Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Evaluate information on an independent basis
- Demonstrate effective use of a variety of information sources – book, journal, internet
- Distil a wide variety of data and ideas to address key issues within oral presentations and a PowerPoint summary of a seminar discussion
- Undertake oral presentations
- Present information to a group through regular seminar contributions
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Understanding of the major research themes for the period
- Evaluation of the applicability of different conceptual frameworks to the investigation of Palaeolithic data
- Understanding of the interdisciplinary environment of Palaeolithic studies
- Knowledge of the historical basis for Palaeolithic research
Cognitive Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand how to evaluate research questions
- Integrate data and concepts to answer research questions
- Evaluate the interpretation of data
- Critically assess the concepts of others
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Integrate theoretical issues and archaeological questions with published data from key archaeological sites
- Identify key areas of research in the study of human origins and Palaeolithic archaeology
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Completion of assessment task | 60 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 60 |
Wider reading or practice | 6 |
Seminar | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Resources. The module relies on the continued availability of equipment and software, specifically ArcGIS and ERDAS Imagine (for which we currently have Chest licenses) and availability of Survey equipment. The module also requires continued availability of the Digital Humanities workstation cluster in B65a.
Textbooks
Dobres, M.-A. (2000). Technology and social agency. Oxford: Blackwell.
Gamble, C. & M. Porr (2005). The Hominid Individual in Context: Archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts. London: Routledge.
Klein, R. (2009). The Human Career: Human biological and cultural origins. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gamble, C.S. (1999). Palaeolithic Societies of Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lowe, J.J. & M.J.C. Walker (1997). Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. Longman.
Mithen, S. (2003). After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Petraglia, M. & R. Korisettar (eds.) (1998). Early human behaviour in global context. London: Routledge.
Binford, L.R. (2001). Constructing Frames of Reference: An analytical method for archaeological theory building using ethnographic and environmental datasets. Berkeley: University of California Press.
van Andel, T.H. & W. Davies (eds.) (2003). Neanderthals and modern humans in the European landscape during the last glaciation. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Monographs.
Gosden, C. (1999). Anthropology and archaeology: a changing relationship. London: Routledge.
Stringer, C. & P. Andrews (2005). The Complete World of Human Evolution. London: Thames & Hudson.
Gamble, C.S. (2007). Origins and Revolutions: Human identity in earliest prehistory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Class discussions
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Formative feedback conveyed orally and via e-mail to the student seminar leader.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Presentation | 25% |
Essay | 50% |
Presentation | 25% |
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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Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External