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Department of Archaeology

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The Log Coffin in Conservation at YAT (Charlotte Graham)
14 September 2021

4,000-Year-Old Coffin Discovered in a Golf Course Pond

Our Staff and Students led the team that helped recover the rare Bronze Age find
wellbeing award
25 June 2021

The Wellbeing Awards 2020/21

Professor Caroline Jackson, Head of the Archaeology Department, has received the "Outstanding Contribution" Award from the University of Sheffield's Wellbeing Awards Initiative
Roman Bread
29 April 2021

Roman Bread Experiment

Students on the Experimental Archaeology module have been recreating Roman bread and the ovens they were baked in this semester.
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27 October 2020

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2021- Applications now open

We are now accepting applications for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme for 2021. We are seeking outstanding applicants who can build on departmental strengths and capacity in line with departmental research strategies.
Workman on Sheffield castle excavations in 1927
December 1927, Leslie Armstrong is setting up a camera, with one of the workmen. In the foreground are two of the oak stakes believed erroneously to be Saxon (courtesy of Museums Sheffield)
7 September 2020

Sheffield’s long-lost castle reveals the city’s deep roots in the Middle Ages

New book from Professor John Moreland provides a window on the city’s medieval history – giving people a chance to explore the city’s true origins, track its development over time and consider what it means for the city’s future identity.
Keith Branigan and the John Coles medal
11 August 2020

Emeritus Professor Keith Branigan wins British Academy Landscape Archaeology Medal

The medal recognises his distinguished achievements in the field of landscape archaeology and his work as an ambassador for the study of archaeology in schools.

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Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Minalloy House
10 – 16 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 3NJ
United Kingdom

+44 114 222 2900

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