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The Practice of Archaeology - CED00033C

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  • Department: Centre for Lifelong Learning
  • Module co-ordinator: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: C
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
    • See module specification for other years: 2023-24

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2021-22

Module aims

To provide an introduction to all aspects of assessing, collecting and analysing the primary data acquired during archaeological field work.

Module learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

  • Understand the principles and methods of undertaking landscape and topographical surveys
  • Select, implement and interpret the results of geophysical survey
  • Understand the recording and interpretation of archaeological stratification
  • Implement the recording techniques applied to upstanding monuments and buildings
  • Devise and implement a recording and collections care strategy for artefacts and other ‘finds’ off-site
  • Describe, draw and photograph an artefact to archive standards
  • Extract information from accumulated field records

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay: 2500 words		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay: 2500 words		 N/A 100

Module feedback

The tutor will give regular individual verbal and written feedback throughout the module on work submitted.

The assessment feedback is as per the university’s guidelines with regard to timings.

Indicative reading

  • Bahn P. & Renfrew, C. (2008; 5th ed.) Archaeology: Theory, methods and practice. Thames & Hudson
  • Banning E B (2000) The Archaeologist’s Laboratory. The analysis of archaeological data Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
  • Barker, P. A. (1977, 3rd edition 1993) Techniques of archaeological excavation
  • Roskams, S. (2001) Excavation. Cambridge University Press


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