Research dissertation

You will work with the Programme Director to choose a topic, and to find a supervisor. The programme director and other teaching staff will be happy to discuss ideas with you.

Example dissertation topics

Past dissertation topics have included:

• Tracing Ireland’s Past through the Ulster Cycle, Assembly Monuments, and Historic Maps
• We Built the City: Metallurgical Technology and Early Urban Transitions
• Early Medieval Perceptions of Prehistoric Monuments in Scotland
• Bronze and Iron Age Kurgans as Sites of Reuse and Ritual
• Modelling the church of Saint John Prodromos:  A look back at a basilica from before the reign of Justinian
• Selective studies in the development of Scottish archaeology since the later nineteenth century based on the publised records in the PSAS
• Feasting and Social Change in Iron Age Britain
• The Iron Age Warrior Burials of Britain: A regional approach
• The Burnt Mounds of Britain: An examination of the changes and consistensies in the excavation data and functional interpretations of burnt mounds in Britain during the dataset period after 1991