Archaeology

MA Archaeology

Facilities

Our outstanding and recently refurbished facilities include:

  • experimental archaeology laboratories;
  • a bioarchaeology laboratory;
  • clean lab with fume cupboards for chemical work;
  • landscape archaeology project office, complete with large format scanner for maps and plans;
  • a microscope room equipped with high-specification microscopes and image processing facilities;
  • a kiln room for ceramics and other experimental purposes;
  • wet labs for artefact and environmental sample processing;
  • good sets of high- and low-power teaching microscopes;
  • state-of-the-art surveying equipment, including resistivity equipment, magnetometer, differential and hand-held GPS and total stations.
  • extensive reference collections of artefacts, human, animal and plant remains.