Professor Chris Gosden

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 is the Principal Investigator for the ERC funded HORSEPOWER project in collaboration with the British Museum and colleagues at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and, the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA).

Previously Chris directed 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).