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Archaeology South-East

Archaeology South-East
Exempt Charity, Company Incorporated by Royal Charter
Industry Archaeology
Cultural Heritage
Founded 2006
Headquarters UK
Number of locations
London, Portslade, Braintree
Services
Number of employees
c. 70 (2014)
Website www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeologyse/

Archaeology South-East (ASE) is a large contracts division in southern England which provides professional archaeological services for public and private sector clients. Clients include commercial developers and environment agencies (who need to take account of archaeology during construction projects, in line with the UK government's National Planning Policy Framework) and private house owners who require historic building recording services. ASE is based in offices in Portslade, near Brighton with additional offices in London and Braintree and specialises in work in Southeast England including Greater London.

Archaeology South-East is part of UCL Centre for Applied Archaeology (CAA), itself part of UCL Institute of Archaeology which is a global research and teaching institution. In conjunction with the CAA, staff at ASE have been involved in archaeological work and heritage consultancy in over 87 countries.

Archaeology South-East carries out a wide range of archaeological services. As well as heritage consultancy advice and historic building recording. ASE also carries out excavation and fieldwork including surveying, Geomatics, Impact Assessments (to identify the future consequences of a development), and desk-based assessments (to establish the potential archaeological resource of a proposed development area). Other specialist services include Community archaeology, finds analysis, environmental services, publication and illustration. Through the CAA Archaeology South-East also provides teaching and training within research projects and provides volunteer placement opportunities for school and university students. ASE is also involved in developing professional practice and pioneering new approaches to the study of archaeology.

Peter Drewett established a Field Archaeology Unit in Sussex in the 1970s in order to provide training for students from UCL Institute of Archaeology. During the 1980s and 1990s, under the Directorships of David Rudling (1991-2004) and Dominic Perring (2004-present), the Unit became more involved in commercially funded projects. In 2006, after re-structuring and the foundation of UCL Centre for Applied Archaeology, the Unit’s name changed to Archaeology South-East in order to focus on commercial contracts. Archaeology South-East has now completed over 2000 commercial projects. In 2014 it employed around 70 permanent members of staff and had an annual operating turnover of 2-3 million. In 2013 Essex County Council transferred the services of its Field Archaeology Unit to Archaeology South-East becoming part of the wider provision of the services offered by UCL.


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