UCL Institute of Archaeology

Congratulations to Institute alumni Reuben Grima and Dan Swift who were elected earlier this year as Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Renata Peters and Rachel Farmer (MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums) feature in a video made for ‘London Occupation Rio’, in preparation for the 2012 Olympics.

Kris Lockyear was once again invited to participate in remote sensing teaching by the US National Parks Service.

Beverley Butler has been involved in the development of an international design showcase to highlight the heritage of ancient everyday life. 

With just under a week to go to the start of the London 2012 Games, Institute students have been chosen to support athletes at the Olympics and Paralympics. 

Sally Worrell was invited to join the panel of experts for Britain's Secret Treasures, being broadcast by ITV this week. 

Current and former Institute staff and students will be walking multiple laps of the line of the old city of London walls, raising money for the Young Archaeologists Club (YAC) on 24 July. 

A group of Institute students has recently returned from a field trip in the Vezere Valley in Dordogne, gaining unprecedented access to Palaeolithic decorated cave sites. 

The Institute's collaborative AHRC-funded research project on the rise of metallurgy in Eurasia led by Thilo Rehren has featured in the media this week.

Ian Freestone recently gave presentations about his work on stained glass windows at the 39th International Symposium on Archaeometry (Leuven, Belgium) and at Synchrotron Radiation in Art and Archaeology (New York).