Early Farmers of Cyprus and the Near East (P00139)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-P00139

The course deals with evidence for the early stages of sedentary societies on the Levantine mainland, the beginnings of human settlement on Cyprus, and early relations between the two regions. Specific issues are addressed which are fundamental to an understanding of the development of society: early human exploration and colonisation of new lands, the spread of sedentism and farming, the roles of migration and adaptation as influential in social and demographic change, and forms of social complexity in small scale societies.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

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

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A knowledge and understanding of:
- the development of western attitudes to other cultures;
- the manner in which interdisciplinary studies can lead to much richer reconstructions; and
- early human developments in the Near East and Mediterranean regions.