- Course Code
- AY 3002
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr R Knecht
Pre-requisites
Available only to students in programme year 3 or above or by permission of Head of School.
Overview
This course will explore the diversity of practices that characterise archaeology as a discipline. Through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical workshops and field trips, students will gain an awareness of the wide range of techniques that may be used to recover and analyse archaeological data, including excavation, survey and sampling methods, ethnoarchaeological and experimental methods, and the use of databases, statistics and Geographical Information Systems. The course also surveys the range of methods used to present archaeological information to different audiences, and explores the ways that archaeological theory can be incorporated into archaeological practice.
Structure
1 two-hour lecture, tutorial or practical per week (with two reading weeks) (20 hours in total) and a day-long field trip (c. 6 hours). Students will be asked to make a contribution towards the cost of this trip.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%), consisting of short practical exercises/reports and a practical project.
Resit: no resit is possible.