107-003 Introduction to Archaeology

Note

Formerly available as 104-134. Students who have completed 104-134 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

1st year

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Assoc Prof A Sagona & Dr Ian McNiven

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject is an introduction to sets of archaeological methods applied to the study of past human cultures from around the world, including the Near East, Egypt, Mesoamerica, Australia and the Pacific region. Students should become familiar with the basic approaches of modern archaeology to the ways cultures and civilisations in the remote past operated, interacted and changed through time. An emphasis is placed on the ways archaeologists design their work to investigate questions about the past.

Assessment

A research essay of 2500 words and a reflective essay/take-home examination of 1500 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.

  • C Renfrew & P Bahn, Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. 2nd ed, 1996.
  • D L Webster, S T Evans & W T Sanders, Out of the Past: An Introduction to Archaeology. Mountain View, 1993.


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