An interview with Professor Umberto Albarella on the closure of the University of Sheffield’s Archaeology department
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Describing his role, Professor Albarella said, “I am a zoo archaeologist, a person that studies the past relationship between animals and humans and of course, being an archaeologist, I study the material remains of the past which is what all archaeologists do.”
Professor Umberto Albarella
Albarella has been with the University of Sheffield for 17 years, staying because “the university is supposed to serve its community and also it is very much embedded in the city, and it is supposed to open its doors to people coming from all sorts of backgrounds and I liked that approach.”