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Archaeology is ultimately the study of human social lives. This course provides students with a detailed introduction to archaeological approaches to the study of human society. Through case studies and key texts we will investigate how archaeology can generate detailed insights into the richness and diversity of the diverse human communities and individuals of the past.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 2 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Old Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course provides students with a detailed introduction to archaeological approaches to the study of human society. Through case studies and key texts we will investigate how the archaeological record can generate detailed insights into the richness and diversity of past social life. Students exploring Past Lives will be exposed to a wide range of ideas and leave the course with the knowledge and freedom to choose how they want to approach the past and the tools to ask how past lives were like, or unlike, our own.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%); Tutorials (20%), Poster (30%).
Resit: Resit of exam components (50%), and re-submission of coursework (poster) by arrangement (30%). No resit for tutorials possible.
There are no assessments for this course.
Detailed poster feedback forms; in class tutorial feedback; exam feedback on request
Students will be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of how archaeologists can explore a diverse range of social questions through an examination of the archaeological record
Students will be able to command the basic intellectual history of archaeology
Students will be able to articulate their own analysis of different types of archaeological evidence in different theoretical frameworks by developing a clear, balanced argument based on this analysis
Students will be able to critically evaluate the ethical and moral implications of archaeological narratives and scholarship engaged with social questions about past societies in a modern global setting
Students will be able to demonstrate improved verbal, presentation and written skills
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