MSc/GradDip Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology
The MSc and Graduate Diploma in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology is for students interested in the fascinating and remarkable world of hunter-gatherers. It is often claimed that humans have spent 90-99% of their existence as hunter-gatherers.
Understanding these ways of life provides vital perspectives on human identity and the challenges and opportunities societies face today. Archaeology is the only discipline that can provide this information. Our programme will introduce students to key themes in the archaeology of past hunter gatherers, the relationship between past and present hunting and gathering communities, and the contemporary context of knowledge production about hunter-gatherers.
Our primary focus is the archaeology of Homo sapiens hunter-gatherers: we will include some discussion of non-Homo sapiens, but this is not a course on human evolution.
You will develop skills in project design and independent research, data analysis and interpretation, communicating the past to different stakeholders, as well as how to different perspectives on the past. You will be part of a dynamic, friendly and international postgraduate community in a School with a 160-year history of exceptional archaeological research and you will form part of the UCD Hunter Gatherer Research Group.
More information about the programmes can be found here:
Applications open for 2025/2026 in October 2024.
Closing Date for 2025/2026 Applications is 30th May 2025.
Programme coordinator: (opens in a new window)Professor Graeme Warren
Email: (opens in a new window)graeme.warren@ucd.ie
Phone: +353 1 7168613
