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Practical Archaeology (ANCW30023)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Summer Term
Overview
| Availability | Summer Term |
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This subject combines traditional classroom teaching and learning with hands-on fieldwork and workshop exercises to enable students to develop a working knowledge of practical archaeology and its methods within the context of modern research and archaeology in Australia and the Old World (the Near East, Mediterranean and Europe). The subject assumes no prior knowledge of archaeology. It will introduce students to some of the main fieldwork, scientific and interpretive methods involved in practical archaeology. Students will use the University's extensive classics and archaeology collection to develop their practical skills and knowledge about how we can record and interpret the past from archaeological data.
Note: The tutorials are organised according to four ‘blocks’ (each approx. 3 hours duration): surveying; fieldwork; artefact analysis; and study of standing monuments.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject will:
- demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of the main skills and methods involved in practical archaeology;
- apply appropriate critical research skills, analytical methodologies and interpretative techniques (including archaeological surveying, excavation, artefact analysis and recording) involved in practical archaeology;
- identify and engage critically with key sources, skills and methods involved in practical archaeology;
- identify and engage critically with scholarship in the field of practical archaeology;
- approach all sources, skills and methods involved in practical archaeology with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
- work effectively, in groups and independently, to identify, discuss and critically analyse key issues in practical archaeology;
- communicate skills, methods and interpretations involved in practical archaeology effectively, both orally and in writing.
Last updated: 30 July 2023