Archaeology

At Reading, you'll examine archaeological issues that are critical to our shared global future, such as:

diets and health

climate and environmental change

inequality

migration and identity.

By studying human development through the ages, you’ll understand how the critical issues of today have roots in the past and how previous cultures tackled comparable problems.

We'll support you to develop a broad range of subject-specific and transferable skills that span the humanities and sciences. Your learning can include:

the investigation of artefacts recovered through excavations and standing monuments

the rise of organised religion through to the Crusades

handling human remains to learn about burial archaeology

how climate and environmental change have impacted lives past and present

how stories about the past are conveyed through museums and the media

how ideas of gender are reflected and imposed through the material world.