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This is the official Bluesky account for the UCL Institute of Archaeology one of the largest & most highly regarded centres for #Archaeology, #Heritage & #Museum studies.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology

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Prof David Wengrow @ucl.ac.uk Institute of #Archaeology has been awarded the prestigious J. I. Staley Prize for #Anthropological Excellence this year by @sarsf.bsky.social School of Advanced Research

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Final Virtual Undergraduate Open Event of the Year on...

📅 Wed 26th Nov 6-8pm
📚 Zoom - ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#LocalAndGlobal #OpenDay #University #StudyHere
Students in orange hi vis jackets stand in a trench in Suffolk. Bluish skies, and a green field beyond. Photo Credit - Lucy Sladen UCL IoA
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Prof David Wengrow @ucl.ac.uk Institute of #Archaeology has been awarded the prestigious J. I. Staley Prize for #Anthropological Excellence this year by @sarsf.bsky.social School of Advanced Research

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@davidwengrow.bsky.social

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Photo of Prof David Wengrow in a grey suit sitting in an office with a book case behind him. He is looking away from the camera. Photo credit - jamieson_nyt
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Proud to have presented some of my PhD’s initial results on the analyses of Preceramic burials from the south coast of Peru at UCL’s South American Archaeology Seminar! @uclarchaeology.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Massive congrats to @ucl.ac.uk Prof David Wengrow @davidwengrow.bsky.social

More to follow throughout the day!

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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Part 3 #FocusFriday on #Students from the Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology MSc

Meet Tess Sikora current @ucl.ac.uk MSc BAFA student.

Find out more about Tess & the MSc below...

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November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Part 2 #FocusFriday on #Students from the Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology MSc

Meet Meghan Fitzpatrick current @ucl.ac.uk MSc BAFA student.

Find out more about Meghan & the MSc below...

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November 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Today we #FocusFriday on #Students from the Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology MSc

Meet Jennifer Wilburn current @ucl.ac.uk PhD candidate & MSc BAFA graduate 2024.

Find out more about Jennifer & the MSc below...

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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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A belated welcome to @boothicus.bsky.social Dr Tom Booth

See & hear Tom on "Who Are Our Ancestors and Why Does It Matter? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox

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Dr Tom Booth, last human on the right on the "Who Are Our Ancestors And Why Does It Matter?" panel Michael Bowles | The Francis Crick Institute Dr Tom Booth, on the right on the "Who Are Our Ancestors And Why Does It Matter?" panel Michael Bowles | The Francis Crick Institute
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🚨Today 2pm Virtual Open Event for Prospective Undergraduate Students! #OpenDay #UCLOpenDay

Not too late to register here - ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#LocalAndGlobal

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Student with purple gloves on holds an object from the Archaeological Collections from UCL Institute of Archaeology. The student is standing in the collections store. (C) Mat Wright Student with blue gloves on looks at a tray of objects from the Archaeological Collections from UCL Institute of Archaeology. The student is standing in the collections store. (C) Mat Wright
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Fantastic thread on amazing research!

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antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 7d
NEW In the heart of the Eurasian steppe, a #BronzeAge metropolis has been unearthed, showing that the settlements of nomadic steppe societies were just as sophisticated as contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations.

#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵

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Drone photograph of the archaeological site of Semiyarka, looking from the south-east to the north-west, taken in July 2018. The outlines of several rectilinear buildings are visible running in a line across a flat grassland (credit: Peter J. Brown)
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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🎓Thinking about a degree in #Archaeology?

🏺Want to find out more about what #Archaeologists do?

📆Thursday 20th November 2-4pm on Zoom

📲 Registration Link - ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#LocalAndGlobal #UCLOpenDay #UniversityOpenDays

This could be you! #ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
Students wearing the same t-shirt for the Society of Archaeology Students, at Butser Ancient Farm during the 2019 ArchaeoTech. Behind them are some replica roundhouses and tents. Students in hi vis jackets in a trench in Suffolk. They are holding archaeological digging tools. The sky is blue but cloudy. Students, staff and dog in a trench in Greenwich Royal Park in 2023 excavating a World War 2 Bunker.
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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In the next in our series of #fieldwork diaries, Solomon Whitehouse (recent undergraduate student @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology) shares his experience of fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan.

