McCord Centre

17/02/2020

A new opportunity to work with Prof Sam Turner and with Francesco Carrer at Archaeology at Newcastle University. A fully funded PhD scholarship (AHRC 'Northern Bridge') in , to study the landscapes of 's upland valleys. The deadline is 31st of March! For info: http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/competition/cda/

Listed below are the successful Collaborative Doctoral Award projects for entry in October 2020. These are supervisor-led projects in partnership with a non-HE organisations. Applicants are invited to submit an expression of interest by the deadline stated in the full project details.

09/12/2019

The McCord Centre has two open vacancies for Research Associates in geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology as part of the AHRC-funded TerraSAgE project (‘Terraces as sustainable agricultural environments’), to work with Prof Sam Turner and Dr Lisa-Marie Shillito. Check the links below!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BXD791/research-associate-geoarchaeology
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BXD733/research-associate-landscape-archaeology

12/08/2018

Event items Society for Landscape Studies Conference 2018From Tees to Tweed: new perspectives on landscape history and archaeology Date/Time: 22 September 2018 Venue: Newcastle University The Society for Landscape Studies will hold its annual autumn conference at Newcastle University, sponsored by t...

19/07/2018

Newcastle University will host the Society for Autumn conference 22 September, 'From Tees to Tweed: new perspectives on landscape history and archaeology'. More details at https://t.co/X4LppncgLG

Event items Society for Landscape Studies Conference 2018From Tees to Tweed: new perspectives on landscape history and archaeology Date/Time: 22 September 2018 Venue: Newcastle University The Society for Landscape Studies will hold its annual autumn conference at Newcastle University, sponsored by t...

19/07/2018

Retweeted Francesco Carrer ():

Fourth day of excavation in Busa delle Vette for the . Good weather and some interesting finds so far! But we have just started, more updates to come!

01/07/2018

Retweeted Francesco Carrer ():

Quite an hectic week... heading down to Turkey from Belgium. An exciting week of fieldwork with Elif Koparal and Tim Kinnaird in the amazing Urla peninsula!

24/06/2018

Looking forward to seeing what the next 3 weeks can tell us about 😊 https://t.co/qUkiF2u3O4

“Had a great first week teaching 1st year students survey and geophysics Wallington House!”

14/06/2018

Final day of fieldwork here in Bosigran. A little wet today, and certainly muddy... looking forward to that! 😁

13/06/2018

Retweeted Archaeology at NCL ():

2nd season of our Field School begins Monday at Wallington Hall, Northumberland We’re exploring the site of the former water mill & surveying the landscape park. Our excavation is next to a popular walk through the woods, if you’re visiting please come & talk to us! https://t.co/KspmeF6oLc

13/06/2018

Another day in Bosigran, Cornwall. The McCord centre crew, Soetkin Vervust, Sam Turner Tim Kinnaird and looking for ancient boundaries!

10/06/2018

Retweeted Archaeology at NCL ():

NCL’s Sam Turner, Lisa-Marie Shillito and Francesco Carrer contribute to the new edition of The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies, on “Landscape Archaeology” https://t.co/bsLSUfA5E2 https://t.co/T32yeXzBL5

06/06/2018

Retweeted Stelios Lekakis ():

We are super happy to host Mina Dragouni next Monday at to discuss about heritage, commons and patterns to overcome potential tragedies. If you're around join us! https://t.co/ZfVyJsELiT

02/06/2018

Retweeted Sophie Hüglin ():

No ditches, but tombs - first results of our survey online . Thanks to SANT grant, & many others: https://t.co/dzkr5C1DiK https://t.co/cEkPPIKeuf

24/05/2018

Retweeted Sophie Hüglin ():

after the paper on medieval mechanical mixers on Sunday, today is poster presentation https://t.co/nBaNiQ7x6f https://t.co/Yrlngtl7Cj

24/05/2018

Retweeted Sophie Hüglin ():

Tuesday morning excellent session on & among others: Luis Barba on Mérida Cathedral Program see: https://t.co/FcrJrnkBdI https://t.co/1w3Nr03PXH

05/05/2018

Retweeted Francesco Carrer ():

Second day of the workshop on at , Rome. Today I will talk about my projects in the , to show how can shed new light on the past and future of traditional .

30/04/2018

Retweeted Lisa-Marie Shillito ():

Some exciting news regarding new sediment micromorphology labs at Newcastle https://t.co/e1sR65BaZM