Of all the ancient human technologies fire is perhaps the most evocative, and a critical part of the human evolutionary journey. It is also one of the hardest to detect!…Read More >
Tag: archaeology
Leverhulme Trust Lecture: Early Holocene Lifeways in the Haidai Region of Northern China: New Discoveries and New Interpretations.
China was one of the centres for the origin and initial dispersal of farming lifestyles, based on the domestication of rice, millets and pigs. Professor Guiyun Jin will present new…Read More >
Heritage in Times of Conflict: film and panel talk
Internal Event – University of Reading staff and students only We cordially invite you to the H&C Academic Forum for the Summer Term 2018 which will focus on the theme…Read More >
Protecting Iraq’s cultural heritage
Professor Roger Matthews’ research focuses on the origins of the earliest farmers in the Eastern Fertile Crescent of Iran and Iraq. This work puts him at the heart of discussions about how…Read More >
Bringing our immigration history to life
Dr Hella Eckardt, Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading, has just been named Archaeologist of the Year by Current Archaeology magazine. Part of her research is focused…Read More >
Lost and Found: Excavating the world’s first farmers
By Professor Roger Matthews and Dr Wendy Matthews The transition of humankind from mobile hunters to settled farmers after the Ice Age is a period in history still shrouded in…Read More >
Sacred Heritage explored at prestigious archaeology lectures – now available to watch online
By Dr Gemma Watson, Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Archaeology Back in May 2017, Roberta Gilchrist, Professor of Archaeology and Research Dean at the University of Reading, presented…Read More >
News from Prosperity & Resilience: Dr Avril Maddrell
Dr Avril Maddrell (SAGES) is running an AHRC-ESRC project on Deathscapes and Diversity. Against the backdrop of increasing ethnic and religious diversity in the UK, many challenges have been raised…Read More >
Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and the objects of dissemination
Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and the objects of dissemination University of Reading, 15 September 2017, 10:00 am – 6:45 pm Registration is now open for ‘Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and…Read More >
Sacred Heritage to be explored at prestigious archaeology lectures
Professor Roberta Gilchrist, Professor of Archaeology and Research Dean at the University of Reading, will present the prestigious Rhind Lectures 2017, at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, from 19-21…Read More >