Fieldwork Diary: Solomon Whitehouse (Kyrgyzstan, 2025)

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Fieldwork Diary: Solomon Whitehouse (Kyrgyzstan, 2025)
In the next in our series of fieldwork diaries, Solomon Whitehouse (recent undergraduate student, UCL Institute of Archaeology) shares his experience of fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Interested studying human evolution at @ucl.ac.uk with a dedicated MSc in palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, Ice Age fauna, isotopes, aDNA, ancient environments & more?
Get in touch for a chat or even a tour of the department with me.
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Picture of 6 postgrad students sat at a table in a lab studying bones. Text says: The UCL Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic (PaPa) MSc programme is an established, pioneering course in human origins delivered by a world-leading university. It will bring you a deep and expert understanding of the scientific record of human evolution which powerfully combines opportunities for the study of palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and wider scientific approaches to the early human story.
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The remains of an extensive Bronze Age settlement on the Kazakh Steppe, that was likely once a major regional hub for large-scale bronze production more than 3,500 years ago, have been revealed by an international team of archaeologists co-led by Dr Miljana Radivojević @uclarchaeology.bsky.social.
Unearthing the City of Seven Ravines
The remains of an extensive Bronze Age settlement on the Kazakh Steppe that was likely once a major regional hub for large-scale bronze production more than 3,500 years ago, have been revealed by an i...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The @ucl.ac.uk Open Day is in full swing, and the brilliant Dr Kris Lockyear, @welwynarchsoc.bsky.social is giving our taster lecture…

If you’re here and fancy a scavenger hunt here are also two nods to the IoA in Gordon Square!

#LocalAndGlobal
Dr Kris Lockyear in front of a screen showing archaeological surveys. Dr Kris Lockyear in front of a screen showing archaeological surveying methods. The 75th anniversary Sarsen stone in Gordon Square. Plants in the front and trees and the UCL IoA building in the background. The 50th anniversary plaque of the IoA in grass and leaf debris in Gordon Square by the UCL IoA.
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I would have loved to have done this as a student.
With us we'll help you get the 50 days of fieldwork you need to get an IoA degree, and we'll support you if you want more. Our students go out into the world having experienced the archaeological record up close. 🏺
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Bonus #FieldworkFriday: this time with pics from Lucy Sladen joining @br00kes.bsky.social & 1st years on the #thames foreshore.

🦴 Final photo shows a collection of animal bones brought over to Lucy for identification - if you would rather not see animal bones do stop at the 3rd pic

#LocalAndGlobal
Stuart and students stand on the foreshore mud and debris of the Thames under the millennium bridge with the Tate modern in the background above the Thames river. Photo by Lucy Sladen. Stuart and students stand on the millennium bridge with St Paul’s Chathedral in the background above the Thames river. Photo by Lucy Sladen. Stuart and students stand on the foreshore mud and debris of the Thames under the millennium bridge with the Tate modern in the background above the Thames river. Photo by Lucy Sladen. A series of animal bones on the foreshore of the Thames ready for identification
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Bonus #FieldworkFriday: this time with pics from Lucy Sladen joining @br00kes.bsky.social & 1st years on the #thames foreshore.

