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Qualification
Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)
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Location
Central area campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP-24
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
Archaeology is the study of the human past from our origins several million years ago to recent times. While historians are primarily concerned with oral, written and transcribed accounts of the past, archaeologists use material remains to study the lives, societies and cultures of past peoples.
What the programme coversThis programme: covers current thinking on some of the best known and most spectacular archaeological sites considers the most pressing questions in archaeological research provides an introduction to the tools and skills archaeologists use to reconstruct the past Our teaching is multidisciplinary, reflecting the broad range of disciplines that underpin archaeological method and theory. You can study a broad range of time periods and different approaches to reconstructing the past. These include: human evolution later hunter-gatherers the first farmers the later prehistoric societies of the Iron Age Our geographical scope reaches from the north of Scotland over central and southern Europe, the western and eastern Mediterranean to Egypt and the Near East. We also specialise in osteology, the study of the skeletal remains of humans and animals. In Years 3 and 4 you can choose to specialise in a specific time period, geographic area or culture.
Practical skillsWe emphasise the importance of training in practical archaeological skills. You will have an opportunity to gain hands-on experience of artefact identification and analysis in practical sessions using artefacts from our own Vere Gordon Childe collection.
FieldworkAt the end of Year 1, you will complete 3 weeks of archaeological fieldwork. In later years of study you will also have the option to complete: further fieldwork projects in heritage management and public engagement lab-based analysis of archaeological remains
Application deadline
31 January
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£ 26,500per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
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QUALIFICATION TYPE
A level : AAB
Required subjects: A Levels: no specific A Level subjects required. GCSEs: English at C or 4.
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