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| Established | 1990 |
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Parent institution | Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science |
| Affiliation | University of Cambridge |
| Director | Cyprian Broodbank |
| Location | , England |
| Website | www |
TheMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research is a research institute of theUniversity of Cambridge in England.
The institute was established in 1990 through abenefaction from the late DrDaniel McLean McDonald, a successful industrialist: the endowment totalled approximately £11 million.[1] McDonald (1905–1991) was founder and chairman of theBSR Group, manufacturers of record turntables and record changers. The benefaction enabled the university to construct purpose-built premises for the Institute which include research rooms and laboratories, together with storage space, a seminar room and a modest library.
The Institute provides support for Cambridge-based researchers in the various branches ofarchaeology, with a particular interest in the archaeology of earlyhumancognition. The Institute emphasises the value of archaeological science, and contains laboratories forgeoarchaeology,archaeozoology,archaeobotany, and artefact analysis. The extensive faunal remains collection of the Department of Archaeology is now based within the McDonald Institute and a corresponding reference collection of plant remains is being assembled. There are also research rooms for post-excavation work on major field projects.
The institute is primarily a centre for post-doctoral research though it does provide facilities for a number of PhD students whose research fits within existing McDonald Institute themes. In addition to providing space for projects and researchers, the McDonald Institute also has an annual programme of grants for Cambridge-based projects, and an active publications division which produces the McDonald Institute Monograph series and the twice-yearlyCambridge Archaeological Journal.
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