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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Identity and Social Change in North-Western Europe (BCE 250/100 - 200 CE): new narratives through funerary evidence
The thesis contends that local identities in North-Western Europe in the PRIA and early Roman period were more altered by the experience of empire than has previously been understood in archaeology. The work offers insights ... -
Revisiting Glenelg a century after Alexander O Curle: reconstructing brochs in treeless landscapes
(McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2021-12-31)Gardening may seem worlds away from Nuraghi and brochs, but tending a garden is a long process involving patience, accretion and memory. Scholars argue that memories are also cultured, developed and regained. The monuments ... -
Remembering Nuraghi: memory and domestication of the past in nuragic Sardinia
(McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2021-12-31)Gardening may seem worlds away from Nuraghi and brochs, but tending a garden is a long process involving patience, accretion and memory. Scholars argue that memories are also cultured, developed and regained. The monuments ... -
Rooted in water: the Scottish island-dwelling tradition
(McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2021-12-31)Gardening may seem worlds away from Nuraghi and brochs, but tending a garden is a long process involving patience, accretion and memory. Scholars argue that memories are also cultured, developed and regained. The monuments ...
