Pottery analysis
and more...

Spoilheap Archaeology offers analysis of post-Roman pottery, small batches of other ceramics (CBM, fired clay), and human skeletal remains.

Also available for post-excavation analysis and management, and all your archaeological publishing needs.

Post-excavation analysis

Previously worked as post-excavation manager for Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service and CFA Archaeology Ltd. Experience in the analysis of, and reporting on, sites of all periods.

What can I do for you?

medieval POTTERY

Over 25 years' experience of recording and analysing the Anglo-Saxon, medieval and later pottery of East Anglia. I also work on pottery from the East Midlands and south, Scotland, and the North-East. PhD research in this area.

human skeletal remains

More than 30 years' experience in the analysis of both inhumed and cremated human bone. MPhil research in this area.

editing & publishing

Experienced author and editor. Copy-editor and typesetter for East Anglian Archaeology. Hon Editor of Norfolk Archaeology. Typesetting of Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 2024.

Spoilheap Archaeology is run by freelance archaeological specialist, Sue Anderson.

An East Anglian born and bred, Sue studied archaeology at Durham University and, following her first degree, went on to research human remains for her MPhil thesis. Her first professional work was as an excavator and she worked for the Trust for Wessex Archaeology and, briefly, for Test Valley Archaeological Trust. Hampshire County Museums then offered her work as a cataloguer and subsequently as a freelance researcher and human bone specialist.

English Heritage contracts in human remains followed soon after, and Sue returned to her home county of Norfolk to work on them. She was soon employed by Suffolk County Council as a finds specialist and project officer, and stayed there for a number of years. A new opportunity arose and she became Head of Post-Excavation Services at CFA Archaeology Ltd, based near Edinburgh.

In 2013, Sue decided to return to Norfolk and set up Spoilheap Archaeology to work as a sole trader. Her clients include national heritage bodies, county councils, university departments, commercial archaeology units, museums, charities, educational trusts and sole traders. Quotes and references can be provided on request.

Sue is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Archaeologists (MCIfA), a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot), and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). She has recently completed a PhD at the University of East Anglia, on the subject of medieval pottery in East Anglia.

my background

RESOURCES

Spoilheap.co.uk was originally set up as a web-based archaeological resource in 2000. Since then, it has grown and developed into a teaching aid for universities and colleges across the world..

In the Resources section of this site, you will still find information about:

• Human skeletal remains

• Pottery and ceramics

• Artefacts

• Burial archaeology

• British archaeology

No project is too big or too small.

Dr Sue Anderson BA MPhil MCIfA FSAScot FSA PhD

Experienced archaeological post-excavation and artefact specialist.