History
It was founded in 1937 by Mortimer Wheeler, who was its first director. He was followed by Kathleen Kenyon, Vere Gordon Childe, W. F. Grimes, John Davies Evans, David Harris and Peter Ucko. It was originally a separate institution within the University of London, but for financial reasons joined UCL in 1986.
The Institute's current director is Stephen Shennan, who replaced Peter Ucko in September 2005. Amongst the staff who work there are noted archaeologists such as Mark Roberts, who directed the Boxgrove Quarry project, Late Prehistory specialist Sue Hamilton, Mediaeval specialist Andrew Reynolds, Public Archaeology specialist Tim Schadla-Hall and Caribbean archaeologist José Oliver.
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