ARCH30810

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module you will have learned an introductory base for Southeast Asian archaeology and supporting East Asian archaeology, and an understanding of how this region plays a vital role in global understandings of prehistory and history, as well as many issues in heritage and development. Through the variety of assessments you will demonstrate your ability to interrogate, synthesise, and present data and theoretical models in archaeology.

Indicative Module Content:

- Southeast Asian prehistoric and historic archaeology
- aspects of East Asian prehistoric and historic archaeology
- relations with South Asia and the 'Indian Ocean World'
- relations with Australasia and Oceania
- aspects of human evolution and peopling of the region, development of 'states', trade and influence
- aspects of archaeological history and interpretative frameworks: e.g. colonialism, nationalism, regionalism, development and archaeology, archaeology's role in heritage tourism, ecotourism, community museums etc.
- aspects of ethnoarchaeology, heritage management
- what archaeology can teach us regarding climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem change, human impact and adaptation

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

This modules includes: lectures, seminars, presentations, small group and solo assessments. Certain aspects may involve peer assessment (feedback only, not for grades). Activities are face-to-face, circumstances allowing. The entire module will move online if required.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy Invalid Option

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Anonymous peer review will be used for group presentation assessment - for comments only - peer comments for this assignment only will be included anonymously in the feedback. The grades for all assignments will be given by the lecturer. All other feedback will be individually given to each student for each assignment.

Textbooks we will dip in and out of (you may find an online copy, or see chapter links in the readings for the course):
-Barnes, G. 2015. Archaeology of East Asia: the Rise of Civilization in China, Korea and Japan. Oxford: Oxbow. (Available online via James Joyce Library OneSearch)
-Miksic, J.N. and Goh Geok Yian. 2016. Ancient Southeast Asia. London: Routledge.
-Bellwood, P. 2017. First Islanders: Prehistory and Human Migration in Island Southeast Asia. Wiley-Blackwell.

Pre-course readings (available online as pdfs - used google search):
- Stark, M. 2015. Archaeology of Southeast Asia, in J.D. Wright (ed.) International Encyclopaedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol. 23. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 63-69
- Chapters 1, 3, 4 (and any more you can handle) in Barnes 2015
- Chapters 1-3 in Miksic and Goh Geok Yian 2016


Pre-course readings (available online as pdfs - used google search):
- Stark, M. 2015. Archaeology of Southeast Asia, in J.D. Wright (ed.) International Encyclopaedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol. 23. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 63-69
- Chapters 1, 3, 4 (and any more you can handle) in Barnes 2015
- Chapters 1-3 in Miksic and Goh Geok Yian 2016