Current grant-funded joint research projects, Collaborative PhD studentships and Undergraduate Research Internships (formerly known as UROPs)
Grant-funded joint research projects
Medieval Ritual Landscape Project
MeRit brings together archaeologists and historians from the University of Reading and the British Museum to analyse archaeological artefacts from regional, national and international perspectives (c. 1000 – 1600 CE), and looks to transform understanding of everyday religion in the English Middle Ages.
The History of Chocolate
The fascinating history of chocolate is being investigated at the University of Reading following the award of a highly-competitive Global Professorship by the British Academy. Dr Kathryn Sampeck is examining cocoa’s long and complex story, and how chocolate has changed the world.
Roman and Early Medieval Alloys Defined (REMADE)
The REMADE project will bring together scientists, archaeologists and museum curators to better understand human connections through the ages via the shared use of metal in Britain, by investigating ancient precious metals using modern techniques.
The world of Stonehenge
Over a million people have gazed into prehistory through the British Museum’s ’The world of Stonehenge’ exhibition and its outreach activities, co-curated by Reading archaeologist Professor Duncan Garrow and the Museum’s Dr Neil Wilkin.
Collaborative PhD Studentships and Undergraduate Research Internships
Children in the afterlife: the mummification and funerary treatment of non-adults in ancient Egypt
This doctoral project draws together existing evidence for mummification techniques with the direct analysis of c.50 non-adult mummies using Computerised Tomography (CT) scanning.
Complex Divinities: writing the chemical, archaeological and collecting biographies of first century AD Roman copper-alloy statuettes within the British Museum
This doctoral project focuses on the British Museums’ collection of copper-alloy statuettes (‘bronzes’) of Graeco-Roman deities from first century AD Roman domestic contexts.
Cataloguing Prehistory: opening up the British Museum’s prehistoric “Reference Collection” for research
This Undergraduate Research Internship involved cataloguing and photographing key assemblages from iconic prehistoric sites across Europe, in order to maximise opportunities for further research.
Cataloguing Faccombe Netherton: unlocking the British Museum’s Medieval archaeological collection for research
This Undergraduate Research Internship involved cataloguing and photographing Medieval objects from Faccombe Netherton, Hampshire; building a deeper understanding of this collection and its significance.
Re-evaluating wall paintings from Lullingstone Roman Villa
This Undergraduate Research Internship supported new analyses of wall paintings from Lullingstone Roman Villa, working with the excavation archive and the extensive assemblage of painted plaster from the site.