The Building, Organisations and Networks module establishes a distinctive theoretical framework for the research and analysis of the relationship between architectural morphology, organisations and social networks in complex buildings such as schools, hospitals, offices and laboratories. This framework is brought to bear on the consideration of a range of contemporary, historical and cross-cultural case studies that explore themes such as emergent organisational behaviours, innovation and space usage patterns. An important component of the module is a programme of London-based site visits, which provide students with a range of examples to encourage them to reflect on the theoretical arguments and themes presented in the seminars.

The module is intended to offer students a detailed knowledge of the Iron Age in the Mediterranean region. It is meant to complement the two other MA options...

The Mediterranean World in the Iron Age A (ARCL0139)

The module is intended to offer students a detailed knowledge of the Iron Age in the Mediterranean region. It is meant to complement the two other MA options on Comparative Themes in the Mediterranean and The Prehistory of the Mediterranean World respectively, but it can also stand on its own to provide advanced training on the archaeology of Iron Age Mediterranean. The study region encompasses all areas facing the Mediterranean basin although particular attention will be devoted to those areas that are closest to the Coordinator¿s research areas, particularly the Central Mediterranean and the Greek world. The structure of the module will be regionally-based but will also revolve around key topics that are characteristics of the study region.



The module will begin with an introduction to the study region and previous and current approaches to understand the Iron Age Mediterranean. Other key topics will be: 

the Bronze Age/Iron Age transition; 
 the east Mediterranean and the Levant; 
 culture contact, the Phoenicians, and Orientalising; literacy; 
 the archaeology of cult; 
 the West Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula; 
 the Central Mediterranean and the Tyrrhenian Sea Region; 
 the Greek world enlarged; 
 from cities to empires. 
Students will be able to explore these large themes through a range of different forms of material culture, so this module should be of interest to students in the Comparative Art MA as well as MA Archaeology, MA Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean.