Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
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This module explores the physical and social landscapes created in the ‘New World’ (and at ‘home’ in Europe too), as European colonisers interacted with indigenous peoples. We focus on the Caribbean, North America, Western and Southern Africa, and Britain and look mainly at the period from 1492 – c.1900. Topics to be covered include the archaeology of Spanish and British settlement in the Caribbean; the study of colonial elites and indigenous peoples in British North America; the archaeology of slavery and of global consumerism; archaeology and racism in Southern Africa, and colonial heritage presentation issues today.
The aims of this module are:
• To introduce students to the historical archaeology of European overseas exploration and settlement, in selected contexts from 1492 to the 20th century.
• To introduce students to the historical archaeology of Britain after 1492, and to encourage an understanding of the relationship between overseas exploration and developments in the ‘home’ country.
• To examine and engage in debates about the range of interpretative frameworks available for modelling contact and culture change in selected colonial contexts.
• To expand students’ understanding of the relationship between documentary sources and archaeological data that characterises historical archaeology as a discipline.
Topics to include:
Introduction
The Caribbean
North America
The slave trade and West and Southern Africa
Bringing it home to Britain
• Students will demonstrate an awareness of the globalizing processes (conquest, empire, colonialism, trade and slavery) shaping Britain and its colonies after 1492.
• Students will demonstrate a detailed awareness of the role of archaeology in expanding our understanding of a variety of historically documented colonial encounters.
• Students will be familiar with a variety of interpretative frameworks for modelling contact and culture change in colonial contexts, and will show an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these models.
• Students will show an appreciation of the legacies of colonialism, and their impact upon archaeological scholarship, and heritage presentation.
In order to complete the module successfully, all students must demonstrate that they have developed the following intellectual skills:
Reading, understanding, critiquing historical and archaeological data
Analysing and evaluating archaeologists’ use of evidence.
Research, critical reading and reasoning, sustained discussion and appropriate presentation of the results.
All students will also develop the following key skills:
Time management
Bibliographic and library skills
Oral discussion and debate
Writing and revising analytic prose
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 60 | 1:00 | 60:00 | N/A |
Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 7 | 1:00 | 7:00 | Formative assessment preparation |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 22 | 1:00 | 22:00 | 1hr per week |
Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 60 | 1:00 | 60:00 | N/A |
Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 18 | 1:00 | 18:00 | Additional guided reading from module handbook |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 11 | 1:00 | 11:00 | 1 hr per week |
Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 11 | 2:00 | 22:00 | 2hrs prep task per seminar |
Total | 200:00 |
Lectures provide a broad overview of the historical archaeology of one of four selected case-studies areas. Seminars either examine one aspect of that week’s overview in greater depth, or cover aspects of study skills and coursework preparation. Many seminars involve some group work, and all are designed to tie in to, and support, the set written work. Advance preparatory work is required for most seminars
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Written Examination | 90 | 2 | A | 50 | Online exam 24hr take home |
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Prob solv exercises | 2 | M | 50 | Problem solving exercise (New Frisia) 2000 words |
Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
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Prob solv exercises | 2 | M | Practice problem solving exercise, New Frisia (700 words) |
Data handling exercise (Formative Assessment 1;Problem solving exercise 1) fosters independent research and problem solving skills, and the exam (Written Examination 1) tests breadth of understanding of the central concepts, datasets and issues raised in the module.
Submitted work tests intended knowledge and skills outcomes, develops key skills in research, reading and writing.
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