The aim of archaeology and art studies is to train future heritage professionals in the methods of research and the knowledge specific to these disciplines. Field practice in direct contact with sites, objects and works is at the heart of our teaching methods. Based on the observation and characterization of traces of occupation or materials fashioned by man, students are led to interpret them from the angle of their contexts of production and use, questioning their meaning.

Research in the department covers a wide range of artistic and technical fields, from prehistory to the present day.

The department includes several academics each specialized in specific fields, assistants, thesis and post-doctoral researchers and a technician. All members of the department work closely together.

The department is equipped with a Laboratoire d'Archéologie et Sciences de l'Art (LASA), a library, a seminar, a photography laboratory, a diathèque and a digital image bank. It has specific equipment for field study and research (photography, topography, photogrammetry) as well as collections of objects and teaching materials.

A alumni association is present within the Department.

In practice

• Where?

The library of the Department of Archaeology and Art Sciences is located on the 4th floor of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters building (access: rue Grafé, 1).

• Who?

The library is accessible free of charge to all students and people from outside the university who hold a Moretus Plantin University Library reader's card (BUMP).

• When?

Monday : from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 17:00

Tuesday : from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 17:00

Wednesday : from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 17:00

Thursday : from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 17:00

For any request, please contact S. Collard (sarah.collard@unamur.be)

Various useful links are available to students and researchers in the Department of Archaeology and Art Sciences.