News & Events
2024
- March 7th -
"UCD School of Archaeology staff have collaborated with UCD and Maynooth colleagues in the creation of a children's comic "Back to the Future with Beo and Raja: A tale from the Early Bioeconomy: A time travel adventure set in UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture"The comic was launched on Thursday 7th March 2024, by Peter Burke, TD, Minister of State with responsibility for EU Affairs & Defence.The comic can be downloaded for free at (opens in a new window)Back to the Future with Beo and Raja
- March 4th - Upcoming RSAI talk "Becoming equestrian: new insights into the human-horse relationship from archaeology and ancient DNA', Helen Roe Theatre, Society House, 63 Merrion Square. (opens in a new window)RSAI talk 4th March 2024 zoom link (opens in a new window)Zoom link 4th March RSAI talk
- Crop Revive Article Feature in the Farmers Journal - (opens in a new window)Crop Revive Article 1st February
- Crop Revive Article Feature in the Irish Times (opens in a new window)Irish Times Article on Crop Revive 1st February
2023
- 6th December 2023 - The UCD School of Archaeology Research Day - learn more about our current research projects within the School.
- Ad Astra Showcase - Friday 17th November
- Save the Date 21st November, UCD College of Social Science and Law Open evening (opens in a new window)College of Social Sciences and Law Open evening
- This Saturday 11th November, UCD Open Day - we are stand 37 (opens in a new window)UCD Open Day 2023
- Meriel McClatchie appointed as one of the new Earth Institute Deputy Directors
- UCD Open Day - Saturday 11th November 2023 (opens in a new window)UCD Open Day Information
2020
- Congratulations to IRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Elise & IRC PhD students Irene Fogarty and Leanna Wigboldus for NUI award successes ...
- Annual UCD School of Archaeology Research Day 2020 ...
- Who Were the Monks? Contextualising Participation in Medieval Irish Ecclesiastical Communities within Current Conceptions of Human Mobility (online lecture - 29 September 2020 at 4 pm)
- Congratulations to Dr Fabienne Pigière for award, by the French Government of the prestigious High Level Scientific Mobility Grant ...
- Nature paper details breakthrough in radiocarbon dating method ...
- Dr Vana Orfanou, UCD School of Archaeology Research Scientist, gives TEDx Talk ...
2019
- Patrizia La Piscopia, UCD School of Archaeology doctoral candidate was involved as organiser and trainer in the first CPP Course for the Irish Armed Forces
- UCD School of Archaeology are delighted to announce a special research seminar by Prof Joanna Brück (Univ Bristol) entitled “Body and Self in Bronze Age Britain" ...
- Hello and Goodbye ...
- Dr Elise Alonzi selected to participate in 4-day Design Workshop on Human Migration ...
- UCD School of Archaeology receives Athena SWAN Gender Equality Award ...
- Investigating the social drivers of passage tomb construction via organic residue analysis and compound-specific radiocarbon dating ...
- H.A.R.P. - Investigating Mesolithic landscapes of life and death at the western edge of Europe ...
- New study pushes Irish bog butter back into Early Bronze Age ...
- Applications are invited for a 24-month laboratory support and research position as a part of a ERC funded project - The Fall (The Fall of 1200BC) ...
- Applications invited for a 36-month postdoctoral research position funded by the ERC (Food, culture and Identity in Ireland, c. 1550-1650) ...
2018
- Congratulations to Dr Neil Carlin on the launch of his book The Beaker Phenomenon?
- UCD School of Archaeology Research Day 2018
- Dr Jessica Smyth launches new four-year project exploring passage tomb societies
- Major new research project will explore diet and food culture in 16th and 17th century Ireland (13/08/2018)
- UCD Archaeology student awarded Fulbright fellowship (14/06/2018)
- Dr Amanda Kelly formally welcomes the Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, to BDIC (26/03/2018)
2017
- Congratulations to Dr Barry Molloy for European Research Council funded project - 'The Fall of 1200 BC' (04/12/2017)
- Congratulations to Dr Claire Cave, on her newly published book on World Heritage Conservation (06/11/2017)
- Congratulations to Dr Neil Carlin for Grooved ware and Passage tombs paper in PPS (11/10/2017)
- UCD School of Archaeology marks 75 years of the UCD Archaeology Society (07/102017)
2016
- SEMINAR: "Analysing Archaeological Evidence in Ireland: A Different View" (16/04/2016)
- SEMINAR: “Living with Monuments: Landscape Inhabitation and Monument Creation in the Avebury Landscape" (31/03/2016)
- UCD team search for evidence of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in the Scottish Highlands (07/03/2016)
- How do you conserve a fragile prehistoric pottery vessel? Susannah Kelly, Conservator at UCD School of Archaeology explains how ... (06/03/2016)
- SEMINAR: “Dealing with Difference: Investigating Social Diversity in Central Europe” by Dr. Penny Bickle, University of York (03/03/2016)
- New paper explores the "interrelationship between woodland history and urban life in Viking Age Ireland" (03/02/2016)
- Congratulations to Dr Lorna O'Donnell on the publication "The power of the pyre – A holistic study of cremation focusing on charcoal remains" (27/01/2016)
- UCD School of Archaeology is sad to record the death of Professor Emeritus Michael Herity (25/01/2016)
- Inter-disciplinary research project investigating a mysterious medieval site in Rincrew, Co. Waterford (12/01/2016)
2015
- The sun (always) shines at Knockroe ... witness the midwinter sunset (21/12/2015)
- Nature paper presents research on the exploitation of the honeybee in the Neolithic (23/11/2015)
- Nature explores genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians (23/11/2015)
- Nature Communications paper, Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians (23/11/2015)
- UCD School of Archaeology is sad to record the death of Professor Vin Davis (20/11/2015)
- UCD School of Archaeology is sad to record the death of our former colleague Hilary Richardson (19/11/2015)