The Dynamic Environment and the Rise of Agricultural Communities in the Near East (P00149)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : ACE-P-P00149

The class will examine the rise of early farming communities in the Near East from the Late Glacial maximum through to the late Chalcolithic period. The material culture of early agricultural communities will be discussed in some detail, but emphasis will be placed upon the human ecology of such communities and how they dealt with the remarkably dynamic environment of the late Glacial and Early Holocene.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Archaeology, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Theoretical Understanding: a basic knowledge of the processes that led towards the development of agriculture in the Near East, treatment of the various theoretical approaches to the problem. In addition this will provide the foundation for an understanding of classes that analyse the origins of the state in the Near East. Practical and Professional Skills. provide the opportunity for analysing various of theoretical approaches to a subject and critically evaluating them. Transferable Skills: the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and their interpretation.