Sections
Archaeological Sciences | Heritage Studies | World Archaeology
Regions
Africa | Americas | Britain | Central Asia | China | Egypt | Europe | Greek | India | Islamic | London | Mediterranean | Middle East | Pacific | Roman | Turkey
Time Periods
Palaeolithic | Neolithic | Bronze Age | Iron Age | Classical | Medieval | Modern
Techniques, subjects and themes
Agriculture | Archaeobotany | Archaeological Survey | Archaeological Theory | Art History | Artefact Analysis | Audio-visual media | Biological Anthropology | Buildings | Community Archaeology | Conflict Archaeology | Conservation | Cultural Heritage | Dendrochronology | Empires | Environment & Climate | Evolutionary Theory | Experimental | Field | Forensic | Geoarchaeology | GIS | History of Archaeology | Human Evolution | Hunting & Herding | Landscape | Lithic Analysis | Maritime | Materials Analysis | Mathematical Modelling | Museum Studies | Photography | Production & Exchange | Public Archaeology | Public Engagement | Ritual & Religion | Site Management | States & Urbanism | Statistical Analysis | Zooarchaeology
Modern
The study of the archaeology of the modern world is often referred to as historical archaeology or post-medieval archaeology. It deals with the period from the late fifteenth century up to the present. It is global in scope, theoretically and methodologically diverse, and highly interdisciplinary. Current research in the field is showcased at the annual CHAT (Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory) conference, held at UCL in 2008. Research in the archaeology of the modern world at the Institute focuses on fields as diverse as the sciences and technologies of Renaissance Europe, the bombing of London in the Second World War, and African Diaspora sites in America.
Research
Projects
- The Archaeology of Air Raid Shelters
- The Archaeology of Alchemy and Chemistry in the Early Modern World
- Cane River African Diaspora Archaeological Project
- Children and the Material Culture of Conflict
- Conducting Visitor Studies with the Experience Recorder
- The Contemporary Relevance of Archaeology
- Hendon School Community Archaeology Project
- Image of the Black in Western Art
- Maritime Archaeology in Contemporary Society
- Museum, Field, Metropolis, Colony: Practices of Social Governance
- Projet Segou (Mali)
- Theatres of the Past
People
Degrees
- BA in Archaeology and Anthropology
- BA or BSc in Archaeology
- MA in Archaeology
- MA in Managing Archaeological Sites
- MA in Public Archaeology
- 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)
- Archaeology of the African Diaspora
graduate
