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Keep up to date with all the latest news and events taking place at the Institute of Archaeology (IoA). We host regular events at the Institute promoting cutting-edge research, teaching and public policy debate on the
study of Archaeology.
News
Folkton Drums - measuring devices for Stonehenge?
Collaborative research by UCL and the University of Manchester has shown that the Folkton Drums could have been used in the construction of monuments such as Stonehenge.
Published: Jan 17, 2019 3:42:42 PM
Mary Rose cannonballs project nominated for Current Archaeology award
Collaborative research on cannonballs from the Mary Rose, involving Institute PhD student Hayley Simon, has been nominated for a Current Archaeology award for 2019.
Published: Jan 15, 2019 2:37:42 PM
Petra 1929
Amara Thornton, History of Archaeology Network Coordinator at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, received a CBRL Centennial Award for a project on the first intensive excavations at Petra, which took place in the spring of 1929, 90 years ago this year.
Published: Jan 10, 2019 4:35:00 PM
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Events
Defying Death: A Human Journey Through Medicine
The UCL Institute of Archaeology’s new student exhibition, Defying Death: A Human Journey Through Medicine, will run from May 2018 to April 2019.
Starts: May 8, 2018 5:00:00 PM
Re-engaging with the history of South Sudan and Sudan
The third seminar in the Term II UCL Institute of Archaeology thematic research seminar series on Current Research in the Archaeology of Sudan will take place on 21 January.
Starts: Jan 21, 2019 4:00:00 PM
Organic Residue Analysis: Its more complicated than you might think!
Ben Stern (University of Bradford) will give a lecture organised by the Ceramic Technology Research Network at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on 21 January.
Starts: Jan 21, 2019 5:00:00 PM
Ghosts and fragments in the archives of OGS Crawford
Martyn Barber (Historic England) will give a seminar organised by the History of Archaeology Research Network at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on 22 January.
Starts: Jan 22, 2019 6:00:00 PM
The European Late Upper Palaeolithic: Integrating chronological, environmental and archaeological records
Hazel Reade (UCL) will give the next seminar in the new series on Diversification in Human Evolution Studies at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on 23 January.
Starts: Jan 23, 2019 5:00:00 PM