Additional outcomes:
The course will encourage teamwork, oral presentation skills, and an ability to solve problems through analysis of primary material, whether interpretative articles, excavation reports, artefacts or archaeological sites.

Outline content:
The module is organised both chronologically and thematically. It extends from the first adoption of domesticated resources in the Neolithic period to the provision of rich burials in the Early Bronze Age and focuses particularly on the development of the ancient landscape, the social archaeology of earlier British prehistory and the changing role of public monuments. Other themes will include the changing pattern of settlement, the development of exchange systems and the relationship between Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe. The course will seek to define the distinctiveness of the evidence from these islands in relation to topical themes in social and landscape archaeology.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Weekly one-hour lectures, weekly one-hour seminars on selected topics based on critical reading of selected texts; and a full day visit to sites and museum collections relevant to the course. There is a revision class in the Summer term.

Contact hours:

Assessment:
Coursework
Students will write one essay of 3000 words, deliver one seminar, and participate regularly in seminar discussion. The essay and seminar presentation count towards their assessment. The essay will be submitted in the second half of the Autumn Term, on dates set by the Department.
Relative percentage of coursework: 50%
Essay 40%; seminar presentation 10%.
Penalties for late submission
Penalties for late submission of course work will be in accordance with University policy.
Examinations
One unseen two-hour paper requiring two answers, to be taken at the time of the Part 3 examinations.
Requirements for a pass
A mark of 40% overall
Reassessment arrangements
Re-examination in August/September.

Last updated: 3 December 2008