About Archaeology & Conservation
Cardiff Archaeology and Conservation is an energetic group of distinguished archaeologists and conservators delivering high quality undergraduate and postgraduate education and providing cutting edge professional services to the heritage and museum community. Specialisms range from the study of the early Celtic world to the conservation of ferrous metals, the interpretation of prehistoric art, the application of Information Technology to the study of the past, and on to an extensive range of regions, periods, materials and techniques.
Together with over two dozen lecturers, technicians, administrators and researchers, a large undergraduate contingent and a substantial population of Masters and Doctoral students, we are the largest archaeology department in the region and one of the longest established in the United Kingdom.
Latest News
Excavation taster placements
We are pleased to announce a new scheme providing up to 10 fully funded excavation 'taster' placements on one of Cardiff Archaeology’s fieldwork projects during the summer vacation 2010.
Find out what one 2009 participant thought of his week at Cosmeston.
Wednesday 7th April - Saturday 10th April 2010.
The 2010 Classical Association Annual Conference is to be hosted by Cardiff University. This is one of the most important events in the Classics calendar, and has around 50 panels of papers on a huge variety of classical subjects.
To celebrate The Roman Society's centenary, and to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the End of Roman Britain, Cardiff University and the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association are hosting a two-day conference to explore the evidence for Roman continuity in western Britain in the 5th century. To be held at Cardiff University over the weekend of 30-31 October 2010. The conference is sponsored by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
The Archaeology Festival 2009 held at Cardiff University in February hailed as a major success.
Cardiff Archaeologist Professor Alasdair Whittle and colleagues have won £610,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to study the first farmers in central Europe.
Degree Programmes
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Archaeology and in Conservation, and our students benefit from being part of a large, well-managed and funded university. As part of the Cardiff School of History and Archaeology we collaborate closely with our colleagues in Ancient History and History and Welsh History and we work with many other departments in other parts of the university.
Strong Cardiff traditions of teaching and research focus on fieldwork carried out on a global scale and laboratory analytical work at the cutting edge of archaeological science and conservation. Our trademarks are hands-on practical excellence and innovative interpretive research and publication.
Commercial Services
We offer a range of commercial services. We have an established conservation practice providing professional artefact conservation and collections care advice for clients throughout the UK and beyond. Our archaeological draughtsmen can provide illustrations, plans and maps as well as layout and design publications and posters.
Research Projects & Reports
A new innovation and engagement initiative has resulted in the recent launch of an exciting new project to increase community awareness and access to learning about Cosmeston Medieval Village and the surrounding area.
We have produced a number of project reports, monographs and websites providing detailed information on a selection of our research.
We also host the web pages for the Caerleon Research Committee.