🦴 Final photo shows a collection of animal bones brought over to Lucy for identification - if you would rather not see animal bones do stop at the 3rd pic

#LocalAndGlobal
Stuart and students stand on the foreshore mud and debris of the Thames under the millennium bridge with the Tate modern in the background above the Thames river. Photo by Lucy Sladen. Stuart and students stand on the millennium bridge with St Paul’s Chathedral in the background above the Thames river. Photo by Lucy Sladen. Stuart and students stand on the foreshore mud and debris of the Thames under the millennium bridge with the Tate modern in the background above the Thames river. Photo by Lucy Sladen. A series of animal bones on the foreshore of the Thames ready for identification
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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For #FieldworkFriday we catch up w/ 2nd year Illia who was out surveying with @welwynarchsoc.bsky.social Dr Kris Lockyear last week:

"We surveyed an abandoned mill & numerous earthworks! We were told all about how LiDAR works & actually saw one in action. Exciting experience :)"

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A blue sky, with some cloud, and a green field with 2 tripods with total stations used in surveying. 1 student stands with a prism to the left of the image. Photo by Illia Shabalkin 2nd year UCL IoA Undergraduate. A blue sky, with some cloud, and a green field with a total station used in surveying. Photo by Illia Shabalkin 2nd year UCL IoA Undergraduate. A blue sky, with some cloud, and a green field with a group of students standing by a series of tripods and total stations used for surveying. Photo by Illia Shabalkin 2nd year UCL IoA Undergraduate. A total station on a tripod peaks over a green bush and tree. Clouds are seen behind the instrument. Photo by Illia Shabalkin 2nd year UCL IoA Undergraduate.
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Research News from the @ucl.ac.uk IoA!

"Enormous ritual construction by early Mesoamericans unearthed in Mexico"
Veronica Vazquez Lopez (UCL Institute of Archaeology) is part of an international team involved in the discovery...read more here:

📲 bit.ly/3LAsZuN

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Enormous ritual construction by early Mesoamericans unearthed in Mexico
Veronica Vazquez Lopez (UCL Institute of Archaeology) is part of an international team involved in the discovery of a significant ceremonial site in southeastern Mexico.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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📆 Save the date for the next Undergraduate Virtual Open Event on Thursday 20 Nov 2-4pm London Time: open to all Prospective Archaeology Students!

📲 Register here ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

More info here - www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
UCL Institute of Archaeology Virtual Open Event (20 November)
UCL Institute of Archaeology staff and students will hold an Undergraduate Virtual Open Event on 20 November.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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🚨 Job Klaxon! 🚨

@ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751)
The post is available from 1 Jan 2026 & is funded until 31 Dec 2028 in the first instance, providing cover for Corisande Fenwick

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Job Vacancy: Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology
The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751).
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🚨 Virtual Open Event tomorrow, Wed 12th Nov, 8-10am UK time.

📲 Register here - ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Check out the following video if you are keen to find out about some of the career destinations for our alum:

Careers with a degree in Archaeology youtu.be/Xr-eF_ncfeY?...
UCL Archaeology: postgraduate careers
YouTube video by UCL Social & Historical Sciences
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November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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It's Reading Week - but the #archaeology never stops!

Dr Kris Lockyear is out in the field this week w/ 2nd & 3rd year students running (with Gareth Rees, 1 of our alum) a surveying course in Hertfordshire...

Stay tuned & send good weather vibes!

#LocalAndGlobal
#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology
A group of students stand in a field in Hertfordshire with a total station and blue skies overhead. Photo by Dr Kris Lockyear.
November 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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And / or come & meet us in Person 😀

📆 Sat 15 Nov 2025
🕑 10:30 - 15:00
🎟️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

#LocalAndGlobal

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October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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📜Fascinated by the #past?
🎓Yes to #Archaeology @ University!
🚨Join us for 1 of our Virtual #OpenDays

1. Wed 12 Nov 8 - 10am
2. Thurs 20 Nov 2-4pm
3. Wed 26 Nov 6-8pm

Meet current staff & students online (zoom) to find out more about our degree programmes!

📩 Charlotte [email protected]
Students and staff from the UCL Institute of Archaeology in a trench in Greenwich Park summer 2024. Most people are in yellow hi vis vest. You can see the London skyline in the distance. It is a sunny and cloudy day.
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM