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Read more at: Heritage science investment to unveil secrets of Cambridge University collections

Heritage science investment to unveil secrets of Cambridge University collections

7 January 2021

The University of Cambridge has been awarded £3m from the AHRC's Capability for Collections Fund to invest in equipment and refurbishment that will enable researchers from across the UK and worldwide to undertake new research into its heritage collections.


Read more at: Launch of open access statues database

Launch of open access statues database

16 December 2020

Debates around how Britain represents its past through its public statues highlighted in new database.


Read more at: Latest McDonald Conversations volume available online

Latest McDonald Conversations volume available online

14 December 2020

"Social inequality before farming? Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of social organization in prehistoric and ethnographic hunter-gatherer-fisher societies" edited by Luc Moreau is available to access online.


Read more at: New volume reflects on challenges and potential of heritage in Africa

New volume reflects on challenges and potential of heritage in Africa

11 December 2020

African Heritage Challenges - Communities and Sustainable Development , edited by Britt Baillie and Marie Louise Stig Sørensen has been published by Palgrave Macmillan.


Read more at: What’s cooking? Analysis of fatty residues on ancient pottery sheds light on food habits of Indus Civilisation

What’s cooking? Analysis of fatty residues on ancient pottery sheds light on food habits of Indus Civilisation

9 December 2020

Lipid residue analyses reveal a dominance of animal products used in ceramic vessels from rural and urban settlements of the Indus Civilisation.


Read more at: Latest McDonald Conversations volume available online

Latest McDonald Conversations volume available online

27 November 2020

The pasts and presence of art in South Africa: Technologies, ontologies and agents edited by C. Wingfield, J. Giblin and R. King.