ARCHAEOLOGY & PALAEOECOLOGY • School of Natural & Built Environment

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Archaeology was established as a department at Queen’s University Belfast in 1949. In 1968, pioneering work in Palaeoecology began at the Nuffield Research Unit, which in 1985 became the Palaeoecology Centre. Today’s Archaeology and Palaeoecology retains the small friendly atmosphere of its past and continues to stand among the top ten UK leaders in these fields.

The Centre for Community Archaeology (CCA) was established in 2016 in response to the changing remit of the former Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork (CAF; 2002-2016), and is leading the way in community involvement in Archaeology. The 14CHRONO Centre for Climate, the Environment and Chronology, opened in 2004 through a major £6.2 million investment. The Department continues to attract substantial research funding for regional, national and international projects.

Full details of degrees offered in Archaeology and Palaeoecology through the School of Natural and Built Environment can be found here. Single and Joint honours degrees are available, including some unique combinations, such as Joint Honours with History, Geography or Irish, as well as an integrated undergraduate Masters degree (MSci), and Archaeology Single honours programmes that include an additional language qualification in French, Portuguese or Spanish.

This site offers prospective students further access to information about our facilities, the range of modules taught in-house, and the faculty members who are teaching them; as well as faculty research interests and expertise, and the broader career paths to which they can help students aspire.