Archaeology PhD

PhD Archaeology will see you undertake substantial original research leading to a thesis that constitutes a genuine contribution to archaeological knowledge. You can undertake your PhD as either a full-time or part-time programme.<br/><br/>Archaeology students often undertake some form of fieldwork as part of their PhD. This could be a small-scale excavation, survey, rock art recording, or work with museum collections and archives.<br/><br/>You may also carry out qualitative social research in the realm of heritage studies (e.g. conducting qualitative interviews or participant observation). Archaeology research at Manchester is characterised by a number of themes, which give a distinctive flavour to our research and teaching. These include the study of:<br/><br/><br/>- history, theory and practice of Archaeology;<br/><br/><br/>- the archaeology of cultural identity;<br/><br/><br/>- landscape, monuments and architecture;<br/><br/><br/>- technology and society;<br/><br/><br/>- death and the body<br/><br/><br/>- archaeological heritage and the contemporary significance of the past.<br/><br/><br/>Our doctoral students are part of a thriving disciplinary research culture with regular research seminars. <br/><br/>Many of our students undertake some undergraduate teaching following appropriate training.