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 basic chronology of British prehistory and historic archaeology
- Make connections between those sequences and patterns and underlying historical processes
- Describe basic sequences and regional/geographical patterns in landscape and seascape
- Some of the conceptual/theoretical issues in landscape and maritime archaeology
- Some of the practical techniques of landscape and maritime archaeology
- The basic landscape types and monument classes of British archaeology
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Interpret archaeological features on an Ordnance Survey map, air photo etc.
- Observe and interpret archaeological features in the field
- Appreciate the links between geological and archaeological patterning
- Understand local landscapes, for example Hampshire and the Solent Channel, in terms of wider sequences and patterns
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Analyse landscape settings in terms of their constituent parts
- Be able to critique and evaluate information and ideas (in relation to understanding of land- and seascape)
- Understand ideas of pattern and process
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Wider reading or practice | 30 |
Practical classes and workshops | 36 |
Lecture | 24 |
Completion of assessment task | 30 |
Follow-up work | 30 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Fox, Sir C. (1947). The Personality of Britain. National Museum of Wales.
Williamson, T. and Bellamy, L.. Property and Landscape. Sutton.
Hunter, J. and Ralston, I. (eds) (2002). The Archaeology of Britain from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. London: Routledge.
Bradley, R. (2000). An Archaeology of Natural Places. London: Routledge.
Glasscock, R. (ed.). Historic Landscapes of Britain From the Air. Cambridge University.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Learning journal
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Comments will be provided via a response to the blog post by a course leader/tutor. This will provide formative feedback pertinent to the second assignment
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
- Percentage contribution: 20%
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 60% |
Essay | 40% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External