Archaeology AS Level (A2 in second year)

Archaeology is a fascinating subject that incorporates a variety of interests and skills relating to geography, history, geology, biology, chemistry, sociology, classics, environmental science, politics, religious studies, and anthropology.

You will learn how archaeologists discover, excavate and analyse sites with emphasis on practicality and using the latest hi-tech equipment. Surveying, using resistivity meters and theodolites, metal-detecting, field-walking and excavation will all be practically explored. There will be many opportunites to visit sites during the numerous field-trips which form an integral part of the course; previous locations have included Orkney, Ireland, Italy and Northumbria. Numerous day-trips supplement the Religion and Ritual unit, notably Avebury and Stonehenge. The specialist teaching team maintain an ethos where a hands-on approach is essential to the understanding and appreciation of this exciting subject and extra-curricular activities are a hugely successful element in this respect.

Watch the video to see some of our latest trips, digs and discoveries... 



Experimental Archaeology is a growing interest of our Archaeological Society and recent activities have included designing and building a trebuchet as well as making bronze axes, smelting the metal on site. Our excellent results back up the effectiveness of this approach.

There are two units in the first year which run concurrently:


Unit 1: The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual
Unit 2: Archaeological Skills and Methods


Unit 1 explores belief systems and related activities, mortuary practices and their related structures, religious beliefs and ritual practices and ritual locations and specific structures. Unit 2 builds on your technical skills including discovering and recording sites and landscapes, archaeological excavation - justification, processes and on-site recovery techniques - and post-excavation dating and site interpretation.


Share this Course Information
0
inShare

Tagsarchaeology, history, geology, humanities, archaeologie, arcaology, , Terms and Conditions
Cirencester College continually updates and reviews its provision to ensure that it meets the needs of the community. Therefore the right to amend, change or delete learning programmes or accreditation routes is reserved at all times.
Read our policies here