Archaeology

About this course

Archaeology is the study of human history through the material traces people leave behind: the objects they made, the buildings they constructed, the settlements they inhabited, and the landscapes they shaped. It is a discipline of extraordinary breadth, spanning human origins millions of years ago through to the recent past, and drawing on methods from geology, biology, chemistry, physics, and the humanities to reconstruct how people lived, thought, and organised their societies. At the same time, it is profoundly relevant to the present, engaging questions about cultural heritage, national identity, and who controls the past. At the University of Cambridge, this three-year full-time degree is distinctive for the range of intellectual approaches it accommodates within a single programme. You will explore human evolution and biology, ancient cultures and languages, the emergence of earl

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 57% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 8% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 11% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 13% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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