Archaeology is a subject with great popular and academic appeal which sheds light on six million years of human history as well as on sites of local interest in Britain and elsewhere. Fieldwork is carried out in many parts of the world; from the Mediterranean to southern Africa, Iceland to New Guinea.
Members of the School conduct major programmes of research into human origins & dispersals, climate change, dating of sites & materials, human diet & health, the nature of the ancient city and Medieval settlement & burial. The School supports teaching in two major undergraduate degrees – Archaeology & Anthropology and Classical Archaeology & Ancient History, as well as a range of post-graduate degrees.
News and Announcements
A multi-disciplinary conference addressing the impact of the 74,000 BP Toba super-eruption will be held at the School of Archaeology on 20-21st February 2010.
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The Archaeology and Anthropology open day takes place on 5th March 2010. Register for a place and find out more here.
If you cannot attend, you are very welcome to visit on the University of Oxford Open Days, Wednesday 30 June 2010, Thursday 1 July 2010 and Friday 17 September 2010.
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Merton College proposes to elect a three-year junior research fellowship in Chinese Archaeology, to commence in October 2010.
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Death Destructions Downturn. The Archaeology of Crises. The 2010 GAO annual conference will take place at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies on 24th-25th April 2010. The deadline for the submission of papers is Sunday 6th December 2009. Contact gao@arch.ox.ac.uk for further details.
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Interviews with Professor Mark Pollard, Professor Chris Gosden and DPhil student Wendy Morrison are now available from the University of Oxford podcasts page or directly from iTunes.
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