Archaeology – (Ph.D.)

PhD 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).

For more information about staff specialisms please see the School's website.

Please contact the archaeologist whose research topic is most closely matched to your interests to discuss potential supervision of your research degree.