UCL Institute of Archaeology

Melanie Challenger, Creative Fellow at the AHRC-funded CECD, has just published her book On Extinction (Granta Books, 2011).

The Institute has made a significant loan of artefacts and material from its collections to Nottingham Contemporary for their very successful exhibition entitled Already there!

Dominic Perring's views on the origins of London, as published in the latest issue of British Archaeology, have been gaining media interest.

The Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for a Research Assistant (part-time, Ref.:1224828). The deadline for applications is 4 January 2012.

Archaeology International has been relaunched with a special double issue showcasing the Institute's diverse research, teaching and public engagement activities.

Sue Hamilton joined an august gathering at a special reception held at Buckingham Palace last week to celebrate ‘Exploration and Adventure’.

Royal Society Publishing will shortly publish From action to language:comparative perspectives on primate tool use, gesture and the evolution of human language, compiled and edited by James Steele, Pier Francesco Ferrari and Leonardo Fogassi.

Paul Basu is one of the Series Editors of the new Routledge Studies in Culture and Development series, for which submissions are welcomed.

A necklace from the Institute's Petrie Palestinian Collection was the focus of a special outreach exhibition at the recent Bloomsbury Festival.

Congratulations to current Institute students Alison Lewis and Hannah Tilim and former student Emily Wright who recently received recognition for their achievements.