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107-411 Archaeology of Complex Societies | |
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Note | Formerly available as 107-145. Students who have completed 107-145 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof A Sagona |
Prerequisites | Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in classics and archaeology. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines the concept of complexity from an archaeological perspective. It surveys various cultural traditions, focusing on issues associated with the emergence and development of social, economic and political complexity such as the advent of sedentism; early villages; the evolution of urban, literate societies; city-states and incipient supra-regional polities; and ancient 'world empires'. Students should complete the subject with a critical understanding of historical and contemporary theoretical issues in archaeological research and interpretation concerned with complexity, and have a knowledge of various methodologies utilised toward these interpretative ends. |
Assessment | An essay of 3000 words and a seminar paper of 2000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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