Archaeology is a diverse and wide ranging Discipline that seeks to understand how people lived in the past, how they interacted with their environment and how their actions shaped the landscape we see around us today. Students therefore interact closely with students from other disciplines such as Geography & the Environment, Geology, Anthropology, Sociology and History. The University is at the heart of a region that is amongst the richest in the UK in terms of sites of outstanding archaeological interest and it is in close proximity to the World Heritage sites in Orkney. The University's Marischal Museum has gained a prominent reputation in the archaeological world, with its substantial archaeological collections, conservation laboratory, exhibitions and lecture programme.
Undergraduate Study Opportunities
Postgraduate Research Opportunities
Research focuses on four interlocking themes that run through the archaeology of the circumpolar zone - the North Atlantic, Northern Eurasia, North America and the North Pacific:
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Human interactions with northern environments - how did individuals and communities adapt to, understand and transform the landscapes they moved and acted in?
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Material culture, technology and vernacular architecture - how and why did new kinds of objects, technologies and built structures emerge from, and spread into, the societies of the northern world?
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The northern mind - how do past and present societies in the north perceive and understand the world, how do they define themselves in it, and how do they express their beliefs and identities?
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Interactions between northern populations - how far did diasporas, colonisations and inter-community contacts define the long-term culture history of the northern world?
More Information
More information about Archaeology and postgraduate opportunities at the University of Aberdeen can be found on the Archaeology Web Site.