Mediterranean Archaeology MA

Students will develop an understanding of Mediterranean societies from earliest times through Classical antiquity until the early medieval period, and of major interpretative paradigms and principal investigative techniques - including fieldwork and archaeological science - applied to the Mediterranean. One or more specific regions will be analysed in depth from a comparative perspective, and Mediterranean societies will be studied holistically.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of two core modules (30 credits), four optional modules (60 credits) and a dissertation/report (90 credits).

All students are required to take the following:

• Heritage Ethics and Archaeological Practice in the Middle East and Mediterranean
• Mediterranean Dynamics
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations

From an outstanding range of Master's optional modules, students choose options to the value of 60 credits, at least one of which must be chosen from the following:

• Mediterranean Prehistory
• The Mediterranean World in the Iron Age
• The Transformation of the Roman Mediterranean.

The remaining must be made up from the list below (Please note not all modules are available every year):

• Aegean Prehistory: major themes and current debates
• Ancient Italy in the Mediterranean
• British and European Prehistory: Neolithic to Iron Age
• Egyptian Archaeology: An Object-Based Theoretical Approach
• Intangible Dimensions of Museum Objects from Egypt
• Making and Meaning in Ancient Greek Art
• Making and Meaning in Ancient Roman Art
• Medieval Archaeology: Selected Topics and Current Problems
• Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-states and Empires
• Museum and Site Interpretation
• Society and Culture in Ancient Egypt
• The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of the Near East: The Emergence of Villages and Urban Societies
• Themes and Debates in Islamic Archaeology and Heritage
• Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Current Topics

Please note not all modules are available every year.

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 15,000 words (90 credits). Approaches that explore new connections or comparisons are strongly encouraged, and students will be able to draw on the expertise of more than 50 members of the institute's staff.

The programme is delivered through a combination of seminars and assessed through essays and the dissertation.