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This course is portioned into three intensive short-courses, each focusing on one core biological approach used in archaeology. Topics offered will vary year to year, but may include isotope analysis; ancient DNA analysis; the study of animal and human remains; plant remains; and invertebrate, etc. Selected topics will be explored through lectures, seminars and practical/workshop sessions, providing an overview of each research area, its relevance to archaeology, scope, potential and limitations.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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The course aims to provide students with an understanding of core biological approaches used in modern archaeology to better understand and reconstruct past lifeways. The course consists of three intensive short-courses on a selection of key bioarchaeological research areas. Topics offered will vary year-on-year, reflecting in-house research specialisms, but may include isotope analysis, DNA, animal and human remains, plant remains, invertebrates, and geometric morphometrics. Through lectures, seminars and practical/workshop sessions students will gain an overview of each method, its relevance to archaeology, scope, potentials and limitations. Case studies will allow students to access key themes in bioarchaeological research, including human-environment interactions; subsistence, diet and health; and human and animal migrations, colonisations, and diasporas.
During this course, students will have the opportunity to:
· Acquire an understanding of the role biological sciences have to archaeology, and an appreciation of the development of the field of bioarchaeology and human palaeoecology
· Become familiar with the range of bioarchaeological remains recovered from archaeological and Quaternary palaeoecological sites
· Gain a broad knowledge of each of the bioarchaeological specialisms studied, and their relevance and applications to archaeological case studies
· Gain a critical awareness of the potentials and limitations of selected bioarchaeological specialisms
· Become adept at exploring and evaluating scientific/bioarchaeological literature
This course may NOT be included in a graduating curriculum with KL401Y
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (50%); exam (50%) Resit: Grade from continuous assessment carried forward (50%); resit exam (50%)
There are no assessments for this course.
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