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World-leading research

Sheffield Castle

Find out about our groundbreaking excavations and digital reconstruction of Sheffield's hidden Medieval castle.

Uncovering Sheffield's castle

Roots & Futures

Roots and Futures is a place-based heritage project co-produced with communities and organisations across the city of Sheffield. We are helping to embed the perspectives of under-served communities, such as Sheffield's Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, in the city's heritage strategy and policy.

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Our research clusters

Archaeology in the School of Biosciences

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Facilities

The Department of Archaeology is home to a wide-range of scientific research facilities that complements the different active research clusters. While primarily designed for use by the department's research staff, many of these facilities are integral parts of our innovative, research-led teaching.

Our research facilities

Postgraduate research

Our department is home to a thriving graduate research community, with students investigating a diverse array of topics, from human origins to the industrial revolution. We are a large department and can offer research supervision in all areas of archaeology and archaeological science.

Current PhD students and research

Postdoctoral researcher community

At the heart of our research is our postdoctoral fellowship community. Find out about their backgrounds, research specialisms and why they've chosen Sheffield.

Current postdocotoral researchers

Find out more about Research Funding Information

The Arts & Humanities Research Portal is a 'one-stop shop' for research funding information. It guides you through the research application journey from developing your idea to submitting your proposal (pre-award) and signposts you to the next steps for managing a successful grant (post-award). It also provides links to other important information about research support available in the Faculty, including Faculty research policies, study leave and the REF.

Arts & Humanities Research Portal