Module ARCH1111: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE EAST

Department: ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCH1111: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE EAST

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• The module will develop students' abilities to apply key concepts across a range of very different geographical and cultural contexts by taking a comparative approach.
• The module will also provide a foundation for Level 2/3 modules dealing with ancient societies from Egypt to the Far East.

Content

• The module will embrace four geographical areas: Egypt, Western Asia, South Asia (India and Pakistan) and Japan/China, at least three of which will be covered in any one year.
• Coverage within each geographical area will be adapted to suit the available data, but will address the majority of the following themes.
• agriculture - the economic base, state formation, the development and nature of urban communities, social stratification and the paraphernalia of power, communication, control and the development of writing, trade and economy, the countryside, perceptions of the past.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the modules, students will have:
• 1. become familiar with key concepts for the study of ancient complex societies;
• 2. gained an understanding of the variety of forms which these can take; and
• 3. gained familiarity with the evidence from selected ancient societies.

• Interpreting archaeological data from fieldwork, artefacts and other archaeological materials
• Undertaking of comparative analysis across different geographical and cultural contexts

• Gain experience in a range of transferable skills such as accessing library and web resources
• Undertaking independent study, research and problem solving

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• TEACHING & LEARNING: Lectures; tutorials; self-guided learning
• ASSESSMENT: Examination; essays; computer test.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

One computer-assessed test in Michaelmas term, one essay of 1,500 words (max) in Epiphany term.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University