Students with lower grades may be considered for Level 0.
Archaeology is the study of past human activities through the evidence of surviving physical traces.
These can be in the form of settlements, burials or artifacts. It involves the economic and social patterns of the making and use of these and the relationship of man with the environment. The course concentrates on N.W. Europe from earlier prehistory to the late Middle Ages and benefits from an extensive research programme in Irish archaeology. Palaeoecology courses embrace studies on the chronology of change in the natural environment, at a variety of timescales, and aim to give students a practical, in-depth background in environmental studies. The Palaeoecology Centre has an international reputation for research into the timescales and environmental issues of the last 10,000 years, and most recently in the dating of Stonehenge.