Department of Archaeology
Archaeology provides a vivid understanding of how the past informs our present through its focus on the material remains of the human past.
We are one of Australia's longest-standing and leading Departments of Archaeology. Our newly restructured department offers a highly diverse programme of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate research opportunities spanning many areas of archaeological research and practice. The research funding success of staff projects and our global connections are reflected in the broad scope of our international fieldwork projects across Europe and Asia, as well as in Australasia. An active community of professionals and interested members of the public in Sydney, along with frequent visitors from overseas, contribute to a lively programme of activities.
Archaeology has been taught at the University of Sydney in various forms since the early 1930s. The Department of Archaeology is part of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, within the Faculty of Arts.