Department of Archaeology
News archive 2013
Tuesday 18 November 2014
The Year Group’s Postglacial Experimental Archaeology Workshop
Monday 27 October 2014
A former archaeology student has won the Landscape Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
Thursday 9 October 2014
The Department of Archaeology excels in two national student satisfaction surveys
Monday 6 October 2014
Another pioneering step for Internet Archaeology
Thursday 2 October 2014
Two dates for your diaries for careers events this term
Wednesday 24 September 2014
Archaeology has major presence in York-based European Researchers’ Night on Friday, 26 Sept
Friday 19 September 2014
Four leading scholars from the Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences complement Archaeology's team
Friday 19 September 2014
Archaeology students uncover Dales story of wartime bravery
Monday 15 September 2014
Helen Goodchild used geophysical techniques to verify and map the extent of the newly discovered Viking ring fortress in Denmark.
Friday 12 September 2014
Construction works have started on the new Environment Building, due to open in August of 2015
Sunday 31 August 2014
Geoff Bailey elected to the Academia Europaea
Sunday 31 August 2014
Dr Penny Bickle joins the department today
Wednesday 13 August 2014
Researchers from the Universities of York, Macquarie and Oxford have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought.
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Matthew Collins elected Fellow of the British Academy
Monday 30 June 2014
A new study by scientists at the University of York has shed light on the use of mollusc shells as personal adornments by Bronze Age people
Friday 13 June 2014
Success for Archaeology's Dr Sara Perry in university-wide, student-nominated excellence awards
Sunday 1 June 2014
Join the international Heritage Jam showcase and competition, 11 July 2014 at the University of York
Sunday 25 May 2014
Undergraduates in the department welcome the public to their year-end exhibition at King’s Manor, Thursday 19th June at 16:00
Thursday 22 May 2014
Two fully-funded doctoral positions available in the Department
Tuesday 6 May 2014
The Department of Archaeology recognised for its excellence in teaching
Tuesday 6 May 2014
First-year undergrads embark on 10 week heritage fieldschool
Sunday 27 April 2014
New student society headed by students in the department launches it first initiative: Your Place
Thursday 17 April 2014
New series of continuing professional development courses launched by the Department
Monday 14 April 2014
Department of Archaeology researchers are challenging the traditional view that Neanderthal childhood was difficult, short and dangerous
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Recent conference celebrates life and work of Dr Richard Hall
Sunday 16 March 2014
ADS recognised for critical role in research efficiency
Sunday 16 March 2014
Two fully-funded doctoral positions available in the department
Monday 3 March 2014
Young archaeologists visit The King's Manor
Monday 3 March 2014
Current Archaeology Awards recognise joint York-Manchester-Chester project as best of the year
Monday 17 February 2014
Department involved in exciting exploration of the city via contemporary art interventions
Monday 17 February 2014
Dr Sarah Duffy applies multi-image photogrammetry to Happisburgh finds
Monday 10 February 2014
Three alumni awarded for their outstanding dissertations
Monday 10 February 2014
All welcome to public lecture at the King's Manor on Thursday 27 Febrary, Philip Rahz lecture theatre, 5.15 pm
Monday 20 January 2014
First of its kind conference to be hosted by the department in July
Monday 20 January 2014
Stephanie Wynne-Jones and her team's excavations on the Swahili coast are given centre stage
Sunday 12 January 2014
Seeking students for new national committee & host organisation for 2014
Friday 10 January 2014
Christmas has gone, and so, perhaps, has the 'Pictish reindeer problem'.
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Short film features department archaeologists collaborating in preservation of York Minster
Saturday 14 December 2013
The department's Martin Carver features on upcoming episodes of Pilgrim's Trail
Monday 9 December 2013
York-affiliated nominations for 2014 research award
Monday 9 December 2013
Archaeological research by Dav Smith results in new Grade I listing at Barton-le-Street, Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Tuesday 26 November 2013
New funding opportunity for science-based archaeology PhD students
Monday 11 November 2013
An international team of archaeologists led by York uncovers human activity in the high slopes of the French Alps dating back over 8000 years
Monday 11 November 2013
The release of issue 32 comes with a new editorial team and even more excitement for the journal
Friday 18 October 2013
Archaeologist Gareth Beale will join York in November
Friday 18 October 2013
Archaeology's Julian Richards named as founding director
Thursday 10 October 2013
The 15th annual British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology conference was held from the 13th to the 15th September at York
Thursday 10 October 2013
Public lecture by Prof Jo Fletcher on Monday 28 October, 5 pm in King's Manor 133
Thursday 3 October 2013
Earl of Wessex tours exhibition with the department's Jo Fletcher
Thursday 3 October 2013
Applications open for doctoral research on the public perception of the Mesolithic
Saturday 21 September 2013
This year's Congress saw a range of research from department members...
Saturday 21 September 2013
New funding comes to York for research on human-chicken interactions...
Thursday 5 September 2013
New book on writing dissertations published by York alumna
Tuesday 27 August 2013
We look forward to seeing two new lecturers join our team over the next year.
Wednesday 21 August 2013
Our early ancestors had a taste for spicy food, says new research led by the Department of Archaeology's Hayley Saul
Wednesday 14 August 2013
A three-year research fellowship position at the Centre for Digital Heritage is now being advertised
Tuesday 23 July 2013
It's been a successful year for the Post Hole, as reviewed here by the outgoing editorial team
Tuesday 23 July 2013
A two-year postdoctoral position on the EUROTAST project is now being advertised
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Undergraduates from around the UK joined us in June for a pioneering event
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Discovery of what appears to be the world's oldest lunar "calendar" features in new issue
Saturday 22 June 2013
The ADS receives high commendations at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Applications are invited for three AHRC CDA studentships commencing October 2013 on ‘Within the Walls’: Heritage Values and the Historic City
Thursday 6 June 2013
York has been ranked 6th in the UK for Archaeology in the newly-released Guardian League Tables for 2014.
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Undergraduates in the Department of Archaeology will present their end of year post-fieldwork exhibition at King’s Manor on Wednesday 19th June at 4pm in G/60.
Friday 24 May 2013
Star Carr will feature in a Time Team special on Thursday 30 May, 20.00, Channel 4, following filming last summer.
Monday 20 May 2013
The department collaborates with stonemasons at York Minster in a major restoration project on the building’s east front
Thursday 2 May 2013
York's BioArCh students and staff lead the way at UKAS2013.
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to Nature study.
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Students at the University of York are organising the 1st Annual Student Archaeology Conference.
Thursday 11 April 2013
Community publication of the results of excavations at the University's Heslington East campus expansion.
Sunday 17 March 2013
Students and staff feature on monthly BBC Radio York broadcast
Sunday 17 March 2013
Various department members to speak at Danish conference
Monday 11 March 2013
A new Channel 4 programme highlights the research of the department's Lisa-Marie Shillito and Oliver Craig.
Monday 11 March 2013
The department's research fellow presents Ancient Egypt: Life & Death In The Valley Of The Kings
Monday 25 February 2013
Archaeology undergraduates publish another issue of The Post Hole.
Sunday 3 February 2013
An international team of researchers has shown that old wives' tales that snails can tell us about the weather should not be dismissed too hastily.
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