107-450 Archaeology of the Black Sea

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107-450 Archaeology of the Black Sea
Availability	4th year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Dr Gocha Tsetskhladze
Prerequisites	Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in classics or classical studies and archaeology.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	A 2-hour seminar per week
Subject Description	This subject will provide a broad study of Black Sea (Pontic) art and archaeology in the 8th to 1st century BC. Its aim is to highlight the importance of the Pontic region for the Mediterranean world through a study of the material culture of local communities. It will also discuss how Greeks imagined these peoples in art and mythology.
Assessment	An essay of 3000 words and a seminar paper of 2000 words.
Prescribed Texts	A subject reader will be available. G R Tsetskhladze (ed), North Pontic Archaeology. Recent Discoveries and Studies. (Colloquia Pontica Vol.61), Brill, Leiden.

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