Unit name | Archaeology and Anthropology Field School |
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Unit code | ARCH20017 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Winkler Reid |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit aims to acquaint students with archaeological and anthropological fieldwork techniques, and to provide an opportunity to experience first-hand how knowledge is produced through engagement with the field.
Aims:
At the end of the unit, a successful student will be able to:
3 x 2-hour lectures, 3 x 2-hour drop-in feed-back sessions, 4 x 2-hour presentations and feedback
One field-work diary (50%). Assesses ILOs 1-4 One 2250-2750 word final report (50%). Assesses ILOs 3-4
Buchli, V. & G. Lucas (ed). 2001. Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past. London: Routledge.
Coleman, S. and Collins, P. (eds) 2006 Locating the Field: space, place and context in anthropology, Oxford; Berg.
Gosden, C. 1999. Anthropology & Archaeology: a changing relationship. London: Routledge
Graves-Brown, P. (ed.) 2000. Matter, materiality, and modern culture. London: Routledge
Hicks, D. & M. Beaudry (eds). 2006. The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Inda, J and Rosaldo, R. 2008 The Anthropology of Globalization: a Reader, Oxford: Blackwell.
Kuklick, H. (ed.) 2008 A New History of Anthropology Oxford: Blackwell.
Lucas, G. 2001. Critical Approaches to Fieldwork: contemporary and historical archaeological practice. London: Routledge.
Stocking, G. 1983 Observers observed: essays on ethnographic fieldwork, London: University of Wisconsin Press.
Tarlow, S. & West, S. 1998. The Familiar Past? Archaeologies of Britain 1550-1950. London: Routledge.
Watson, C. (ed.) 1999 Being there: fieldwork in anthropology, London: Pluto Press.