Archaeology
FEATURED GRANT
Roots of Spirituality
Professor
Lord Colin Renfrew, Emeritus Disney Professor of Archaeology
Emeritus
Director, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
This
grant supports an interdisciplinary research project on the emergence of the
spiritual. The aim of the project is to investigate aspects of human
behavior manifest in the archaeological record that give indications of the
early occurrence and development of aspects of religious practices and belief.
The grant supports a research fellow and several symposia, which include:
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Sample Grants
| Grant Title |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
| |
- Spirituality and Religious Ritual in the Emergence of Civilization
Professor Ian Hodder, Director
Çatalhöyük
Research
Project
Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology
- This
grant initiates an interdisciplinary approach to the study of spirituality
and religious ritual in the emergence of complex society. It will support
excavation and scientific analysis of the site of Çatalhöyük near Konya, Turkey.
|
May 2006 |
$863,500 |
- The Emergence of Biological Complexity
Professor Derek Burke, Former Vice Chancellor
University of East Anglia (Norwich UK)
Dr. Jonathan Doye
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
Dr. Ard A. Louis, Royal Society Research Fellow
Cambridge University (Cambridge UK)
Professor Simon Conway Morris FRS
Department of Earth Science
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
Professor Graeme Barker FBA, Director
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Head, Department of Anthropology
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
Professor Chris Scarre, Deputy Director
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK) - This
grant initiated a Request for Proposals [RFP] program to stimulate and sponsor
new empirical research and theoretical insights directly pertinent to the
'great debate' over the emergence of increasing biological complexity. The
scope of funded research ranges from the biochemical level to the evolution
of life, and the emergence of society and culture.
|
March 2005 |
$3,584,147 |
