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Department of Archaeology

We are an international community of archaeologists, committed to exploring the past in order to benefit our future. Our cutting-edge approach to research draws upon the integrated strengths of the humanities, natural and physical sciences.

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Photograph of Yvette conducting the SEM analysis in Liverpool
Photograph of Yvette conducting the SEM analysis in Liverpool

Andrew Sherratt Award Recipient Yvette Marks 2023

Andrew Sherratt Award support PGR student to gain training in and conduct SEM analysis for PhD Research.

"The Material Body: Embodiment, history and archaeology in industrialising England, 1700-1850", edited by Profs Lizzy Craig-Atkins and Karen Harvey (University of Birmingham) has been published by Manchester University Press. A unique collaboration of historians and archaeologists.
"The Material Body: Embodiment, history and archaeology in industrialising England, 1700-1850", edited by Profs Lizzy Craig-Atkins and Karen Harvey (University of Birmingham) has been published by Manchester University Press.

Just published! 'The Material Body' edited by Profs Lizzy Craig-Atkins and Karen Harvey

"The Material Body: Embodiment, history and archaeology in industrialising England, 1700-1850", edited by Profs Lizzy Craig-Atkins and Karen Harvey (University of Birmingham) has been published by Manchester University Press.

Photo of Yvette with her award certificate
Photo of Yvette with her award certificate

Yvette Marks recieves The Royal Society Hauksbee Award 2023

Yvette Marks was one of the technicians who have collectively been awarded The Royal Society Hauksbee Award 2023 for her input into the Technicians Gallery at the Science Museum
A jawbone from a medieval-era horse (University of Exeter/PA)

Archaeology Department Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77xuu9kULw&feature=youtu.be You tube video of smelt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77xuu9kULw&feature=youtu.be You tube video of smelt

Bog Iron Smelt

UG student Rich Moran has conducted an experimental smelt to assess if bog iron can be smelted in a bloomery furnace
Details showing graffiti stickers at a Crossing point
Details showing graffiti stickers at a Crossing point

Postgraduate Dissertation Prize Success (SPMA)

We are delighted to announce that Claire Moore (MA Cultural Heritage Management) has won the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Postgraduate Dissertation Prize 2021!
Hope Workshop

Organising Hope Workshop - 27 April 2023

A student-led workshop to self-organise and take action to decolonise and democratise archaeology!
WRoCAH

Working Stone and Making Places in Neolithic Wales

We're delighted to invite applications for a fully-funded PhD supported by WRoCAH. The deadline for applications is 8 March 2023.
A photo of skeleton SK3870 on site at the excavations at York Barbican. Credit: On Site Archaeology.
A photo of skeleton SK3870 on site at the excavations at York Barbican. Credit: On Site Archaeology.

Mysterious skeleton revealed to be that of unusual Lady Anchoress of York Barbican

The rare and unusual life of an anchoress, a woman who devoted her life to prayer while living in seclusion, has been unearthed by the University of Sheffield and Oxford Archaeology, thanks to a skeletal collection now held at the University.
Roots and Futures

Celebrating how our research changes lives

Our partnerships support placemaking and social resilience through cultural heritage.
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A summer of Sheffield heritage, designed by you

Residents of Sheffield have the opportunity to shape a summer of heritage decision-making in the city thanks to a new project at the University of Sheffield.

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Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Minalloy House
10 – 16 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 3NJ
United Kingdom

+44 114 222 2900

archaeology@sheffield.ac.uk

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Archaeology student holding up archaeological find