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Spring 2023 courses listings are HERE
Welcome to the Interdisciplinary Archaeology ProgramThe discipline of Archaeology is concerned with the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of the material remains of past cultures and societies. It is a unique field of study that comprises Arts and Humanities, the Social Sciences, and Sciences. At UVA, the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program combines the faculty and resources of several departments. Our undergraduate majors and minors undertake a program of study that combines prehistoric, historic, and Mediterranean archaeology, as well as field methods and hands-on training. Graduate students in Archaeology pursue more focused research through the departments of Anthropology or Art History. The topics of study at UVA can vary widely, ranging from issues of human origins and zooarchaeology to the study of the Classical, Roman, and Medieval Mediterranean; from the structure of ancestral Pueblo societies to colonialism in Virginia; and from the study of the ancient Near East and Pre-Columbian societies 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. Our classes and seminars address many themes of relevance, including households, the landscape, mortuary practices, material culture, and religious ritual. In addition, faculty from Architectural History, History, Religious Studies, Classics, and Environmental Sciences offer many courses of direct relevance. Our On-Grounds and Fieldwork internships enable students to work closely with UVA faculty on research projects and many receive digital archaeology experience. Faculty sponsored field research is conducted in many parts of the world, including in Virginia, the Southwestern United States, the Caribbean, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, East Africa, the Southeastern Inka frontier. If you would like to declare a major or minor in Archaeology, please contact Tyler Jo Smith, Program Director. If you are interested in graduate studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies in Art and Architectural History and the Program Coordinator. For graduate studies in Anthropological Archaeology, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies. |
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Looking for a field school this summer? UVA's project at Caeserea Maritimia, Israel is now accepting applications.
You may also Check out our Fieldwork Resources Page Coronavirus InformationUVA Travel Information for StudentsCongratulations Prof. LaViolette!
Adria LaViolette received an Award of Appreciation at the 16th Congress of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association, held in Zanzibar, Tanzania, in August 2022. The award, shared with three colleagues now at the University of Dar es Salaam, University of Florida, and University of Cambridge, recognized the recipients being the first archaeology educators at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and their long-term involvement in archaeology and public education in Tanzania.
Alumnus Poised to Help Save Ukraine's Cultural Heritage, Currently Under Fire
University of Virginia alumnus Hayden Bassett is leading a team of specialists who are monitoring and mapping Ukraine’s cultural heritage and seeking ways to encourage its preservation.
Dr. Rogers takes his USEM "Around Grounds: Art, Architecture, & History at UVa" to visit Carr's Hill and to meet President Ryan 
Dr. Dylan Rogers’ USEM (Around Grounds: Art, Architecture, & History at UVa) had the great fortune to explore Carr’s Hill—and meet with President Ryan. In addition to discussing the history of the house and what it means for the University, President Ryan took the students on a surprise trip up to the attic to visit the room above the porch. It was a memorable trip for everyone. Wahoowa!
Congratulations Archaeology Graduate Students!!Alumni Spotlight
Benjamin Leonard (Archaeology major 2010) has been a Senior Editor at Archaeology Magazine since 2019. He has also worked as both Associate Editor and Acquisitions Editor for Oxford University Press. As a specialist in Roman archaeology, Ben has excavated at Pompeii and written on a wide variety of fascinating archaeological topics from the Celts to Constantinople! Look out for his next piece in Archaeology Magazine and check out his Journalist Portfolio.
Archaeology Brown Bag |
Archaeology Brown-Bag Workshops sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program 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. 
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 PublicationsYa Dig?
IT Wizard Jeff Wimer showing off his Archaeology T-shirt. Have you got yours?
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Native American Heritage Month Events
The University and environs will be celebrating Native American and Indigenous Heritage with several events. See the line-up HERE.
Physics student Sydney Roberts and physics professor Craig Dukes traveled to the Maya temple of El Castillo in Mexico over spring break, part of a project that will use cosmic ray particles to scan the long-shrouded interior of this and other famed pyramids. Find out more about the research and the technology behind it, in this month’s feature story.
The Black & Indigenous Feminist Futures Institute (BIFFI) strives to promote interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and cultural production that elevates intersectional feminist Black and Indigenous Studies. BIFFI achieves these aims through a “Fellows-in-Residence” program that hosts elders, artists, scholars, organizers, and practitioners at UVA; Summer Institutes that offer intensive instruction in intersectional feminist Black and Indigenous theories, methods, curricular design, pedagogies, and community building work; and by establishing the first “Black and Indigenous Studies Certificate Program” in the US South.True Story of Brooks Hall?
Professor, Student Harness Space Particles to Scan Ancient Pyramids
Q&A: Conservator Describes Salvaging Historic Remnants Found Under Lee Statue
Sue Donovan, a UVA conservator, opens the time capsule box from the Lee monument in Richmond. (Photo by Leslie Straub, Virginia Department of Historic Resources).
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DAACS Open Academy
Now Open for Registration DAACS Open Academy offers free virtual workshops and classes on a wide range of archaeological topics. In 2021, DAACS Open Academy focuses on teaching participants how to create and work with digital archaeological data. Learn More Kat Napora ('11) uses dendrochronology to explore the ancient environment
Napora is an environmental archaeologist, and the primary tool she’s employing for her dissertation work is dendrochronology, the study of tree rings.
What is Archaeology?
To learn more about what archaeology is what archaeologist do check out the Society for American Archaeology.
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