Research Projects in the Department of Archaeology

EHSCAN-Exploring Early Holocene Saharan Cultural Adaptation and Social Networks through socio-ecological inferential modelling

EHSCAN is a Horizon-MSCA-2022-PF scheme Fellowship Funded by UKRI and hosted by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.

Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia

The Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia (MAHSA) project, now in its Phase 2, will continue to document the endangered archaeology and cultural heritage of the Indus River Basin and the surrounding areas and publish this information in an Open Access Arches geospatial database. Over the course of Phase 2, the project will expand its scope to include the Ganges River Basin, Baluchistan and the coastal areas of India and Pakistan.

The Socio-Technics of Painted Pottery: From Microscopic Evidence to Macroscopic Histories

This project presents a comparative study of two major Neolithic painted pottery traditions situated at opposite ends of Eurasia: the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture in southeastern Europe and the Yangshao-Majiayao cultural sequence in northwest China. While their remarkably similar decorative repertoires have long been noted, this research moves beyond typological comparison to interrogate the technological practices and organisational structures underlying their production systems.

Research Projects in the Department of Archaeology

EHSCAN-Exploring Early Holocene Saharan Cultural Adaptation and Social Networks through socio-ecological inferential modelling

Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia

The Socio-Technics of Painted Pottery: From Microscopic Evidence to Macroscopic Histories

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