Archaeobotany (AR0028)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-ABotany

Plant remains are common on archaeological sites - this course sets out to explore the ways in which these remains can be used to reconstruct past environments, subsistence economies and social interaction.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Archaeology 2A & 2B

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Archaeology, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

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

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A knowledge and understanding of
- the origins, conceptual and theoretical basis of Archaeobotany in its widest sense and how it contributes to the study of the human past and other cognate environmental sciences.
- the different ways in which people have utilised plant resources and the evolution of the common crop husbandry regimes.
- the impact which these developing agricultural systems have had upon the wider plant communities which make up the 'vegetation landscape'.
- the integration of the data produced by the study of plant remains into wider archaeological concerns and the illustration as to how plant remains may illuminate more than the 'economy'.