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Excavating the Romans in the Peak District - Part Two
Excavating the Romans in the Peak District
Sheffield Archaeology Undergraduate Field Course 2019 – Week 2
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Excavating the Romans in the Peak District - Part One
Excavating the Romans in the Peak District
Sheffield Archaeology Undergraduate Field Course 2019 – Week 1
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Archaeology Undergraduate joins academic staff and researchers at SAAs. Albuquerque!
Archaeology undergraduate joins academic staff and researchers at SAAs. Albuquerque!
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New Study of Medieval Charnel Practices Published by Sheffield Researchers
New study of medieval charnel practices published by Sheffield researchers
The Rothwell Charnel Chapel Project is a multidisciplinary, community-engaged archaeological investigation of a late 13th-century charnel house situated beneath Rothwell Parish Church, Northants.
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Experimental Archaeology at Sheffield
Experimental Archaeology at Sheffield
This semester our final year Undergraduates and Masters students have been working with Yvette Marks, from Doncaster Museum, to construct an iron bloomery furnace. As part of their practical work they conducted two smelts.
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University of Sheffield Woodland Heritage Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary at Ecclesall Woods!
University of Sheffield Woodland Heritage Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary at Ecclesall Woods!
The University of Sheffield Heritage Festival returns to the J G Graves Discovery Centre for its fifth birthday this year. On the 12th May 2019 from 10 am until 4 pm, the woodland will play host to lots of activities for families and adults alike.
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Sheffield Archaeology is at the Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting: Albuquerque, NM 10-14 April 2019!
Sheffield Archaeology is at the Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting: Albuquerque, NM 10-14 April 2019!
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New equipment for The Department of Archaeology thanks to Alumni Fund Grant
The Department of Archaeology has received a substantial grant from the Alumni Fund which has enabled us to purchase new surveying equipment in the form of a Survey-Grade Real-Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS), and a high-precision Total Station.
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Professor Maureen Carroll gives first public lecture to launch the new Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion
Professor Maureen Carroll will give first public lecture to launch the new Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion
Sheffield Archaeology's Professor Maureen Carroll has been invited to give the first public lecture to launch the new Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion at the Open University
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Congratulations to our January Graduates!
Congratulations to our January Graduates!
A number of our students graduated at the Higher Degrees Ceremony on the 12th January 2018. 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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Applications open for the 2019 Andrew Sherratt Fund
Grants of up to £1000 awarded to postgraduate students of any academic institution in the world for research projects in Old World Prehistory. Applications for the 2018 fund are now invited with a closing date of 15 March 2018.
In celebration of the gifted vision of our colleague Prof. Andrew Sherratt regarding old World Prehistory, a memorial fund was established after his death in 2006 by the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, to support international scholarship particularly for those at the beginning of their careers.
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A look back on Woodland Heritage Festival 2018
The 4th annual Woodland Heritage Festival took place back in May and was a great success. Archaeology in the City recieved funding from Arts Enterprise which allowed them to create a video account of the day
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Sheffield archaeologists uncover previously unknown Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Sheffield archaeologists uncover previously unknown Anglo-Saxon cemetery in an innovative scientific project.
This summer, in a simple field on the tip of the Lincolnshire wolds, excavations revealed an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
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Success for our Cultural Heritage Management students
Students from our MA Cultural Heritage Management programme secured jobs in the industry (even prior to completion of their degree!)
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Former USIC student wins prestigious prize in Classical Archaeology
BA Archaeology student Erina Mameuda joined the department in 2017 having studied for a year within the University of Sheffield International College. Earlier this year Erina was awarded the Ian Sanders Level 1 Prize in Classical Archaeology.