From Bronze to Iron: The Mediterranean in the Later 2nd Millennium BC (VS1) (U03097)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-U03097

The course deals with evidence for the exploitation, procurement and consumption of metals and other materials in a period of major transitions. It examines the role of trade amongst palace-oriented societies and adjacent social systems in the Mediterranean regions; the collapse of many of those organisational systems at the end of the Late Bronze Age, as epitomised in studies of the Sea Peoples; and the ensuing social and political patterns that emerged with the change of the millennia.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U00208

? Pre-requisites : Visiting students must have prior study providing general background in prehistoric or proto-historic archaeology.

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	Thursday	09:00	10:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Timetable is arranged annually.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A knowledge and understanding of the development of western attitudes to other 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.