| Unit name | Methods and Theory in Archaeology |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ARCHM1010 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Alex Bentley |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit is designed to provide a Master’s level orientation to the discipline of archaeology, to include how material culture, sites and landscapes have been and interpreted, how ideas about past human societies have developed through archaeological research, how science has enabled new understandings and to include discussions role of archaeological theory and reception.
d) To be able to use modern theoretical insights to understand the past.
10 x 2-hour lectures/seminars; 10 x 1-hour reading-group sessions
Seminar (20 mins) on a scientific topic related to chosen pathway or programme (40%) Essay (3000 words) on topic related to chosen pathway or programme, that contains theoretical and methodological insights into archaeological material (60%)
Appadurai, A. (ed.) (1986) The Social Life of Things. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Babits, Lawrence E. & Hans Van Tilberg (eds) (1998) Maritime Archaeology: A Reader of substantive and theoretical contributions. Kluwer/Plenum. Buchli, V. (ed.), (2002) The Material Culture Reader. Oxford: Berg. Carver, M. (2009) Archaeological Investigation. Abingdon: Routledge. Green, K. and T. Moore. (2010) Archaeology: An Introduction. (5th ed). Abingdon: Routledge. Hicks, D, and M.C. Beaudry (eds). (2006) The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
