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Year 1 Archaeology.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Associate Professor A Sagona.
Prerequisite: None.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students on completion of the subject should have developed a knowledge of the basic approaches of modern archaeology, and an understanding of how civilisations in the remote past operated, interacted and changed through time; have developed a knowledge and appreciation of the ways in which archaeologists design their work to investigate questions about the past; have developed skills in communicating archaeological issues and concepts; have developed a sense of historical perspective and appreciate the legacy of past cultures; have acquired an appreciation of cultural diversity.
Content:
An introduction to sets of archaeological methods applied to the study of past human cultures from around the world.
Assessment:
2,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination or equivalent (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 19)
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