McCord Centre

A new opportunity to work with Prof Sam Turner and with Francesco Carrer at Archaeology at Newcastle University. A fully funded PhD scholarship (AHRC 'Northern Bridge') in , to study the landscapes of 's upland valleys. The deadline is 31st of March! For info:

Collaborative Doctoral Awards | Northern Bridge Consortium | Newcastle University Listed below are the successful Collaborative Doctoral Award projects for entry in October 2020. These are supervisor-led projects in partnership with a non-HE organisations. Applicants are invited to submit an expression of interest by the deadline stated in the full project details.

The McCord Centre has two open vacancies for Research Associates in geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology as part of the AHRC-funded TerraSAgE project (‘Terraces as sustainable agricultural environments’), to work with Prof Sam Turner and Dr Lisa-Marie Shillito. Check the links below!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BXD791/research-associate-geoarchaeology
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BXD733/research-associate-landscape-archaeology

Event items - McCord Centre for Landscape - Newcastle University Event items Society for Landscape Studies Conference 2018From Tees to Tweed: new perspectives on landscape history and archaeology Date/Time: 22 September 2018 Venue: Newcastle University The Society for Landscape Studies will hold its annual autumn conference at Newcastle University, sponsored by t...

Newcastle University will host the Society for Autumn conference 22 September, 'From Tees to Tweed: new perspectives on landscape history and archaeology'. More details at

Event items - McCord Centre for Landscape - Newcastle University Event items Society for Landscape Studies Conference 2018From Tees to Tweed: new perspectives on landscape history and archaeology Date/Time: 22 September 2018 Venue: Newcastle University The Society for Landscape Studies will hold its annual autumn conference at Newcastle University, sponsored by t...

Retweeted Francesco Carrer ():

Fourth day of excavation in Busa delle Vette for the . Good weather and some interesting finds so far! But we have just started, more updates to come!

Retweeted Francesco Carrer ():

Quite an hectic week... heading down to Turkey from Belgium. An exciting week of fieldwork with Elif Koparal and Tim Kinnaird in the amazing Urla peninsula!

Looking forward to seeing what the next 3 weeks can tell us about 😊

Dr Nicky Garland on Twitter “Had a great first week teaching 1st year students survey and geophysics Wallington House!”

Final day of fieldwork here in Bosigran. A little wet today, and certainly muddy... looking forward to that! 😁

Retweeted Archaeology at NCL ():

2nd season of our Field School begins Monday at Wallington Hall, Northumberland We’re exploring the site of the former water mill & surveying the landscape park. Our excavation is next to a popular walk through the woods, if you’re visiting please come & talk to us! https://t.co/KspmeF6oLc

Another day in Bosigran, Cornwall. The McCord centre crew, Soetkin Vervust, Sam Turner Tim Kinnaird and looking for ancient boundaries!

Retweeted Archaeology at NCL ():

NCL’s Sam Turner, Lisa-Marie Shillito and Francesco Carrer contribute to the new edition of The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies, on “Landscape Archaeology” https://t.co/bsLSUfA5E2 https://t.co/T32yeXzBL5