School of Archaeology
The Twelve Trowels of Christmas
Podcast: Vikings in Northern Britain
Archaeological evidence of the Vikings as far north as Northumbria has practically been non-existent...until now. In an exclusive for Gone Medieval, Dr Cat Jarman is joined by Dr Jane Kershaw as they discuss their discoveries from a brand-new Viking site in Northumberland.
Recommendations from our Green Impact team
Our RLAHA Green Impact team have your Christmas shopping ideas sorted!
Can our archive curator pick her favourite photo from our collections?
Feeling a bit impish for this trowel, we dared to ask a curator the hardest question: tell us what's your favourite photo...
The Medieval Agricultural Revolution: New Evidence
Watched over 80K times in 3 months, Prof Helena Hamerow's talk for Gresham College, presents new evidence that the use of the mouldboard plough and systematic crop rotation were key developments and led to open-field farming, one of the transformative changes of the Middle Ages.
Award winning research poster!
Congratulations to Karolina Werens (DPhil Archaeological Science) who with Dr Peter Ditchfield won the best poster award at the British Association for Forensic Anthropology conference.
Who drank more beer - the Medieval English or the Vikings?
For this festive trowel we are delighted to introduce you to brewing expert: Dr Hannah Caroe.
Meet the new Doctor!
Congratulations Nesreen Elgaly on passing your viva!
Exciting new partnership with MOWAA
In August we were delighted to announce our new partnership with the Museum of West African Art. This initiative will be led by Prof Shadreck Chirikure. Learn more about him in the 9th Festive Trowel!
Staff profile: Prof Shadreck Chirikure
Find out what drew him into archaeology and what he envisions for the future of the discipline
New project: Horsepower
In October we announced a highly prestigious €10.4 million European Research Council Synergy grant has been awarded to an international team of researchers, led by Prof Chris Gosden.
Announcing the Meyerstein Lecture in Archaeology 2024
Prof. Joanna Brück (University College Dublin) will give a talk titled: The social worlds of Bronze Age animals for the Meyerstein Lecture in Archaeology 2024.
The talk will take place in the TS Eliot Lecture Theatre at Merton College, starting at 4pm on Wednesday 29th May 2024.
The Gallery of Pets
From everyone at the School of Archaeology (including our pets!) we wish you a very Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the New Year! In the meantime, enjoy this update to our Gallery of Pets (overlords).