2024 news

York researcher Dr Fran Allfrey has been named UK Wikimedian of the Year, an annual award that honors Wikipedia editors.

Two psychologists from the University of York have been awarded more than £1.5 million each in ERC Consolidator Grants to study the impact of sleep on memory and the growing issue of online misogyny.

Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological sites in Arkansas, shedding new light on the dispersal of one of the world’s most important food crops.

Early Neolithic genetic data has helped archaeologists understand that there was likely more freedom and equality in Neolithic societies than previously thought.

Archaeology Graduate, Sarah Hall, wins Viking Society's Margaret Orme prize for Viking Studies

Researchers at the University of York will partner with colleagues at Cardiff University on a three-year project investigating population movements around Roman Britain.

Our partnership with the Weald & Downland Living Museum will now run well into the 2030s.

Research unveils 3,000 years of sustainable oyster harvesting in Southern Scandinavia, offering valuable insights for modern conservation efforts.

York Undergraduates Mohammed Alhusayni & Bandar Alan featured in The National News

Former MA student Marcie Weeks (MA Funerary Archaeology) has been awarded both the Philip Rahtz Award (Society for Medieval Archaeology) and the Holger Schutkowski Award (British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology).

Two major projects in the Department of Archaeology will form part of a new national infrastructure for Heritage Science.

The Department of Archaeology has placed 8th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 for the subject of Archaeology and Forensic Science.

Congratulations to Alex Harvey on 'Forgotten Vikings'

Academics help to produce series of sculptures to celebrate the city's forgotten heroes.

The results of the 2024 National Student Survey have revealed the strengths of the Department of Archaeology.

New research from the world famous Mesolithic site of Star Carr uncovers organisation of different activities inside the earliest known post-built structures in Britain

Flatfish, such as plaice, turbot and sole, were regularly consumed as part of a medieval meal, according to analysis of fishbone remains found at archaeological sites across Europe.

In June and July the Department of Archaeology is welcoming visiting researchers from the Global South to participate in scientific analysis and training linked to their field of research.

A York researcher, Dr Akinbowale Akintayo has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship.

John Schofield has been invited as the keynote speaker at the prestigious Australian Archaeological Association conference.

In this new book, John Schofield explores novel ways in which archaeology can help to address some of the world's most urgent challenges.

Earlier this month, Professor Geoff Bailey travelled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to sign a new five-year Scientific Cooperation Agreement with the Heritage Commission of the Saudi Ministry of Culture.

The Department of Archaeology at York is ranked 7th in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2025).

A team of archaeologists at the University of York have returned to Skipsea in East Yorkshire to excavate the remains of a medieval timber hall uncovered near the site of a Norman castle.

Two groundbreaking projects which involve the Department of Archaeology and the National Railway Museum have been highlighted in the Science Museum Group's annual review.

Archaeology at York placed =26th in the world and among the top 5 UK institutions in the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2024).

The Department of Archaeology is delighted to receive the Athena Swan Silver award.

We are excited to be offering two paid internships aimed at developing your career in archaeological finds and archiving.

Antler headdresses, a decorated stone pendant, the world’s oldest complete hunting bow and the earliest evidence of carpentry from Europe; these are just some of the artefacts unearthed during excavations co-directed by a University of York researcher at the world-famous Middle Stone Age site of Star Carr.

The Department of Archaeology is inviting applications for researchers from the Global South to participate in scientific research in the Department of Archaeology for a two-week visiting fellowship.

Last week, in the Tempest Anderson Theatre at the Yorkshire Museum, the Yorkshire Philosophical Society presented dissertation prizes to our undergraduate and postgraduate students

The Department of Archaeology, University of York, is pleased to announce the creation of the Centre for Artefacts and Materials Analysis (CAMA).

Professor Kate Giles has won the category for single-authored book with a subject before 1600 at The Historians of British Art Book Award 2024.

University of York students, Professor Dominic Powlesland and Professor Nicky Milner appear on the new series of the BBC's Digging for Britain.

Researchers have identified the first prehistoric person with mosaic Turner syndrome - characterised by one X chromosome instead of two - who lived about 2500 years ago.

Dr Aubrey Steingraber is the 2022 winner of the Mark Ormrod CMS PhD Prize, announced on 13th December at the CMS Medieval Bake-off event. Dr Steingraber's PhD thesis - Landscape and the Making of the Medieval Anglo-Scottish Border: Power, Place, and Perspective c. 1200-1500 - was praised by her external examiners as making an "substantial original contribution to knowledge and understanding... to border studies".

Professor Julian Richards has been awarded an OBE for services to Heritage and Digital Archiving, and is one of two York academics to receive New Year's Honours.