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Read more at: In memoriam: Janice Stargardt

In memoriam: Janice Stargardt

21 January 2020

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Janice Stargardt, Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Professorial Research Fellow in Asian Historical Archaeology & Geography (Department of Geography) and Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Read more at: Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland

Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland

6 January 2020

Medieval Greenlanders may have chased dwindling walrus herds ever farther north in an effort to maintain their economy, when the value of walrus ivory tanked after the introduction of elephant tusks into European markets in the 1200s.

Read more at: Shanghai award for Keros project

Shanghai award for Keros project

19 December 2019

Congratulations to Professor Lord Colin Renfrew and Dr Michael Boyd who have been awarded a 2019 Field Discovery Award by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Read more at: ‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story

‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story

26 November 2019

Analysis by Dr Martin Worthington on nine lines of the Gilgamesh Flood story shows duplicitous language and word play by the Babylonian god Ea.

Read more at: Portrait of first female Oxbridge professor unveiled
Dorothy Garrod portrait by Sara Lavelle

Portrait of first female Oxbridge professor unveiled

14 November 2019

A new portrait of Dorothy Garrod, Disney Professor of Archaeology 1939-1952, by artist Sara Lavelle has been officially unveiled at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Read more at: Terracotta Army research awarded Pineapple Science Award in China
Marcos Martinon Torres Pineapple Award

Terracotta Army research awarded Pineapple Science Award in China

7 November 2019

Research by a collaborative team of UK-based and Chinese researchers has been awarded the prestigious Pineapple Science Award in Chemistry.

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