University of Bristol

The Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

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The Department of Anthropology and Archaeology is unique in the UK in bringing together the four fields of anthropology under one roof. We consider social anthropology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology and archaeology to be part of the same broad discipline that has human social, cultural, biological, and material variability and change as its subject. Although each has its own distinct focus, interdisciplinary research across these four fields enriches our intellectual landscape and allows us to articulate the power and value of different perspectives on questions of the human condition.