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Archaeology major Melanie Wood on excavation at Tel Kabri in Israel during summer 2017.

Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program

The Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program combines the faculty and resources of several departments. Our undergraduate majors undertake a program of study that combines prehistoric, historic, and classical archaeology, while graduate students pursue more focused research through the departments of Anthropology or Art History. The discipline of Archaeology is concerned with the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of the material remains of past cultures and societies. The topics of study at UVa can vary widely, ranging from issues of human origins and cultural evolution to the study of Classical Greece and Rome; from the structure of ancestral Pueblo societies to colonialism in Virginia; and from the study of the ancient Near East to the development of Swahili culture on the East African coast.

The Archaeology faculty is composed of a group of core faculty, all archaeologists from the Anthropology and Art History departments. In addition, faculty from Architectural History, History, Religious Studies, Classics, and Environmental Sciences offer many courses of direct relevance. Faculty sponsored field research is currently being conducted in Italy, Greece,Turkey, East Africa, the Southwestern United States, Virginia and the Caribbean.

Check out our new Fieldwork Resources Page >

Congratulations to this year's Archaeology Program Award Winners and Interns!

Archaeology Brown Bag Workshop |

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Archaeology Brown-Bag Workshops provide an informal, interdisciplinary venue for presentations of work in progress by students, faculty, and visiting scholars, and for discussion of developments in the recent archaeological literature. Workshops convene in the conference room on the second floor of Brooks Hall, unless otherwise noted. 

Want to volunteer a talk or discussion topic? Contact Adria LaViolette or Fraser Neiman.
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The Pre-Modern World at the University of Virginia
​​Started in 2014, the Pre-Modern Group at UVA is a gathering of faculty and students who come together to explore salient issues of antiquity and the Middle Ages (variously construed) within a global context. We seek to advance understanding of the world before the advent of the modern era through cross-cultural conversation about society, modes of expression, philosophical systems, and belief.

Faculty Publications

Support Archaeology

AIA Lecture:
Vangelis Kyriakidis

Title TBD
​Tuesday, April 24th
Campbell Hall 153

Augmented Reality Becomes a Reality at Monroe's Estate

Last spring, leaders at James Monroe’s Highland estate included University of Virginia students as they brainstormed ways to bring augmented reality technology to the fifth president’s Albemarle County home.
A year later, Highland officials have announced the site’s first tours using augmented reality glasses.

The University of Virginia in 100 Objects

Mid-19th-century well  found in the Academical Village 

The well – a round, brick structure about four feet in diameter, with an as-yet-unknown depth –was discovered on the north side of the pavilion, in the southeast corner of the parking area, in what had been an empty mulch bed. Ford said the narrow diameter of the structure and the lack of hydraulic cement, allowing water to seep into the structure, indicate it was a well. The many cisterns found on UVA’s Grounds were lined with hydraulic cement to retain rainwater or roof runoff.

Affiliated Departments

Department of Anthropology
100 Brooks Hall
P.O. Box 400120
Charlottesville, VA 22904
(434) 924-7044
Fax: (434) 924-1350

McIntire Department of Art
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400130
Charlottesville, VA 22904 
(434) 924-6123
Fax: (434) 924-3647

Contact Us

Jeffrey Hantman 
Program Director
205 Brooks Hall
(434) 924-3953
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