AR2P6-Later Prehistoric Europe
Module Provider: Archaeology
Number of credits: 20 [10ECTS credits]
Level:
I (Intermediate)
Terms in which taught: Spring and Summer
Module Convenor: Professor
RW
Chapman
Pre-requisites: AR1TS1
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Module version for: 2008/9
Email: r.w.chapman@reading.ac.uk
Aims:
This module aims to provide students with a basic understanding of the major social and economic changes that took place in Temperate and Mediterranean Europe from c.7000-1000 BC.
Assessable learning outcomes:
By the end of this module it is expected that the student will be able:
Additional outcomes:
The module also aims to enhance students’ communication and presentational skills, as well as their ability to work in teams, through participation in group-based seminars. The ability of students to engage in problem-solving will be developed by the presentation of competing interpretations in seminars and lectures, and their evaluation through comparison with the empirical record in written essays.
Outline content:
The module is organised chronologically and by theme. It begins with the adoption of agriculture and the study of Neolithic monuments, their construction, use and significance for the living and the dead in Northern and Western Europe. The other themes, which take us from the fifth to the first millennia BC, include Neolithic and Bronze Age exchange systems, the origins and development of metallurgy, the emergence of social inequality, the exchange and consumption of metal artefacts, and the construction of settlement landscapes. The suggested preliminary reading is A. Whittle Europe in the Neolithic (1996).
Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Two one-hour illustrated lectures per week; two thematic one-hour seminars requiring preparatory reading and group discussion; self-study week requiring critical reading of chosen texts. There is a revision class in the Summer term.
Contact hours:
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
| Lectures | 16 | ||
| Tutorials/seminars | 2 | 2 | |
| Practicals | |||
| Other contact (eg study visits) | |||
| Total hours | 18 | 2 | |
| Number of essays or assignments | 1 | ||
| Other (eg major seminar paper) |
Assessment:
Coursework
Students will write one essay of c.3000 words. The mark for this essay will be counted towards assessment. The essay must be submitted in the Spring Term on the date set by the Department.
Relative percentage of coursework: 40%
Penalties for late submission
Penalties for late submission of course work will be in accordance with University policy.
Examinations
One unseen two-hour paper, to be taken at the time of Part 2 examinations.
Requirements for a pass
A mark of 40% overall
Reassessment arrangements
Re-examination in August/September.
Last updated: 3 December 2008