UCL Institute of Archaeology

MA Public Archaeology students recently enjoyed a five-day educational trip to Scotland and northern England to gain a wider perspective of Public Archaeology in the UK. 

Congratulations to Institute of Archaeology staff who were recently awarded for their green impact activities.

Welcome to Postdoctoral Research Fellow Jane Kershaw who joined the Institute recently as well as to Marilena Alivizatou who has returned to work on collaborative EU-funded research.

Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded PhD studentship offered as a collaborative doctoral award between the British Museum and the UCL Institute of Archaeology (Ref:1328786). The deadline for applications is 24 May 2013.

The CHAT Group will host its 2013 conference on The Experience of Archaeology and the Archaeology of Experience at UCL in November.

The publication of two significant volumes resulting from a major Institute research project will be marked by a book launch event at the Institute next month.

Dorian Fuller has been invited to present his ground-breaking research on the evolution of early rice agriculture in a series of lectures in the US and Guatemala.

The Institute is very pleased to welcome back Margarita Gleba who will be leading a 5 year ERC-funded project investigating the role of textile production and consumption in the urbanization of Mediterranean Europe.

The diversity and global reach of Institute research has been showcased at the recent Society for American Archaeology's 78th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Institute staff, students, friends and colleagues will be saddened to hear of the death of Peter Drewett on 1 April.