UCL Institute of Archaeology

A new seminar series in cultural heritage, public archaeology, conservation and museum studies is being launched by the Institute's Heritage Studies Section and the Centre for Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies.

Institute alumni Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands have been re-living rural life during the Second World War for a new series, Wartime Farm, currently being broadcast by the BBC.  

Research by Mike Parker Pearson and colleagues has unearthed a Bronze Age mystery at the site of Cladh Hallan in South Uist.  

The Institute will host the Digital Engagement in Archaeology conference on 8-9 November and registration is now open for the event. 

Recently-published research by Dorian Fuller and Honorary Research Associate Chris Stevens suggests that Stonehenge may have been built by herders, not farmers.  

Research by Marcos Martinón-Torres, Andrew Bevan and Janice Li on the terracotta army has recently been awarded British Academy Research Project status. 

A very warm welcome is extended to Mike Parker Pearson who joined the Institute staff recently as the new Professor in British Later Prehistory. 

Institute student Eugenio Bortolini was recently invited to give a presentation on his research in the Oman peninsula at UNESCO, Paris. 

The EUROEVOL project team have recently returned from Helsinki where they presented some of their research results at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists.

As the summer of sport comes to a close, Institute student Daniella Afeltra who has just completed work at the London 2012 Paralympics has been reminiscing about her role supporting the games.