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Module

ARA1027 : Introduction to Archaeology

  • Offered for Year: 2020/21
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Chloe Duckworth
  • Lecturer: Dr Sophie Moore, Dr Mark Jackson, Dr Matthew Haysom, Dr Lisa-Marie Shillito, Dr Chantal Conneller, Professor Ian Haynes, Dr Andrea Dolfini, Dr Eric Tourigny
  • Owning School: History, Classics and Archaeology
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Semester 1 Credit Value: 20
ECTS Credits: 10.0

Aims

The aims of this module are to provide students with an introduction to:

• the history of archaeological thought and its development into current theoretical approaches;
• methods and techniques used by archaeologists to investigate artefacts, sites and landscapes;
• ways in which archaeologists and anthropologists identify features of social and cultural life;
• the role of ethics and conservation in archaeology.

Outline Of Syllabus

Outline of syllabus (To inform module choice of current students):

•       Part 1: the development of archaeological thought and practice from antiquarianism to the present day. Trends in European thought; origins of archaeology; antiquarianism; the recognition of prehistory; culture history, New Archaeology and postprocessual archaeology.
•       Part 2: fieldwork (maps, survey and aerial photography); investigating sites by excavation; dating methods; interpreting material culture.
•       Part 3: themes in social and cultural life -- economy, cosmology, death and burial; heritage and ethics.

Teaching Methods

Module leaders are revising this content in light of the Covid 19 restrictions.
Revised and approved detail information will be available by 17 August.

Assessment Methods

Module leaders are revising this content in light of the Covid 19 restrictions.
Revised and approved detail information will be available by 17 August.

Reading Lists

Timetable