Centre for Applied Archaeology
The Centre for Applied Archaeology has three aims - to undertake undergraduate and post graduate teaching and research, especially within industrial archaeology and the built environment; to undertake, promote and research access to heritage and community archaeology; and to undertake archaeological consultancy work and professional development courses. The Centre is the only University-based archaeology organisation to be housed within a School of the Built Environment. This gives the Centre access to a wide range of skills from planning and surveying to conservation and 3D visualisation. It has already established multi-year landscape research and community archaeology projects, and is developing a range of professional seminars and post-graduate courses with an emphasis on industrial archaeology and the built environment.
The "Dig Greater Manchester project" run by the Centre is intended to create an opportunity for the local communities in the Greater Manchester region to get involved in a variety of ways in their own history and heritage, with residents getting ‘hands on’ experience of an archaeological excavation. The community dig in 11 boroughs across Greater Manchester will involve over 6000 local people, ranging from absolute beginners and schoolchildren to experienced archaeology volunteers. Find out more about the locations and the project and follow the excavations at the Dig Greater Manchester blog.
Contact
Dr Michael Nevell
Centre Director
Email m.d.nevell@salford.ac.uk
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The Centre particularly welcomes PhD proposals in the following areas:
- Industrial archaeology
- Community and public archaeology
- Archaeology and planning
- Buildings archaeology
- Archaeology and 3D visualisation