas of high ground encompassed by cross-dykes and the grouping of a number of cross-dykes in close proximity.
David Lea, Judie English and Richard Tapper, 2018, South Downs Cross Ridge Dyke Project Part 4: River Adur to River Arun
This report covers the section of the project between the rivers Adur and Arun. The area is divided by the Findon valley, a present and potentially prehistoric overland route from the coastal plain across the Downs to the Weald. To the east of the Findon valley the cross-dykes appear to limit access to high ground, to the west of the valley the cross-dykes cut across the ridge and spurs acting as obstacles to east/west transit. As with previous areas investigated visibility to the cross-dykes from either the rivers or the Weald appear to be a factor for many of the dykes.
This report covers the section of the project between the rivers Adur and Arun. The area is divided by the Findon valley, a present and potentially prehistoric overland route from the coastal plain across the Downs to the Weald. To the east of the Findon valley the cross-dykes appear to limit access to high ground, to the west of the valley the cross-dykes cut across the ridge and spurs acting as obstacles to east/west transit. As with previous areas investigated visibility to the cross-dykes from either the rivers or the Weald appear to be a factor for many of the dykes.
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Michael J. Allen (Ed.) - Molluscs in Archaeology: methods, approaches and applications
Oxbow Books, Oxford and Philadelphia, 2017 This the first book of its type to include both land and marine shells. This book introduces you to land snails and marine shells - showing what snails and shells can do for you. Environment economy, diet, trade, artefacts from UK to the Med. The subject of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow’s Studying Scientific Archaeology series addresses many aspects of molluscs in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic, both methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation. It aims to be a broad-based text book giving readers an insight into how to apply analysis to different present and past landscapes, and how to interpret those landscapes. It includes marine, freshwater and land snail studies, and examines topics such as diet, economy, climate, environment and land-use, isotopes and molluscs as artefacts. It aims to provide archaeologists and students with the first port of call giving them a) methods and principles, and b) the potential information molluscs can provide. It concentrates on analysis and interpretation most archaeologists and students can undertake and understand, and reviews the ‘heavier’ science in terms of potential, application and interpretational value. In conjunction with the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland. |