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Curricular information is subject to change
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Recognise the range and types of artefacts from prehistoric and historic Ireland and beyond
2. Assess the main approaches used in artefact research in archaeology and discuss their strengths and weaknesses
3. Appreciate the wide range of symbolic, practical and functional roles that objects have for people, both in the past and the present
4. Demonstrate increased skill in comparing and contrasting different forms of archaeological information, investigating interpretations and articulating their own arguments about these interpretations
(Note: guest lectures may be subject to change due to faculty sabbaticals)
Topics: Typologies and classifying objects; chipped stone tool technology; Mesolithic and Neolithic stone tools; ground stone tool technology and Neolithic axes (GUEST LECTURE); pottery manufacture; Neolithic and Bronze pottery; metalworking technology; Chalcolithic and Bronze metal objects; metal analysis and object biographies (GUEST LECTURE); deposition and object hoards; ironworking and Iron Age objects; Roman objects and networks (GUEST LECTURE); Viking Age trade and currency; commodity versus gift exchange; dress and identity in Early Medieval Ireland (GUEST LECTURE); relics and shrines in the medieval Irish church
Over the course of the trimester, students will be provided with the opportunity to manufacture a replica archaeological object supported by an on-campus workshop.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 19 |
Practical | 6 |
Specified Learning Activities | 15 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: 1000-word critical review of approaches to interpreting an archaeological object (due in mid-trimester break) | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Journal: 3000-word reflective diary on manufacture of replica archaeological object (due in Week 13) | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: A series of three MCQs testing knowledge of Irish archaeological objects (completed online in Brightspace in Weeks 4, 7 and 10). | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
UCD School of Archaeology uses a standard format to provide feedback in all modules. This format also contains feed forward details - this will help students think about how they could improve their approach in future assignments. Within ARCH20500, online automated feedback is provided for the MCQs. The 'critical review' and 'reflective diary' assessments receive formal written feedback via standard forms no later than 20 working days after the submission deadline (though normal School of Archaeology practice is 15 working days). Work submitted late will receive formal written feedback staggered accordingly. Feedback on the 'critical review' is designed to help improve the 'reflective diary' final assignment and is provided both as class feedback and on the feedback forms.
Name | Role |
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Dr Maureen Doyle | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Barry Molloy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Brendan O'Neill | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Rob Sands | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32 | Fri 13:00 - 13:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32 | Wed 15:00 - 15:50 |