The Department of Archaeology is excited to announce the appointment of Professor Stephanie Wynne-Jones as the second Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professor of the Deep History and Archaeology of Africa at the University of Cambridge.
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The McDonald Institute invites applications for the fifth annual Fellowship in archaeology (broadly defined) aimed at candidates of Black Identity or Heritage.
📅 Closing date: 25 May 2026
👉 More info here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
We are delighted to share that @alnorwood.bsky.social has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship @ec.europa.eu for her REHO project, and will be hosted by @jjrowan.bsky.social here in Cambridge.
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The chapter explores the value of adopting a posthumanist approach to archaeological evidence as a means of investigating past non-human animal agency, illustrated with examples from the British Neolithic
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📚 @reverseaction.bsky.social have recently published two studies which develop complementary methodological tools to investigate craft skill, cost, and organisation in the archaeological record.
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@cambridgearch.bsky.social Head of Finds Dr Emily Banfield has published a chapter "And Say the Animal Responded?" in the new edited volume "Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times"
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Over the Hills and Far Away: Modeling Mobility and Connectivity Across the Iranian Plateau in Late Prehistory (c. 10,000–2000 BC) Using Multi-factor Probabilistic Corridors - a collaboration with @bsc-cns.bsky.social
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Our study on macaques' geophagy featured on the French radio: www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/... @cam-archaeology.bsky.social @franceinter.fr @radiofrance.fr #macaques #gibraltar #geophagy
I have a new paper out: 'The Emperor's Gift: Power and Legitimacy across the Late Roman Frontier' @cam-archaeology.bsky.social
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📣 NEW STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
Sara Hamaguchi, first year @cam-archaeology.bsky.social undergraduate at Girton, and a Sasakawa Scholarship Fellow, has recently published work spanning archaeology, biological anthropology, and science communication.
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The Emperor’s Gift: Power and Legitimacy across the Late Roman Frontier