Everything about The Institute Of Archaeology totally explained
The
Institute of Archaeology is an academic department of
University College London (UCL),
England. The Institute is located in a separate building at the north end of
Gordon Square,
Bloomsbury.
It was founded in
1937 by
Mortimer Wheeler, who was its first director. He was followed by
Kathleen Kenyon,
Vere Gordon Childe,
W. F. Grimes,
John Evans,
David Harris and
Peter Ucko. It was originally a separate institution within the
University of London, but for financial reasons joined UCL in
1986. It is one of the largest departments of
archaeology in the world, with over 80 members of academic staff and 500 students. Its academic strengths include general (world) archaeology and
archaeological science, alongside
museum,
heritage and
conservation studies. The Institute's current director is
Stephen Shennan, who replaced
Peter Ucko in September 2005.
Collections
The Institute's collections include prehistoric pottery and stone artefacts from many parts of the world, as well as collections of Roman pottery, coins and glass. Western Asiatic material includes the Petrie collection of
Palestinian artefacts, collections from excavations at
Jericho and a wide range of objects from ancient
Mesopotamia. There are large reference collections for British and Near Eastern archaeobotany and zooarchaeology, as well as for world archaeometallurgy. There are also several historical archives of archaeological material including photographs, press cuttings, obituaries and oddments, and an extensive library.
The Institute is also responsible for the
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology which is open to the public on a regular basis.
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