Bronze and Iron Ages
York is a leading centre for research on the Bronze and Iron Age archaeology of Britain, Europe and SW Asia. Our research encompasses funerary archaeology, kinship practices, mobility, demography, violence and conflict, and art, as well as excavation of Bronze and Iron Age sites.
Our group works on a number of major research projects, asking questions such as What was the nature of social organisation in the Bronze and Iron Age? How did kinship practices work? How do we explain diverse treatments of the dead and their relations with the living? How integrated were populations across different regions? How did people use art and objects to interact with the supernatural? What was the role of violence and conflict in structuring social relationships?
Project spotlights
- COMMIOS – kinship, mobility and social relations in Iron Age Britain and Europe.
- Covesea Caves – excavation of a coastal funerary landscape.
- Cults of the Head (the Dean Hall temple carvings ) – Late Iron Age votive offerings.