UCL Institute of Archaeology

Medieval

The Institute of Archaeology offers unparalleled coverage of the archaeology of the medieval period with expertise ranging from Britain and Europe, to the Mediterranean, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and China. Staff undertake field research in many countries, while major thematic areas include urban origins and development, landscape archaeology, the built environment, maritime archaeology, material culture and the application of scientific methods to the study of the middle ages. Interdisciplinary methods and approaches are a particular strength and the Institute is home to a series of major research projects.

Research

Projects

• The Archaeology of Alchemy and Chemistry in the Early Modern World
• The Archaeology of the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides)
• Beyond the Burghal Hidage
• The Blackden Project
• Composition, Corrosion and Origins of Medieval Window Glass
• Gresham Ship Project
• Hendon School Community Archaeology Project
• Landscapes of Governance
• Selmeston, East Sussex Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
• Ships and Shipping in Medieval Manuscripts
• Upper Esino Valley Survey

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People

• Martin Bridge
  
• Stuart Brookes
• Joe Flatman
• Ian Freestone
• Jane Kershaw
  
• Marcos Martinón-Torres
• Lukas Nickel
• David Orton
  
• Andrew Reynolds
• Julia Shaw
• Tim Williams
  

Degrees

• MA in Archaeology
• MA in Archaeology and Heritage of Asia
• MA in Urban Archaeology

Courses

undergraduate

• World Archaeology: the deep history of human societies (formerly Past Societies)
• World Archaeology: evolutionary origins to the earliest states
• World Archaeology: from early states to globalization
• World Archaeology: an outline of the deep history of human societies (for BA Arch & Anth students only)
  
• Early medieval archaeology of Britain

graduate

• Medieval Archaeology: select topics and current problems
• Dendrochronology and tree-ring studies
• Cities, States and Religions in Ancient India
• Archaeology of Buddhism
• Funerary Archaeology

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