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- 2020: 25th Anniversary of the BA Archaeology & Anthropology degree's first graduating cohort
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- European Celtic Art in Context: Exploring Celtic art and its eastern links
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- Ancient humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans were able to easily produce healthy, fertile hybrids
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- Did The Romans Recycle?
- Urban communities in Medieval Azerbaijan: shedding new light on the historical city of Bardhaʿa
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- Study of ancient dog DNA traces canine diversity to the Ice Age
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- Philippa Kent (Hertford) awarded the Prehistoric Society Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2020
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- Understanding Authenticity in China's Cultural Heritage
- Prof Chris Ramsey on maximising the impact of social distancing on COVID-19
- Professor Lynn Meskell
- Weed identification & ecology booklet
- Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage
- Dr Raju Kumar
- Sinclair Hood, 1917 - 2021
- Seabird guano sustained agricultural intensification in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile.
- Tracing America's special relationship with dogs deep into the archaeological record
- Ceramic Stories
- New study reveals how pre-Columbian settlers adapted to the Bahamian Archipelago
- Understanding Authenticity in China’s Cultural Heritage Conference 16-20 Mar, 2021
- The Dig: Further Reading
- Being Egyptian: A new collaborative event series
- Dr Ashleigh Haruda
- Dr Lorena Becerra-Valdivia
- Understanding Authenticity in China’s Cultural Heritage Conference 16-20 Mar, 2021
- Neanderthals disappeared from North West Europe earlier than thought
- Neanderthals disappeared from North West Europe earlier than thought
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- Dr Bill Finlayson
- Sir John Evans (1823–1908) and the Hallstatt Collection at the Ashmolean Museum
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- Black Grass
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- Heritage & Academia: panel discussion
- Dr Anna Blomley
- Dr Paul Collins
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- Iron Age Coins in Britain (IACB) open access database launch
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- Dr Bethan Linscott
- Update to the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa database
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- Public Lecture Trinity Term 2021
- Book launch: English Landscapes & Identities
- Danebury Environs Project (PDFs)
- Social Status and Recycling in Bronze Age China
- Dr Jane Kershaw asks: why did the Vikings set sail for silver?
- Newton Fellowship Scheme call for Expressions of Interest
- Disrupting past narratives - Ruby-Anne Birin in The Conversation
- Made in Migration virtual exhibition
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- Reconstruction of the oldest shark attack on a human, from Tsukumo shell-mound, Japan
- Dr Gill Hey
- Intervals of low global sea level influenced the timing of eruptions from the Santorini volcano
- Segsbury Camp
- The Green Book 2022-2023
- Yellow Book 2022-23
- Option Papers
- The Indiana Jones Syndrome and the golden age of Chinese archaeology
- DPhil Research: Molly
- MSc In Archaeology
- Social Archaeology Stream 2022-2023
- Archaeology of Asia Stream 2022-2023
- Medieval Archaeology Stream 2022 - 2023
- Prehistory and Pre-colonial Archaeology Stream 2022 - 2023
- Environmental Archaeology Stream 2022 - 2023
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- Dr Caroline Heitz
- Handbook Archive
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- Why archaeology matters
- Melisa Holloway
- Dr Sayantani Neogi
- Corrie Hyland (DPhil in Archaeology)
- Graduate Open Day
- Russell Kapumha
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- Dr Letty ten Harkel discusses why archaeology matters
- Dr Dylan Gaffney
- Dr Charlotte Diffey
- Dr Danielle McLean
- Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography awarded the Waldo G. Leland Prize
- New RTI tool developed to document use-wear on bone tools
- Radiocarbon: A key tracer for studying Earth’s dynamo, climate system, carbon cycle, and Sun
- Dr Müge Ergun
- Changing social inequality from first farmers to early states in Southeast Asia
- Option papers MSc Archaeology
- Dr Mica Jones
- Prof Shadreck Chirikure reimagines the story of a momentous African civilisation
- Ancient Architecture Discussion Group
- Dr Andrés Teira-Brión
- Dr Carolyne Douché
- Dr Thomas Huet
- New study reveals insight into how our early ancestors dealt with climate change
- New study reveals insight into how our early ancestors dealt with climate change
- Dr Valasia Isaakidou
- Professor Mike Tite
- Dr Gül Sürmelihindi
- Guopeng Chen
- John Dinges
- Kostja Junglas
- Myrto Kokkalia
- Cristina Laurenti
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- Jakov Mlinarevic
- Tim Moller
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- Maria Tzeli
- Nikki Vellidis
- Siyi Wu
- Graduate Conference 2022
- Building Status
- A Study on the vitalization of Digital Archaeology based on European case study analysis
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- Launching the Celtic Coin Index Digital specimen website
- Leverhulme Trust award for new project: Agencies of behavioural change in early modern humans in NW Africa
- Dr Anwen Cooper
- Dr John Talbot
- Dr Nathaniel Erb-Satullo
- Miranda Cresswell
- Dr Charles Arthur
- Dr John Harries
- Dr Charles Le Quesne
- Miranda Richardson
- Community Archaeology: Archeox
- Japanese Lake Sediment unlocks 150,000 years of history
- DPhil Research: Lachie
- REF2021 results celebrate inclusivity and impact of Oxford's Archaeology submission
- A new ecological model to analyse agricultural disturbance throughout the Early Neolithic in SW Asia
- Major new international research reveals new evidence about when, where, and how chickens were domesticated
- Society for East Asian Archaeology, SEAA9
- Prestigious Tang prize for Oxford China expert Prof. Dame Jessica Rawson
- Professor Nick Barton elected as the inaugural President of the British Institute of Libyan and North African Studies
- Dr Rachel Wood
- Staff profile: Dr Anke Hein
- Dr Tim Davies
- Prof Pollard and Dr Liu have identified the ingredients in chemistry formulae from an 2,300-year-old Chinese text
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- Archaeology of Asia Stream
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- Marie-Pier Belanger
- Opinion Piece: Dr Tim Clack on the role of cultural heritage in conflict and its aftermath
- Archaeological Science Seminars
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- Horse Power. A €10 million ERC Synergy grant project in which the Terracotta warriors meet the ancient Mongolian state
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- Horse Power. A €10 million ERC Synergy grant project in which the Terracotta warriors meet the ancient Mongolian state
- Dr Jean-Luc Schwenninger
- Lisa Lodwick 1988 - 2022
- Brewing & beer - archaeologically speaking
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- Pub Archaeology
- Vote for Atlas of the Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, shortlisted for Book of the Year 2023
- Prof Amy Bogaard joins the Oxford University delegation to champion nature at UN biodiversity conference
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- UNIQ Summer School 2023
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- Prof Julia Lee-Thorp awarded the Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology 2023
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- 2.9-Million-Year-Old Butchery Site Reopens Case of Who Made First Stone Tools
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- Dr Alice Williams
- McKenzie Bentley
- Dr Stacy Carolin
- Dr Emma Horn