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Ritual and Monumentality in Atlantic Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC (P00164)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-P00164

The megalithic and ceremonial sites represent some of the most tangible prehistoric remains in Atlantic Europe and many interesting and contrasting views occupy much of the megalithic research agenda. In general the course aims to provide students with an in-depth exploration of a major pan-European prehistoric phenomenon which can be ascribed neither to one particular culture nor to a distinct chronological horizon.

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 : Not being delivered

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

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : N.B. The timetable is arranged annually; the above time refers to 2007/8

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Theoretical approaches which, from the mid-19th century to the present, have underpinned the archaeological study of megaliths and other ceremonial sites; the archaeological evidence (on regional/cultural basis) of monuments in order to explore the relationships between function, architectural design, burial and other practices, art and other rituals; various interpretations of the function of megaliths and other ceremonial sites within the natural and cultural landscapes of Atlantic Europe and to set these against the background of our own changing theoretical perspectives over the last century and a half; dynamics of social and cultural change from the mid-6th to the 3rd mill BC as seen through the prism of ritual and monumentality.