Research at the Institute of Archaeology covers fieldwork, laboratory analysis and conservation, artefact studies, and theoretical, synthetic, and analytical work across a range of perspectives.
The Institute has more than 60 research active staff, projects on five continents and in the Pacific. This is a directory of cross-cutting Institute research centres and networks as well as thematic research projects, highlighting the Institute's global research coverage. Further details of staff research may be found on their staff profile pages.
Research Centres
International Centre for Silk Roads Archaeology & Heritage
Research Networks
- Anthropocene Research Network (Co-ordinators: Dorian Fuller, Manuel Arroyo-Kalin)
- Archaeology - Heritage - Art (Co-ordinators: Ellen Pavey, Nastassja Simensky, Beverley Butler)
- Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan (Co-ordinators: Claudia Naeser, Anna Garnett)
- The Archaeology of Human Evolution (Co-ordinator: Matt Pope)
- Archaeomaterials Research Network (Co-ordinators: Patrick Quinn, Michael Charlton, Ian Freestone, Miljana Radivojevic)
- The End of the Spectrum Towards an Archaeology of Marginality (Co-ordinators: Elisa Perego, Andrew Gardner, Andrew Reynolds)
- (Co-ordinators: Sarah Forgesson, Jose J. Garay-Vazquez, Tim Williams, Dorian Fuller)
- Imperial Logistics: The Making of the Terracotta Army (Co-ordinator: Andrew Bevan)
- IoAÌýHistory of Archaeology Network (Co-ordinator: Amara Thornton)
- Islamic Archaeology Network (Co-ordinator: Corisande Fenwick)
- Pacific Islands Research Network (Co-ordinator: Sue Hamilton)Ìý
- ZooarchaeologyÌýResearch Network (Louise Martin)
Research Themes
Staff research is clustered into the following thematic areasÌýthat provide an overarching intellectual framework for development.
- Human Evolution
- Domestication, Niche Construction and Agricultural Transformations
- Environmental Change, Sustainability and Cultural Adaptation
- Material Culture, TechnologyÌýand Exchange
- Human Remains and Forensic Anthropology
- Civilization, Inequality and Political Organisation
- Ritual Practices, OrganisedÌýReligion and Belief
- Innovation in Archaeological Methods, Theory, Science & AppliedÌýArchaeology
- CriticalÌýHeritageÌýand Museum Studies