B.Sc. Environmental Archaeology

Bachelor's degree

In Edinburgh

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Edinburgh (Scotland)

The broader discipline of Archaeology provides a unique perspective on the human past, on what it is to be human. As the only subject that deals with the entire human past in all its temporal and spatial dimensions, it is fundamental to our understanding of how we evolved and how our societies came into being. It is a discipline with its own methods and theory drawing on a rich archive of past work; research and teaching in archaeology are therefore multi - or interdisciplinary: a particular topic or theme may be approached from different perspectives, and with different methodologies.

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Edinburgh (Midlothian/Edinburghshire)
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Centre For Population Health Sciences, Medical School, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG

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Subjects

  • Archaeology

Course programme

Course Content Year 1

The first year follows the broad sweep of old world archaeology from the earliest humans to the origins of farming and the emergence of civilisations in Europe and the Near East.

Over the long vacation at the end of Year 1, you will be required to undertake three weeks of fieldwork.

Year 2

Archaeology 2A encompasses the archaeology of Scotland from early settlements to the early historic period. Archaeology 2B includes the techniques and methodologies applied by archaeologists to understand past societies, environmental archaeology, osteology, landscape archaeology and the study of artefacts.

Year 3

You will take Theoretical Archaeology, Archaeology in Practice and choose four additional courses from archaeology and from classics.

There will be opportunities, normally in the long vacations after Years 2 and 3, to complete archaeology fieldwork or other practical assignments in the UK or abroad. Such work is optional, but can be assessed as part of your degree.

Year 4

You will continue to take four archaeology option courses and will write your honours dissertation.

Courses include:

  • Human Geography
  • Earth Surface Systems
  • Earth Dynamics
  • Origin and Diversity of Life
  • Quantification in the Life Sciences
  • Molecules, Genes and Cells
  • Biology, Ecology and Environment
  • Economic and Political Geography
  • Environmental Sensitivity and Change
  • Geomorphology
  • Social and Cultural Geography
  • Human Origins
  • The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation
  • The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans
  • Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
  • Conceptualising the Neolithic
  • Constantinople and the Cities of Asia Minor, 330-565
  • From Foraging to Farming: The Beginnings of Agriculture in the Mediterranean and Europe
  • Gallia from the 3rd Century BC to Augustus
  • Principles of Geographical Information Science
  • Death, Decay and Reconstruction: Discovering past lifeways through Archaeological Human Remains
  • Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology
  • The Prehistory of Cyprus: Insularity, Identity and Internationalism
  • Environmental Archaeology
  • Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.
  • Archaeological Illustration
  • Archaeology of Architecture
  • Classical Archaeology in the Field
  • Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca
  • The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the 3rd Century BC
  • Rock Art and Archaeology: from Scotland to the Sahara
  • Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC
  • Mediterranean Archaeology in the Field
  • Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe
  • Early Farmers of the Near East: The Transition from Foraging to Agriculture
  • Etruscan Italy 1000-300 BC
  • Roman Propaganda: The Archaeological and Artistic Evidence

B.Sc. Environmental Archaeology

Price on request