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107-128 Introduction to Archaeology | |
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Note | Formerly available as 107-003. Students who have completed 107-003 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 1st year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof A Sagona |
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.
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