School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

The '''School of Archaeology''' is an academic department at the [[Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford|Social Sciences Division]] at the [[University of Oxford]] in [[Oxford, England]], United Kingdom.

It comprises the [[Institute of Archaeology (Oxford)|Institute of Archaeology]] and the [[Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art]] (RLAHA).<ref name="school">{{cite web|title=About the School|access-date=17 April 2018|website=School of Archaeology, University of Oxford|url=http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/aboutus.html}}</ref> The school was created in 2000 when the two existing departments were combined under this umbrella. Both sub-departments retain separate directors, who report to the head of the School of Archaeology, who is replaced every three years.

By custom, the head alternates between an academics based in each of the sub-departments. The current head of school is [[Amy Bogaard]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Amy Bogaard|url=https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/people/bogaard|access-date=2022-01-05|website=www.arch.ox.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> While Bogaard was due to be replaced in 2022, her term was extended by a year due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]].

== Previous Heads of Department ==

* [[Chris Gosden]], 2004-2006 * * [[Helena Hamerow]], 2010-2013<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hamerow|first=Helena|title=Rural settlements and society in Anglo-Saxon England|date=2014|isbn=978-0-19-872312-7|location=Oxford|oclc=892869154}}</ref> * [[Andrew Wilson (classical archaeologist)|Andrew Wilson]], 2013–2016, * [[Julia Lee-Thorp]], 2016–2019,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lee-Thorp, Prof. Julia Anne, (born 20 April 1951), Professor of Archaeological Science, 2010–19, now Emeritus and Head, School of Archaeology, 2016–19, University of Oxford, now Research Professor of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Science, Quaternary Research Centre; Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-267093|access-date=2022-01-05|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U267093|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref> * [[Amy Bogaard]], 2019–Present

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