This week, Professor Rodney Harrison is visiting Lithuania at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture to advise on new developments in heritage valuation and management from the perspective of critical heritage studies in the context of the climate emergency. Find out more about his visit 👇

Professor Rodney Harrison visits Vilnius and Trakai at invitation of Lithuanian Ministry of Culture

During his visit, Professor Harrison met with Lithuania’s Ministry of Culture and leading heritage organisations, and delivered keynote lectures at the University of Vilnius.

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Introducing: Gaetano Palumbo, Honorary Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Archaeology! 🧵1/8 #archaeology #UCL #IoA #GaetanoPalumbo

🎉 We're proud to announce that Rodney Harrison, Professor of Heritage Studies, was awarded the European Association of Archaeologists (@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social) 2026 Heritage Prize. Read more about the prize 👇

Professor Rodney Harrison awarded the European Association of Archaeologists’ 2026 Heritage Prize

The UCL Institute of Archaeology would like to congratulate Professor Harrison for this outstanding achievement.

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The UCL Institute of Archaeology is supporting applications for @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowships with an internal deadline of 16 October 2026 for consideration of applications. Find out more 👇

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship competition 2026-27

The UCL Institute of Archaeology is supporting applications for Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships with an internal deadline of 16 October 2026 for consideration of applications.

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🥛 Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and Dr JC Niala @jcniala.bsky.social (University of Oxford’s History of Science Museum), are in the new BBC Ideas film: ‘Five surprising things you probably didn’t know about milk’. Check it out 👇 #Milk #BBCIdeas #Archaeology

Five little-known facts about milk

Is milk good for us? When did we start drinking it? How common is lactose intolerance? Here are five facts about milk.

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Congratulations to Dr Iain MacDonald for passing his PhD viva 🎊 Iain’s thesis explores explores and compares land use patterns in the English Fens and Northern Netherlands. Find out more about Iain's viva and his research👇 #archaeology #viva #PhD #UCL #research

From the Fens to the Netherlands: Iain passes PhD viva

UCL Institute of Archaeology congratulates Dr Iain MacDonald on passing his PhD viva.

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Throwback to graduation this week 🎓 @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 #UCL

Congratulations to everyone graduating today! As graduates you have joined this enduring and impressive family. The Institute is, and will remain, your home. And we will always look forward to welcoming you back!

Congratulations to Dr Archontoula Barouda for passing her PhD viva 🎊 Archontoula’s thesis explores the technologies, materials, and production practices behind ceramics and plastered floors from Neolithic Makri in Thrace, northeastern Greece. Find out more 👇 #PhD #viva #UCL #Archaeology #Greece

Exploring the technologies of the past: Archontoula Barouda passes PhD viva

UCL Institute of Archaeology congratulates Dr Archontoula Barouda on passing her PhD viva.

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Detached heads, microfibre cloths and scalpels. What do they have in common? Read the blog below to find out 👇

A Toy Story: the conservation of historic dolls by UCL students - Museum of the Order of St John

From November 2025 to June 2026 Morven, Liz, Vicky, and Kate, four postgraduate conservation students at University College London (UCL), worked to assess and treat four dolls that had recently been a...

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Introducing Raksha Dave (@rakshadigs.bsky.social), archaeologist, broadcaster, award-winning author, and now Honorary Professor of Practice at the UCL Institute of Archaeology!

📖Bringing together international case studies, Digging into Pottery demonstrates how scientific analysis of archaeological ceramics can illuminate far more than the origins of individual vessels. Launching at IoA Ceramic Analysis Day this Friday: tinyurl.com/s9d8e53f @archaeopress.bsky.social

New volume showcases scientific approaches to archaeological ceramics around the world

The new volume, Digging into Pottery Scientific Approaches to Archaeological Ceramic Analysis Around the World, will be officially launched at the upcoming IoA Ceramic Analysis Day.

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It's the end of Week 5 of #Bodiam100, the rain has arrived & our work is largely complete! First, we'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary team effort - with 210 participants digging, finds washing & sharing discoveries, this has been a HUGE undertaking, THANK YOU! 🧵 📷 Ellis Briley #OutInTheField

We are still taking applications to join this October's cohort on the MSc in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology. Come and study human evolution with us at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social 🏺🦣🧬🧪

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Applications are now open to join our 2026 UCL Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣📷https://tinyurl.com/5duy6twh

Join us for this year's Beno Rothenberg Memorial Lecture, given by Dr Siran Liu, Associate Professor at the University of Science and Technology Beijing. Find out more and book your spot: https://tinyurl.com/3tu6encd #BenoRothenberg #SiranLiu #Archaeology #BronzeProduction

Join us at the UCL Institute of Archaeology for a free day of discovery at the Winter Archaeology Festival! Whether you're an archaeology enthusiast, a prospective student or simply curious, there's something for everyone! 🎟️ Book your free place: tinyurl.com/WAF26 #Archaeology #UCL #UCL00 #IoA

"As far as we know, we're the first archaeological team to be investigating this site properly in a scientific way." @mattpope.bsky.social alongside archaeologists from the IoA and @archsoutheast.bsky.social on @itvnews.bsky.social speaking about one of Jersey's most important Neolithic sites.

