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Congratulations to the Class of 2016-17!
Once again graduation season is upon us. That special time of the year when the jubilation of success is mixed with the sadness of parting company.
As a department we are phenomenally proud of all of our students, and of all the hard work they have put in to reach graduation day.
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The Firth Park Bandstand Archaeology Project returns - Dig It! 2017
This year, Sheffield Archaeology’s Dig it! programme returned to Firth Park to continue excavations on the Edwardian bandstand. Constructed in 1900, the Firth Park bandstand was one of four constructed in Sheffield parks – including the one still standing in Weston Park.
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Archaeological skills and a medieval hospital = a perfect combination for our first year students!
Our first year undergraduates recently took part in their field course as part of the module Revealing the Past.
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Exceptional new labs, research facilities, teaching space and staff offices
We’re moving… find out more!
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3rd Annual Woodland Heritage Festival
The late May bank holiday Monday this year was a bit wet but full of great opportunities for the public to engage in local woodland heritage.
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Studying Greek and Roman pottery at Knossos
Sheffield Archaeology MA student Ellen McGuinness reflects on her experiences
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Sheffield Archaeology in the News!
PhD students help direct community excavation of local Broomhill lost heritage garden
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Redmires Fieldwork Opportunity!
Taster sessions in archaeological landscape survey at Redmires World War I training area
19 – 23 June 2017
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Experience the Viking world! Virtual Reality of the Viking Great Army winter camp at Torksey
The most realistic immersive experience ever created of the Viking world is revealed in a new exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum. Based on research conducted by the Universities of Sheffield and York, the Virtual Reality experience reveals what life was like in the camp of the Viking Army at Torksey, Lincolnshire, in the winter of AD872-873.
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Sheffield Archaeology students help local author to uncover the ‘Lost Village of Parkwood Springs’
Last week saw the launch of a book on the history of Parkwood Springs village by ex-resident Barbara Warsop. The Lost Village of Parkwood Springs (Arc Publishing and Print, 2017) provides a short history of the village of Parkwood Springs, just a mile from the centre of Sheffield, including a collection of stories from the people who lived there from the 1920s to the late 1960s.
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Funding Success for Archaeology PGR Students!
Congratulations to the seven archaeology students who have succeeded in securing funding for their PhD research.
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The Image Speaks: Archaeology PhD students participate in a collaborative exhibition
Three PhD students in the Department of Archaeology have participated in this year's The Image Speaks, a collaborative exhibition. Charlotte Waller-Cotterhill, Lenore Thompson and Nicola Thorpe each worked with photographer Andy Brown to document an aspect of their PhD research project.
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Celebrating the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
Last week, Sheffield Archaeology celebrated the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology. Edited by Umberto Albarella and members of the zooarchaeology team, including current and former students, this volume provides a global overview of the field from its leading scholars.
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Students vote University of Sheffield top of Russell Group and third best university nationally
The University of Sheffield has been voted number one in the Russell Group and third best university nationally, with its Students' Union voted best in the UK for the ninth year in a row by the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2017.
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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We’re at the SAAs!
Sheffield Archaeology is at the Society of American Archaeology conference in Vancouver!
Staff and students from the Archaeology Department at the University of Sheffield are currently attending North America’s premier Archaeology conference, the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Vancouver from 29 March - 2 April 2017.