About

The Institute of Archaeology of the University of Barcelona (IAUB) is a research institute that gathers an already centennial tradition of research in archaeology at the UB, gathering the enormous potential represented by the researchers working in a wide range of archaeological specializations in our institution.

The Institute has a clear diachronic vocation that ranges from the first human manifestations to contemporary archaeology, and a multidisciplinary orientation that brings together researchers from different departments and faculties, including, among the latter, those of Geography and History; Fine Arts; Education; Biology; Earth Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; and Chemistry.

The Institute of Archaeology initially brings together 96 researchers from different faculties and departments of the UB.

The Institute of Archaeology initially brings together 96 researchers from different faculties and departments of the UB. The Institute initially has 7 Consolidated Research Groups (GRC) recognized and funded by the Generalitat of Catalonia in the SGR-2017 call and with the Dating Unit.

The IAUB is a true space for collaboration and creation of synergies with staff at all stages of the research or teaching and research career, with the aim of strengthening existing capacities and increasing the visibility of archaeology, becoming a structure that allows the UB to be placed at the highest international level in archaeological research.

The Research Plan is structured in four main axes of knowledge: Experimental sciences and new technologies; Materiality; Societies in transition; and Archaeology and Society: Heritage, Museology and Disciplinary History.