News Archive

New study reveals insight into how our early ancestors dealt with climate change

27 January 2022

Prof Shadreck Chirikure reimagines the story of a momentous African civilisation

17 December 2021

Changing social inequality from first farmers to early states in Southeast Asia

12 November 2021

Radiocarbon: A key tracer for studying Earth's dynamo, climate system, carbon cycle, and Sun

09 November 2021

New RTI tool developed to document use-wear on bone tools

28 October 2021

Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography awarded the Waldo G. Leland Prize

27 October 2021

The Indiana Jones Syndrome and the golden age of Chinese archaeology

20 August 2021

Intervals of low global sea level influenced the timing of eruptions from the Santorini volcano

02 August 2021

Reconstruction of the oldest shark attack on a human, from Tsukumo shell-mound, Japan

23 June 2021

Disrupting past narratives - Ruby-Anne Birin in The Conversation

27 May 2021

Newton Fellowship Scheme call for Expressions of Interest

25 May 2021

Book launch: English Landscapes & Identities

06 May 2021

Update to the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa database

19 April 2021

Iron Age Coins in Britain (IACB) open access database launch

24 March 2021

IACB database

Neanderthals disappeared from North West Europe earlier than thought

09 March 2021

Understanding Authenticity in China's Cultural Heritage Conference 16-20 Mar, 2021

08 March 2021

Being Egyptian: A new collaborative event series

25 February 2021

New study reveals how pre-Columbian settlers adapted to the Bahamian Archipelago

02 February 2021

Tracing America's special relationship with dogs deep into the archaeological record

26 January 2021

Seabird guano sustained agricultural intensification in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile.

25 January 2021

Sinclair Hood, 1917 - 2021

19 January 2021

Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage

13 January 2021

Prof Chris Ramsey on maximising the impact of social distancing on COVID-19

16 December 2020

Philippa Kent (Hertford) awarded the Prehistoric Society Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2020

13 November 2020