Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Recognise the diversity of approaches used in researching archaeological landscapes and understand their strengths and weaknesses in different scenarios;
2. Understand the diversity of archaeological landscapes in Ireland and beyond, and how these can be interpreted;
3. Appreciate the social and ritual significance of archaeological landscapes, seeing beyond ‘dots on maps’;
4. Demonstrate an increased skill in synthesising archaeological information from a variety of data sources.
Indicative Module Content:
What is landscape? A brief history of thought in landscape archaeology; Methods in landscape archaeology: aerial photography; lidar; GIS; drones; geophysical survey; palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Mesolithic landscapes; early Neolithic landscapes; late Neolithic landscapes; Bronze Age landscapes; Royal Sites and the Irish Iron Age; Power and identity in medieval landscapes.