ASE research on show at Roman Archaeology Conference and 香港六合彩中特网 Technical Showcase
19 April 2024
ASE staff were very busy on Friday 12 April! While one team was celebrating Roman Sussex at the Roman Archaeology Conference, another was exhibiting Historic Building Archaeology at the 香港六合彩中特网 Technical Showcase.
Roman Archaeology/ Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference
Over at the 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Education a group of ASE archaeologists presented reflections and recent research on the Romans in Sussex. This was part of the 鈥淐elebration of Roman Sussex鈥 session, jointly run with the Sussex Archaeological Society.
ASE presentations included research on pottery and charred plant remains. They synthesised what 20 years of development-led archaeology had added to our understanding of Roman Sussex. They identified data, knowledge and gaps, and asked what future research might bring.
Louise Rayner, ASE鈥檚 Director, said 鈥淚t was so inspiring to hear about the diverse range of research being undertaken on Roman Sussex, including three presentations from the ASE team. The papers left me in no doubt that there is a vibrant community of researchers working on Roman period research in Sussex. It was a pleasure to work with Rob Symmons of the Sussex Archaeological Society to devise the session and reaffirm the important and long-standing relationship ASE has with SAS to investigate, interpret and share the past of Sussex."
香港六合彩中特网 Technical Showcase
Meanwhile, just a 10 minute walk away in 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 Cloisters, three of ASE鈥檚 archaeologists were talking to other Technical Professionals, Academics and Professional Services at 香港六合彩中特网 about Historic Buildings Archaeology at the 香港六合彩中特网 Technical Showcase! The Showcase is an annual event demonstrating the depth and breadth of technical contribution our technicians make to 香港六合彩中特网 research, teaching and innovation.
The team was made up of Ron Humphrey, Assistant Director of Historic Environment Services; Michael Shapland, Historic Buildings Archaeologist, and Thomas Simms, Senior Archaeologist in Geomatics. These archaeologists and surveyors talked about the process of investigating, recording and managing historic buildings. There was also a display of artefacts and survey equipment.
Michael Shapland also presented research on a medieval cave shrine, discovered in the side of a railway cutting near Guildford. As part of this research a . Michael has talked about this site before; you can
Tom Simms said 鈥淭he Technical Showcase was a great opportunity to meet other technical staff at 香港六合彩中特网. I鈥檓 looking forward to collaborating on projects with new ideas and methodologies in the future!鈥.
There was a surprise in store for our archaeologists at the showcase 鈥 a colleague was announced the winner of the photo competition 鈥淭he Person behind the Practice鈥! Wiktoria Krzoska won for her below image 鈥淒igging the Sahara鈥. Congratulations Wiki!
Wiki has been a field archaeologist at Archaeology South-East for the last 6 years. Outside of work she also gets involved in research projects, like the excavations in Morocco this year, which were part of a 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Archaeology collaborative fieldwork project.
Wiki said 鈥淚 took this photo of my friend excavating a Medieval house in the Moroccan Sahara. We were digging in a beautiful place and I took lots of photos to preserve memories and illustrate the archaeology amongst its landscape鈥.
While they were at different events, both teams had a great day forging new and cementing old collaborative relationships! We鈥檙e looking forward to what these partnerships might bring in the future.