Archaeology at Chester
- Charlotte Frearson
- Oct 5, 2019
- 2 min read
From Microscopes to Monuments – The Study of the Human Past is Limited Only by your Own Imagination.
Archaeology at Chester allows you to study the human past from the hunter-gatherers of Ice Age Europe to the inhabitants of modern cities. This rich and varied course incorporates a range of theoretical and practical approaches. The Chester degrees in Archaeology also provide you with an extensive array of specific and transferrable skills. You can do field survey and excavation, undertake scientific analysis, organise and present your findings, tackle critical thinking and problem solving.
We are a friendly and vibrant academic department and supported by award-winning staff with expertise in prehistoric and historic research and heritage studies. You’ll access specialist resources and equipment, including archaeological imaging facilities, microscopes and a multi-purpose archaeological science lab. You’ll be based at the heart of a unique historic city, but modules explore via fieldtrips the landscapes, sites, monuments and museums of North West England and Wales. Fieldwork opportunities include a distinctive term-time training excavation and the chance to work with staff on research projects across Britain.
You will learn to think big and make the past your future.
Photo by student Kayleigh Taylor
Happy augering!
Fieldtrips with Chester Archaeology
The Department is a friendly student-oriented teaching environment offering undergraduate taught, postgraduate taught and research programmes. Archaeology at Chester is also among the University’s leading research units, with REF2014, the UK’s national assessment of research quality, recognising that the Department produces work of ‘world leading’ (4*) standard.
Professor Howard Williams explains what the Masters in Archaeology of Death and Memory has to offer students.
Find out more about Prof Howard Williams, via his blog page "ARCHAEO𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥The Archaeology and Heritage of Death & Memory", who will be coming to #UAD19 from Chester Uni! https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/about/