Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- develop skills that will enable you to solve problems by referring to documentation and online sources.
- design and implement spatial databases using industry-standard GIS software, and will have a sound grasp of the principles of a range of spatial technologies.
- work with Geographic Information Systems in many disciplines.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Grasp the archaeological implications of new sources of spatial data, such as LiDAR and GPS.
- represent, map and analyse archaeological data with GIS.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- How the use of GIS has contributed to theoretical and methodological developments of landscape archaeology.
- How Archaeology has used GIS in the past.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically evaluate archaeological knowledge claims based on GIS analysis.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Follow-up work | 10 |
| Wider reading or practice | 10 |
| Completion of assessment task | 82 |
| Lecture | 24 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 24 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Bodenhamer DJ, Corrigan J and Harris TM (2010). The spatial humanities: GIS and the future of humanities scholarship.. Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana Press.
DeMers, M. N (1997). Fundamentals of geographic information systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Maschner, H.D.G (1996). New methods, old problems: geographical information systems in modern archaeological research. Carbondale: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Conolly J and Lake M (2006). Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lock, G.R. and Molyneaux B.L (2006). Confronting scale in archaeology. New York: Springer.
Wheatley D & Gillings M (2002). Spatial technology and archaeology. London: Taylor & Francis.
Westcott, K.L. and Brandon, R.J. (2000). Practical applications of GIS for archaeologists: a predictive modelling kit. London: Taylor & Francis.
Burrough, P. A. and R. A. McDonnell (1998). Principles of geographic information systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Aldenderfer, M. and Maschner, H.D.G (1996). Anthropology, space and geographic information systems, Spatial information series. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lock, G.R. and Stancic, Z (1995). Archaeology and geographical information systems: a European perspective. London: Taylor & Francis.
Allen, K.M.S., Green, S. and Zubrow, E.B.W (1990). Interpreting space: GIS and archaeology, Applications of Geographic Information Systems. London: Taylor & Francis.
Chapman H (2006). Landscape Archaeology and GIS. Oxford: Tempus.
Lock G.R (2000). Beyond the map: archaeology and spatial technologies. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
GIS Map Package
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Verbal feedback in class through discussion.
- Final Assessment:
- Group Work: No
Practical exercise
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Verbal feedback in the practical and the following week.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Digital project | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External