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
Public
Public archaeology refers to two distinct fields: public engagement with the archaeological process; and the study of archaeology in its social, cultural, political, economic and legal contexts. To influence and study the public understanding of the past researchers at UCL study museum and heritage sites, create educational resources relating to their research, and conduct fieldwork aimed at involving the public in archaeology. Researchers at UCL study issues such as archaeology in public policy, the looting of sites and museums, archaeology in political propaganda, and the economic impacts of heritage tourism. Institute staff act as editors for the international journal Public Archaeology.
Research
Projects
- The Contemporary Relevance of Archaeology
- Hendon School Community Archaeology Project
- Keys of the Past: Keys to the Future
- Palimpsest Memoryscapes
- Public Archaeology and Museums in China
- Theatres of the Past
Networks
- Archaeology and Communication (IoA network)
- Archaeology and Development (IoA network)
- Evaluating Archaeology (IoA network)
- History of Archaeology (IoA network)
- TOPOI: The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilisations (external network)
Centres
People
- Didier Bouakaze-Khan
- Rodney Harrison
- Gabriel Moshenska
- Kirsty Norman
- Mike Parker Pearson
- Dominic Perring
- Andrew Reid
- Tim Schadla-Hall
- Tim Williams
Degrees
- BA in Archaeology and Anthropology
- BA or BSc in Archaeology
- BA in Egyptian Archaeology
- MA in Archaeology
- MA in Principles of Conservation
- MA in Cultural Heritage Studies
- MA in Egyptian Archaeology
- MA in Managing Archaeological Sites
- MA in Mediterranean Archaeology
- MA in Museum Studies
- MA in Public Archaeology
- MA in Urban Archaeology
Courses
undergraduate
graduate
- Public Archaeology
- Managing archaeological sites:Lects
- Antiquities and the law
- Archaeology and education
- The Archaeology of Complex Urban Sites: analytical and interpretative techniques
- Themes in Urban Archaeology
- Applied Heritage Management
- Rock Art Studies: Theories, Methods and Management
- World Rock Art: from Palaeolithic to Present
- Mediterranean Dynamics
- Mediterranean Prehistory
