Archaeology Building

Archaeology has recently moved into new £3 million purpose-built facilities. This new three storey building is equipped with state of the art laboratories providing space for teaching and research, and housing reference collections, technical equipment and laboratories.

This emphasis on providing science-based laboratories allows students to gain extensive practical experience with archaeological materials as part of their training and research.

The Nick Bradford laboratory is a dedicated undergraduate facility, with space for 40 students. We have additional dedicated laboratories and teaching spaces for ceramics and lithics, computation, Palaeolithic archaeology, maritime archaeology and osteoarchaeology.

As one of the few purpose-built archaeology buildings in the country, Southampton's new Archaeology building not only has its own laboratories, but also lecture rooms, seminar rooms and other teaching spaces, all using state of the art teaching and learning technology.

Highlights of the new building include the 2.5 metre standing stone (megalithic) sculpture created by the artist Gary Breeze, and a pair of paintings by Brian Graham.