Join IoA staff, students and alumni for a day of presentations exploring scientific approaches to archaeological ceramic analysis across diverse regions and periods. 📣Non-UCL attendees must get in contact via the email in the link below. More info: tinyurl.com/35ma2jpu #Ceramics #Archaeology

Join us at the UCL Institute of Archaeology for a free day of discovery at the Winter Archaeology Festival! Whether you're an archaeology enthusiast, a prospective student or simply curious, there's something for everyone. 🎟️ Book your free place: tinyurl.com/WAF26 #Archaeology #UCL #UCL00 #IoA

The suite that Oscar Wilde stayed in while visiting Brighton shortly before his arrest on charges of homosexuality has been recently rediscovered during restoration works at the Royal Albion. www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Oscar Wilde’s hotel room discovered at Brighton’s Royal Albion

The hotel room that famed author Oscar Wilde stayed in while visiting Brighton shortly before his arrest on charges of homosexuality has been identified by archaeologists from Archaeology South-East.

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Join us for tours of our excavation at La Hougue Bie today. All part of the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalofArchaeology, with @jerseyheritage.bsky.social and the Société Jersiaise. Tours at 11, 12, 1pm and 2pm #JerseyPrehistory #IceAgeIsland 🇯🇪🦣🏺 share.google/TvxClzeDLq6X...

MIDDLE EARTH OPEN DAY: JERSEY’S DEEP PAST

<p>Open day at La Hougue Bie exploring Jersey’s deep prehistory with talks, finds &amp; experts, led by Dr Matt Pope.</p><p>How far back does Jersey’s prehistoric record go? What was the interior of t...

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We were saddened to hear of the death of Frank Roy Hodson (1930-2026) earlier this week. "Roy was a precise quietly revolutionary scholar who brought archaeology firmly into the scientific age." Read the full obituary, written by Professor Sue Hamilton: tinyurl.com/bdfh7ark

Frank Roy Hodson (1930-2026)

UCL Institute of Archaeology staff, students, friends and colleagues will be saddened to hear of the death of Frank Roy Hodson earlier this week.

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📢 New Guide to Good Practice: A Guide to Personal Data in Archaeological Archives is live! Practical GDPR advice for archaeological data, from ADS & @uclarchaeology.bsky.social via the TETRARCHs project. Open access: buff.ly/boS4Ig9 #GDPR #Archaeology #OpenAccess Find out more here: buff.ly/7N1c7BF

A Guide to Personal Data in Archaeological Archives - A Guide to Personal Data in Archaeological Archives

This Guide provides basic advice for those working with archaeological data, such as whether the data is personal or sensitive (or both), and how this affects how the data should be handled in…

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Led by @mattpope.bsky.social and supported by staff from @archsoutheast.bsky.social, the excavation at Jardin de Perchard will investigate how the landscape was used 6,000 years ago while also uncovering evidence of much earlier Ice Age environments and human activity 👇 @ucl.ac.uk #archaeology

Work starts on three-year project that will help "unlock Jersey's full story"

Archaeologists have begun excavations opposite La Hougue Bie in Grouville, Jersey, a Neolithic site estimated to be around 6,000 years old.

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Day 6: Field Walking Beginning the archaeological investigation of the field walking transects at 20m intervals, mapping variation in prehistoric activity. 🦣🏺 www.instagram.com/p/DbVt8WCN7fm/

Matt Pope on Instagram: "Day 6: Fieldwalking #Archaeology #Jersey #Prehistory"

19 likes, 0 comments - mattpopeeu on July 28, 2026: "Day 6: Fieldwalking #Archaeology #Jersey #Prehistory".

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We are delighted to announce that Dorian Fuller, Professor of Archaeobotany, has been honoured as a UK Fellow by @britishacademy.bsky.social. The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Read the full story 👇 #BritishAcademy @ucl.ac.uk #Archaeology

Professor Dorian Fuller honoured as new British Academy Fellow

UCL Professor Dorian Fuller joins the British Academy as a Fellow, recognising his exceptional contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

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Huge congratulations to @mattpope.bsky.social, who has been promoted to Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology 🎉 Matt's new appointment recognises decades of research, teaching and fieldwork, as well as his longstanding commitment to the @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology community. #Archaeology

⏰Deadline approaching!

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⌛There's still time to apply! The postholder will be employed on the Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments (MAEASaM) project. Full time | Hybrid | Fixed-term | Deadline: 26 July 2026 Find out more: tinyurl.com/2myczpv8 #Jobs #hiring #Archaeology #GIS #UCL

A large Iron Age cemetery containing the lavishly adorned remains of high-status individuals dating from around 2,000 years ago has been uncovered in Essex by CIfA Registered Organisation UCL Archaeology South-East: https://ow.ly/9yUn50Zrkyg #IronAge #archaeology #romanbritain

Day 1 of our Jersey Fieldwork Season. Leaving behind the coastline. #IslandArchaeology