Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how archaeologists recover different types of evidence.
2. Review the range of methods used in archaeological investigation.
3. Visit an archaeological site or museum exhibition and be able to adopt an archaeological perspective to what they experience.
4. Construct an essay on a topic in archaeology.
Indicative Module Content:
Introduction: what is archaeology?
How did people in the past live with materials, and which materials survive?
How do we find archaeological landscapes?
How do we investigate archaeological landscapes?
How were societies organised?
What were living conditions like?
How did people change and shape their environments?
What did people look like, and what foods did they eat?
What happened at the end of their lives?
Using the past to understand the present.