Congratulations to our Distinguished Majors for succesfully defending their theses! Katie Haines Monuments in the Iron Age Landscape: Examining the Potential of a North-South Microregional Divide in Pembrokeshire through its Hillforts Advisor: Adria LaViolette Henry Hesford Quarrying Stone Tools in

The Poggio Civitate Archaeological Field School is among the oldest and most well respected archaeological training programs in the world. Our program provides students and archaeology enthusiasts the opportunity to excavate at the site under the direction of a staff of professional archaeologists

Omokolade Omigbule, a third-year PhD student in the Anthropology department, recently recieved a Global Student Spotlight with UVA Global. - - - Global Student Spotlight: Omokolade Omigbule Uncovering West Africa's Past for Communities' Futures Omokolade Omigbule is a third-year anthropology

Old Wine in New Bottles: The Art of Alcohol Across Antiquity Global Research Bytes with Tyler Jo Smith Join Professor Tyler Jo Smith, director of UVA's Interdisciplinary Archeology Program, as she explores the fascinating intersections of art, religion, and culture in the production and consumption

The International Space Station Archaeological Project, established by UVA alumnus Dr. Justin Walsh, was recently featured in an article by Popular Science. Dr. Justin Walsh (professor at Chapman University) is a leading scholar in the new field of space archaeology, which studies the material

As Russian missile strikes and heavy assaults by ground troops pace deadly attacks on Ukraine, a new report by University of Virginia researchers reveals another destructive facet of Russia’s invasion. Using commercial satellite imagery and other open-source information, associate professor of

This small sign affixed to a Brooks Hall basement door has, by most guesses, been in place perhaps 20 years. No one seems to know who put it there or why. This is only our third installment of “So Hoos Asking,” and we’ve already run into a stumper. To unravel a mystery at Brooks Hall, we have

Malcolm Bell, professor emeritus in the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia and department chair from 1978 to 1985, died Jan. 7 of pneumonia. He was 82 years old. Bell was a specialist in classical archaeology and an “archetypical professor,” said his friend and colleague David

Archaeologists have unearthed what is thought to be the earliest cistern at the University of Virginia and found new evidence of an outbuilding that may have housed enslaved people. Located just southwest of Pavilion V, the cistern was part of the University’s early water distribution system

In the field of archaeology, no amount of research can replace the value of hands-in-the-dirt experience. That is why Tyler Jo Smith, Professor of Classical Art/Archaeology and the Director of the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program at UVA, has for the past two summers brought a group of her