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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Lifelong Learning (HCA)

Undergraduate Course: Archaeology of Scotland: Iron Age, the Romans and Early Historic Period (LLLE07006)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLifelong Learning (HCA) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.

An introduction to the later prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology of Scotland, the course uses sites and material culture to analyse society and culture in Scotland from the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age to the Kingdom of the Picts. The course provides an opportunity to handle excavated materials.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements none
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  14
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
¿ demonstrate an appropriate understanding of relevant archaeological methods and techniques - the identification, recovery, documenting, analysis and interpretation of archaeological evidence,
¿ critically evaluate archaeological evidence and interpretations, presenting a logical, reasoned argument,
¿ describe the chronology and framework of society and settlement in the later prehistoric and early historic periods of Scotland.
Assessment Information
The assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark.
Special Arrangements
This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Content of course
1. Archaeology - An Introduction
2. Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age - Society and Subsistence
3. 'Celtic Princes' in Scotland - Scotland within a Wider Celtic World?
4. Atlantic Roundhouses
5. Crannogs
6. Why Did the Romans Fail to Conquer Scotland?
7. The Early Historic Period
8. The Introduction of Christianity
9. Lives Set in Stone
10. Warfare, Politics and Religion
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Ritchie, A. and Ritchie, G., 1998 Scotland. An Oxford Archaeological Guide.
or
Ritchie, A. and Ritchie, G., 1992 Scotland: Archaeology and Early History. Edinburgh University Press.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsZZoll
Contacts
Course organiserMs Martine Pierquin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1182
Email: m.pierquin@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk
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