News Archive

Recycling paved the way for socially ambitious people in Bronze Age China

02 November 2020

Study of ancient dog DNA traces canine diversity to the Ice Age

29 October 2020

Ice core dating places eruption of IIopango at 431 CE - devastating El Salvador's Maya civilization

29 September 2020

Urban communities in Medieval Azerbaijan: shedding new light on the historical city of Bardhaʿa

24 September 2020

Bronze-Age grain silo shows the long reach of the tax collector

15 September 2020

Call open for applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020-21

25 August 2020

Researchers unlock secrets of the past with new international carbon dating standard

12 August 2020

Jim Coulton 1940-2020

05 August 2020

Prof Amy Bogaard awarded highly-prestigious British Academy fellowship

03 August 2020

Archaeological science uncovers a new story of the colonisation of the Americas

22 July 2020

Arcadia awards £3.3m for continuation of the EAMENA project

29 June 2020

Meet us online - Register for our Virtual Open Days 1 & 2 July 2020

29 June 2020

Alaska's Okmok volcano linked to mysterious period of extreme cold in ancient Rome

23 June 2020

A message on behalf of the School of Archaeology

11 June 2020

Ancient humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans were able to easily produce healthy, fertile hybrids

03 June 2020

Prof Ramsey uses probability-based modelling to determine the effectiveness of social distancing

21 April 2020

Top position in the QS University World Rankings

04 March 2020

Neolithic human teeth reveal communities with distinct cultures coexisted in Northern Spain

23 January 2020

Major AHRC/DFG grant awarded to Prof Dan Hicks for collaborative study

06 January 2020

2020: 25th Anniversary of the BA Archaeology & Anthropology degree's first graduating cohort

18 December 2019

The Inuit traveled with specialised sledge dogs to help them settle the Arctic

27 November 2019

Prof Shadreck Chirikure and Prof Greger Larson win Shanghai Archaeology Forum Research Award

19 November 2019

Prof Dame Jessica Rawson awarded Honorary Professor at PKU

19 November 2019

Embracing weeds to optimise crops and preserve landscapes

07 November 2019