Archaeology

© 3rd century Scandinavian Torc found at Nousiainen in 1770. Sveriges forntid: Försök till framstallning af den Svenska fornforskningens resultat. Text, 1, Stenåldern. Montelius, Oscar, 1874. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. 

The Archaeology Collections are located in the UCL Institute of Archaeology Library. Larger volumes, described as Quartos, are shelved in the main reading room. The main sequence is spread throughout the library. Please consult our floor plan to help you navigate the library space and this sequence. 

Outsize volumes (Folios) are located in Stores and available to order.  The age and fragile nature of many of the folios means that they cannot be borrowed. 

Guides to the Garside classification schemes for Archaeology and Classical Archaeology are available.

You can search for both books and e-books through the Library catalogue, Explore. Here you will find details such as: library site, collection and shelfmark for print resources. Further information about finding, using, and citing e-books is available in our e-books guide. Of particular importance for Archaeology and Classical Archaeology are: 

Consult introductory resources or general reference works for a broad overview of your issue or topic, and to identify key concepts, theories, and researchers in the field.

Introductory resources may include:

• subject or discipline specific dictionaries and encyclopaedias.
• handbooks.
• companions.
• introductions.
• guides. 
• biographies.
• histories.

General introductory resources for Archaeology are held at INST ARCH class A and YATES class A. Introductory resources for sub-disciplines of Archaeology, e.g. Archaeological Science and Near Eastern Archaeology, are held in the relevant sections of the library. 

Many introductory texts for Archaeology and its sub-disciplines are now available as e-books e.g. Global Encyclopaedia of Archaeology and the Oxford Handbook series, e.g. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE. You are advised to consult the library catalogue to locate these resources. 

UCL Library Services off-site store is a closed access collection which houses important research material not currently in high demand. The material at this site will have 'Store' as its location on Explore. Users can request store material for delivery to the Science Library. Users should complete a Store Request Form in order to request material from this location. 

On UCL Explore, you can look at the results of your search to quickly discover if a book is available in print or/and online: View Online means that the book is available electronically, while Available means that the book is available in print. In some cases a book is available both in print and online. 

A brief guide to finding and accessing e-books via UCL Explore.

Check out our Explore guide to find out more about how to use Explore for your research.

• Explore guide

ReadingLists @UCL is an online service that gives students easy access to materials on their reading lists wherever they are, and allows academic staff to create and update their own reading lists.

UCL Press is a leading open access scholarly publisher, publishing mainly scholarly monographs, edited collections, textbooks and journals.

Everything they publish is available to download freely in PDF form or to read online anywhere in the world, without the need to log in.

Follow the link below to browse what they have published on the subject of Archaeology.

• UCL Press Archaeology