Established 1978 (1978) Academic staff 20 Founded 1978 Postgraduates 100 Undergraduates 300 | Head of Department John Schofield Phone +44 1904 323903 Academic affiliation University of York Type of business Academic department | |
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Location York, Yorkshire, England Website www.york.ac.uk/archaeology Address Kings Manor and Principals House, University of York, Exhibition Square, York YO1 7EP, UK Profiles | ||
The Department of Archaeology at the University of York, England, is a department of archaeology which provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in archaeology and its sub-disciplines and conducts associated research. It was founded in 1978 and has grown from a small department based at Micklegate House to more than a hundred undergraduate students based at King's Manor and with scientific facilities at the BioArCh centre on the main campus.
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Hosted organisations, research specialities and fieldwork
The archaeology department hosts several specialist organisations:
The department's faculty has led significant archaeological investigations across Great Britain and occasionally further afield
History
The department opened in 1978, 15 years after the university itself. The first head of department, Philip Rahtz built a thematic undergraduate programme specialising in the British Middle Ages. The programme included a 12-week field course in archaeological excavation. The department expanded under Martin Carver after his appointment in 1986. A postgraduate programme was added and the department moved to King's Manor. Subsequently the department has grown in numbers of students, staff and the diversity of its specialisms: adding environmental archaeology, prehistory, computational archaeology, archaeological science and cultural heritage management.
Faculty
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Honorary and visiting staff:
Former faculty
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Alumni
Rankings and awards
Amongst archaeology departments, York ranked 2nd for Impact, 2nd equal for Environment, and 4th overall in the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise. In the 2015 University Subject Tables, the department was ranked 6th out of 40 with a score of 92.6%. The Department was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2011