Archaeology

About this course

Archaeology is the study of human societies through the material remains they leave behind. Where other historical disciplines rely primarily on written records, archaeology recovers the past from objects, structures, landscapes, and biological evidence, reaching periods and communities that left no documents. It is a discipline that requires both scientific rigour and humanistic interpretation, combining techniques borrowed from geology, chemistry, biology, and physics with the interpretive frameworks of history and anthropology to reconstruct how people lived, worked, traded, believed, and died. At the University of Edinburgh, this four-year programme gives you a thorough grounding in the full range of archaeological methods and theories, from excavation and site recording to laboratory analysis of artefacts, animal bones, and plant remains. You will study key periods and regions of t

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 44% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 4% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 8% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 11% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 17% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →

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