Archaeology – (M.Phil.)

MPhil supervision is normally available in the following research areas:

Landscape archaeology: historic landscapes (Dr M Jackson, Professor I Haynes, Dr S Turner); ritual landscapes (Dr C Fowler, Professor I Haynes, Dr J Harding, Dr S Turner); historic landscape characterisation (Dr S Turner).

Material culture, economy and technology: artefact analysis and material culture studies (Dr A Dolfini, Dr J Gerrard, Professor I Haynes, Dr M Jackson, Dr J Webster).

Bodies and identity: personhood and identity (Dr C Fowler, Dr J Harding, Dr J Webster); the archaeology of the body and mortuary archaeology (Dr C Fowler, Dr J Harding, Dr A Dolfini); art and identity (Professor I Haynes, Dr J Webster).

Period specialisations include:

Later prehistory: the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition in north-west Europe (Dr C Fowler, Dr J Harding); the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Britain and north-west Europe (Dr A Dolfini, Dr C Fowler, Dr J Harding); the Mediterranean Copper and Bronze Age (Dr A Dolfini); the Iron Age/Roman transition (Professor I Haynes, Dr J Webster).

Classical and Byzantine archaeology: Greek archaeology (Professor A Spawforth); Roman Provincial archaeology (Dr J Gerrard, Professor I Haynes, Dr J Webster); religion in the Roman empire (Professor I Haynes, Dr R Smith, Professor A Spawforth, Dr J Webster); Roman armies and frontiers (Professor I Haynes); urbanism (Dr M Jackson); Byzantine archaeology (Dr M Jackson, Dr S Turner); Roman slavery (Dr J Webster); the Roman/medieval transition (Dr James Gerrard, Dr M Jackson, Dr S Turner).

Medieval and post-medieval archaeology: early medieval Britain and Ireland (Dr J Gerrard, Dr S Turner); medieval and post-medieval landscapes (Dr J Gerrard, Dr S Turner, Dr J Webster); church archaeology, religious buildings (Dr M Jackson, Dr S Turner); post-medieval colonialism and slavery (Dr J Webster).