Gallia from the Third Century BC to Augustus (P00153)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-P00153

This course enables students to study the archaeological evidence of a selected portion of the Iron Age record of the nearer continent and to consider it in relation to historical sources (dominantly Julius Caesar's de Bello Gallico in translation) and numismatic evidence. The period concerned is substantially protohistoric (i.e. the archaeology is "text-aided") and is apparently one of relatively rapid change, and of increasing social, political, economic and cultural complexity. There are opportunities to assess the physical evidence furnished by archaeological approaches in relation to current theoretical perspectives. The course also provides a relatively close-focus view on the different archaeological perspectives prevalent in another European - primarily Francophone - culture (paraphrased as French, but including the southern Low Countries and Switzerland).

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 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	10:00	10:50	Room 1.F01, Old High School	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Timetable is arranged annually; the above times apply to 2007/8

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A sound knowledge and understanding of the principal sources of evidence and theoretical and methodological approaches relevant to the study of the developed Iron Age of Gallia.