Further information
Facilities and Staff
UCL's Institute of Archaeology and Department of Anthropology provide a very stimulating environment for postgraduate study. In combination, they have over 100 academic staff and 450 Masters and Doctoral students coming from over 40 countries. Each department has excellent library and laboratory facilities and the resources of the British Library, British Museum and Natural History Museum are nearby.
The Institute boast a wide range of laboratory facilities
relevant to this degree including dedicated laboratories for
zooarchaeology (with a comparative collection of Near Eastern and
European faunal remains), archaeobotany (with extensive comparative
collections for seeds, wood, tubers, phytoliths and pollen; for
further details), phytolith processing, sedimentology and scanning
electron microscopy.
The teaching staff for this degree bring
together a range and depth of expertise that is arguably unparalleled at
other institutions.
- Dorian Fuller specialises in archaeobotany of Africa and Asia, with a focus on plant domestication and the agricultural changes associated with early complex societies. He has recently completed a book with Eleni Asouti entitled Trees and Woodlands of South India: Archaeological Perspectives and a major comparative paper on crop domestication (pdf).
- Louise Martin has a strong background in the vertebrate zooarchaeology of south-western Asia, including domestication and early herd management. Further research and teaching interests include the production and consumption of animal foods, mammalian ecology and ethology.
- Arlene Rosen is a specialist in geoarchaeology and phytolith studies, inlcuding recent work in south-west Asia, central Asia and central China. She has just completed a book entitled Civilizing Climate: Social Responses to Climate Change in the Ancient Near East.
This degree has its own full set of webpages to assist in teaching and research.
Funding Opportunities
- A list of the funding opportunities available for students taking taught Masters programmes is provided by the Student Funding Office.
- UK and EU students who intend to enrol for this degree are eligible to apply for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding.
While you are here
After you leave
- We expect that some graduates of the programme will go on to do PhDs but that others will be well-placed to pursue a wide range of professional careers both within and beyond archaeology, including employment as environmental specialists for contract archaeology units.
Further Information and Application Forms
- Applications are normally accepted any time from 1st November to 1st
August unless there are no longer any places available. - For further details, please email Dorian Fuller or the Institute of Archaeology's Graduate Admission Tutor.
