Acquisition of postgraduate-level study skills, by attendance at departmental, discipline-specific course(s) - normally Themes, thought and theory in world...

Acquisition of postgraduate-level study skills, by attendance at departmental, discipline-specific course(s) - normally Themes, thought and theory in world archaeology

Module description

This module will introduce various, mainly life-science oriented, approaches to the archaeological analysis of human beings (osteology,...

Module description

This module will introduce various, mainly life-science oriented, approaches to the archaeological analysis of human beings (osteology, paleopathology, diet, genetics, demography) and of past environments, resources and subsistence (geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, and archaeobotany; also field sampling strategies).

 

Objectives and Learning Outcomes 

On successful completion of this course, a student should:

1. be familiar with the forms of evidence available to reconstruct past environments and past human biology, and with case studies where these forms of evidence have been collected and analysed;

2. understand the main ways in which the life sciences are used to interpret archaeological material;

3. be familiar with the archaeological record of major ecological and economic transitions.

Teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures and practicals (see below). There will be two 50-minute lectures each Tuesday. In addition, students will be divided into smaller groups for practical sessions on alternate Thursday afternoons (see list below). To keep the latter groups small enough for effective teaching, it is vital that students attend the group to which they have been assigned. If you need to attend a different group for a particular session, you should arrange to swap with another student from that group, and confirm this arrangement with the course co-ordinator or teaching assistant.

Further information is available here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/study/undergraduate/courses/people-and-environments