Archaeology Projects

Archaeological research at UCLan is firmly centred within the following areas:

Diversity, materiality and identity in the fourth and third millennia BC

Staff members are interested in the changing nature of material culture and social identities in the British Neolithic. We are involved in the following research projects:

Avebury world heritage site
Early Neolithic human assemblages from southern Britain
East of Avebury Project
The Bargrennan chambered tombs project
Excavations at Bargrennan chambered cairn
Excavations at Cairnderry chambered cairn
Interpersonal violence in the Neolithic
Neolithic of the Irish Sea zone
Stonehenge Riverside Project
Taphonomy of human remains

The archaeology of landscape and natural places

We also specialise in the archaeology of prehistoric and historic landscapes and natural places, in particular caves. We are involved in the following projects:

Avifauna
Goldsland caves excavations
Enculturating environments: the archaeology of interior south-central California
Neanderthal caves
Pontnewydd cave
Rock art of Karnataka, India
Southern Kintyre Project

The archaeology of the modern world

This is a new research area which we are just developing at UCLan, where the focus is firmly on more recent remains. We are involved in the following projects:

Excavations at Bank Hall
Exporting segregation, integrating communities: Tyntesfield WW2 site
History of archaeology
Urban enculturations in Barcelona

Archaeological research using new media

We are also exploring new ways of publicising our ongoing research. We are doing this by exploring new media. Take a look at some of our webpages.