Department of Archaeology
About this community
Promote archaeology as a discipline concerned with the entirety of human history - ranging in time from the Palaeolithic to the modern day, and in space from the Americas to the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia
The Department of Archaeology at Cambridge is the United Kingdom's first university Department of Archaeology.
At Cambridge we promote archaeology as a discipline concerned with the entirety of human history. Our scholars and students conduct research on topics ranging in time from the Palaeolithic to the modern day, and in space from the Americas to the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
We combine innovative theory and practice with active field programmes throughout the world to develop new research directions. We have laboratories for bioarchaeology, archaeogenetics, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology and isotope analysis and provide for our students and researchers world-famous museum and library collections.
Sub-communities within this community
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CRIC Identity and Conflict
Cultural Heritage and the Re-construction of Identities after Conflict -
Horse Palaeopathology
Palaeopathology and the origins and evolution of horse husbandry
Collections in this community
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Kilise Tepe 1994-98
Kilise Tepe Project -
Kilise Tepe 1994-98 - Dark Archive
Non-public materials relating to Kilise Tepe -
Nostratic Dictionary
Nostratic Dictionary by Aharon Dolgopolsky
Recent Submissions
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Ancient Childhood: Perspectives from Iraq and Syria in the Early Second Millennium BC
(2019-07-19)Despite being a major demographic component, our reconstructions of Old Babylonian social, economic, and legal history have tended not to consider how children fit into them. In part, this is because scholars’ opinion was ... -
The Impacts of Authorised Dictatorial Discourse on Heritage Management - Case study: South Korea's Military Dictatorship Era 1961 - 1988
(2019-07-17)This thesis investigates some of the impacts a ‘dictatorship’ can have on the management and uses of heritage sites. More specifically, it endeavours to examine how a dictator’s interests in certain heritage sites and ... -
Variation and modernity in Middle Stone Age landscape use in the Western and Northern Cape, South Africa
(2019-05-18)Southern Africa is a critical location for understanding the origins of modern human behaviour in the Middle Stone Age (MSA), about 300 to 40 ka. Current evidence from excavated, often coastal, cave sites indicates the ... -
The Development of the Justice in Ancient Egypt from the Old to the Middle Kingdom
(2019-05-18)This thesis investigates the longue durée evolution of judicial process in Ancient Egypt during the earlier periods of its history, namely the Old and Middle Kingdoms (c.2700-1700BCE). In doing so, it adopts a multifaceted ...
