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Relationship
to University College London
Archaeology South-East operates as an independent cost-centre,
working without either subsidy or bureaucratic constraint, within
the Centre for Applied Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology
at University College London.
- University College London
was founded by Royal Charter, has an operating turnover of approximately
£350M per annum, and employs nearly 9,000 staff.
- The Institute
of Archaeology was established in 1937. It is a research-led
institution recognised also for the excellence of its teaching.
It is the largest university-based archaeological institution
in Britain, with 70 academic teaching staff. Institute staff
and graduates are active in archaeological work in at least
87 countries, giving the Institute unrivalled potential to co-operate
with local archaeological institutions around the world.
- The Centre for Applied
Archaeology was created in 2006 as a replacement for the
Field Archaeology Unit, providing a wider range of structured
links between the research activities of the Institute of Archaeology
and the commercial work of Archaeology South-East.
The Institute of Archaeology incorporates a series of other
specialist departments and research centres. In addition to the
Centre for Applied Archaeology the Institute of Archaeology these
include the:
- Institute of Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies
- Wolfson Laboratory for Archaeological Science
- Archaeological and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
- UCL Centre for Materials Research
- International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology
[LINK]
- AHRCE Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity [LINK]
These research centres employ a wide range of professional archaeological
scientists additional to the Institute’s teaching staff.
These different specialist departments combine to make the Institute
of Archaeology one the world’s leading sources of professional
and academic expertise.
Archaeology South-East has full access to this expertise.
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