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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The Heritage of Repression: Memory, Commemoration, and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia
(2019-10-26)This dissertation focuses on portrayals of victims and perpetrators at sites related to Soviet repression in contemporary Moscow and Yekaterinburg, Russia. Its aim is to explore the different ways in which site stakeholders ... -
In the human past, is the perennial consumption of starch a deep or shallow phenomenon?
(2019-10-26)In the human past, is the perennial consumption of starch a deep or a shallow phenomenon? Recent research has argued that digestible carbohydrates, rather than just meat, were necessary to accommodate the metabolic demands ... -
An archaeology of artisan identities and global relationships: Case studies of 19th and early 20th century weavers and carvers from Pohnpei and Kosrae, Micronesia
(2019-07-19)Pacific islanders have interacted for millennia. From the 16th century, foreigners arrived, and Islanders’ interconnectivity further increased. Archaeologists have fruitfully investigated such multicultural interactions ... -
Fragile States in Sub-Saharan Africa
(McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2019-01-01)
