Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the changing historical frameworks of interpretation within which the Neolithic period is discussed. Assessed throughout course, especially in examination.
- the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland, and the social and material changes which occurred over this period. Assessed throughout course, especially in examination.
- the processes by which interpretative statements are made. Assessed in essays and examination.
- general theoretical statements to more specific bodies of evidence. Assessed in Assignment 1.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply a general theoretical argument to a specific body of data
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Recognise and identify Neolithic material culture and monuments
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- participate in, chair and direct seminar discussions
- read and write imaginatively
- read critically and evaluate data
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 20 |
| Lecture | 25 |
| Revision | 25 |
| Wider reading or practice | 25 |
| Follow-up work | 30 |
| Completion of assessment task | 25 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Smith, I. (1973). The Neolithic. British Prehistory.
Thomas, J. (1998). Towards a regional Geography of the Neolithic. Understanding the Neolithic in Northwestern Europe, pp. 37- 61.
Bradley, R. (1982). Position and possession: assemblage variation in the British Neolithic. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 1, pp. 27-38.
Bayliss, A., Bronk Ramsey, C., van der Plicht, J. and Whittle, A. (2007). Bradshaw and bayes: towards a timetable for the Neolithic. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 17(1), pp. 1—28.
Textbooks
Cooney, G. (1999). Landscapes of the Irish Neolithic. Routledge.
Bradley, R. (1984). The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain (Chapters 1-3). Longman.
Thomas, J. (1991). Rethinking the Neolithic. Cambridge University Press.
Piggott, S. (1954). Neolithic Cultures of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press.
Parker-Pearson, M. (1993). Bronze Age Britain (Chapters 1-3, 7). Batsford.
Burgess, C. (1980). The Age of Stonehenge. Dent.
Bradley, R. (1993). Altering the Earth: the origins of monuments in Britain and continental Europe (Especially chapters 1-5). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph No. 8..
Cooney, G. and Grogan, E. (1994). Social Perspectives in Irish Prehistory. Wordswell.
Whittle, A. (1996). Europe in the Neolithic: the creation of new worlds (1, 7, l0). Cambridge University Press.
Bradley, R. (2000). The Archaeology of Natural Places. Routledge.
Barrett, J.C. (1994). Fragments from Antiquity: an archaeology of Social life in Britain, 2900-1200 BC (Especially chapters 1-4). Blackwell.
Jones, A. (2007). Memory and Material culture: tracing the past in prehistoric Europe. Cambridge University Press.
Thomas, J. (1999). Understanding the Neolithic (Chapters 1-6). Routledge.
Bradley, R. (2005). Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe. Routledge.
Bradley, R. (1991). The Passage of Arms (Chapters 1 and 2 only). Cambridge University Press.
Bradley, R. (1998). The Significance of Monuments (Chapters 1-8). Routledge.
Edmonds, M. (1999). Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic. Routledge.
Bradley, R (2007). The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press.
Whittle, A. (2003). The Archaeology of People: Dimensions of Neolithic Life. Routledge.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Written assignment | 50% |
| Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External