Conceptualising the Neolithic (U00201)

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

The period from the mid-6th to mid-4th millennium BC in Central and North-Western Europe witnessed important social and economic changes. The establishment of cereal cultivation and animal husbandry were accompanied by profound social and ideological transformations of human societies. This course examines the evidence pertinent to this important evolutionary change in European prehistory and investigates the extensive cultural patterns which transcend modern cultural boundaries, and which created conditions for all subsequent cultural developments in Europe.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Archaeology 2A and 2B

? Costs : None

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

All of the following classes

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

? Additional Class Information : N.B. the timetable is arranged annually.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- An understanding of the nature of changing theoretical approaches which, from the mid-19th century to the present, have underpinned the archaeological study of the introduction of farming economy;
- an in-depth knowledge of archaeological evidence pertaining to the introduction and subsequent development of farming communities (settlement patterns, economy, trade and exchange);
- dynamics of social, cultural and ideological complexities which accompanied the development of Neolithic communities.