Professor Chris Gosden

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Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology
+44 (0)1865 288012
chris.gosden@arch.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests

Archaeology, Landscape and Identity, Archaeology and intelligence, History of the rainforest, Eurasian connections, Papua New Guinea.

Research Profile

Current Activities

Chris has recently been directing the English Landscape and Identities project looking at the history of the English Landscape from 1500 BC to AD 1088 (funded by the ERC), and the European Celtic Art in Context project, exploring Celtic art and its eastern connections (funded by the Leverhulme Trust).  Chris is also finishing a project on the English Collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum (funded by the ESRC).

Links

European Celtic Art in Context

English Landscapes Project

Hillforts of the Ridgeway

Vale and Ridgeway Project

Publications
Teaching

Undergraduate teaching

Lecturer for core papers:

  • Honour Moderations -  Introduction to World Archaeology
  • FHS - Social Analysis and Interpretation
  • FHS - Cultural Representations, Beliefs and Practices
  • FHS - Landscape and Ecology

Postgraduate teaching

Postgraduate taught course options in: