Department Archaeology

Hunter-Gatherers lived on remote Mediterranean islands a thousand years earlier than previously thought

April 9, 2025

An iron age hut

Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain

January 24, 2025

An ancient skull

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes via Lucy to us – in one long read

November 26, 2024

Celebrating 120 years of the UK’s first ever Archaeology Department

September 16, 2024

Romito (a drawing of an ice age teenager) on the left and his bones being examined on the right

Research reveals reality of Ice Age teen puberty

September 12, 2024

Larry presenting at the work archaeological forum in Shanghai he is speaking into a microphone againsta colourful backdrop of a waterfall

Archaeology researcher receives award for ground-breaking discovery

January 12, 2024

Sampling a Roman Republican denarius for chemical analysis

New research shows Romans were early pioneers of recycling

October 16, 2023

Uncovering the wooden structure with a fine spray on the banks of the river

Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure

September 20, 2023

Shanidar Cave

The real Paleo diet: new archaeological evidence changes what we thought about how ancient humans prepared food

November 23, 2022

Shanidar Cave

Cooking in caves: research reveals sophisticated prehistoric culinary habits