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APPLYING TO ARCHAEOLOGY
The course description is "PhD in Archaeology" or "PhD in Biological Anthropology"; please discuss with the supervisor you are applying to work with as to which you should select. If you are applying to more than one, please select on priority choice.
When prompted in the research section of the on-line application, please make sure that you enter the name(s) of the supervisor(s) you are applying to work with, and the topic area; if more than one is listed please give a priority order.
Please remember that, although you may see later dates by which you can apply to enter the course, the deadline for funding by the NERC Doctoral Landscape Award (and for consideration for research areas listed by the DLA) for 2025 entry is early January (exact date TBC) at noon.
If you wish to devise you own research project you should also submit a short research proposal which you should already have discussed with one of our staff members.
Click here to start the application process.
Other details about postgraduate training in Archaeology are on the department website.
The Department has significant experience across a wide range of science-based archaeology and biological anthropology topics, including archaeobotany, genetics, archaeozoology, human evolutionary studies, geoarchaeology, stable isotopic analyses and human osteology. Particular research strengths include: integrated investigations of plant, animal, and human dispersals in relation to palaeoclimate; past land use and human impacts on environment; diet, nutrition, and palaeopathology; quantitative studies of artefacts and hominin fossils; spatial, temporal and climatic modelling. The Department has very strong links with a range of sciences across the University and beyond, and has on-going research projects on every continent.
