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

This course deals with the formation and characteristics of archaic states in the 4th and 3rd millennia. It enables students to analyse theoretical treatments of early states measured against inferences from text-rich archaeolgical sources. Regions and themes covered include the pristine states of Mesopotomia and the secondary states of Syro-Anatolia. The course will focus on such issues as agency and power relations, heterogeneity amongst complex societies, urbanism and exchange.

? This course is not accepting further student enrolments.

? Pre-requisites : Archaeology 2A and 2B

? Costs : None.

Home subject area

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

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

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

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

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 14:00 15:50 Central

? Additional Class Information : N.B. Timetable is arranged annually

A knowledge and understanding of: the development of research strategies investigating the past; the interplay between method and theory in archaeology; and early complex societies and particular forms or archaic states.

Coursework (essay): 40%, Examination (2 hour paper): 60%.

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 Hons 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Patricia Storey
Tel : (0131 6)50 2501
Email : Pat.Storey@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Edgar Peltenburg
Tel : (0131 6)50 2379
Email : E.Peltenburg@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/degreecourse.html

School Website : http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/