Archaeology Postgraduate Degrees in South Yorkshire

...placement over the summer or complete a dissertation. We believe archaeology is crucial to understanding the present: the relationship between humans and the environment... Learn about: Research Design, Archaeology MA, Arts and Humanities...

...Through a series of specialist modules, you’ll explore the archaeology of the Aegean and neighbouring regions. There’s an emphasis on prehistoric periods (Neolithic to Early Iron Age, including the Bronze Age Minoan and Mycenaean worlds), and scope to study later periods. Themes include: landscape... Learn about: Ancient Technologies, Ancient Economy, Archaeological Ceramics...

...Closely integrated core modules address the key issues in medieval archaeology – including the relationship between archaeology and texts, perception and use of landscape, death and commemoration, gender, the appropriation of the past and the construction of identities. Within this framework... Learn about: Research Design, Medieval Archaeology, Later Middle Ages...

...Landscape archaeology explores the relationship between humans, the natural world and the environments we create. You choose whether to go on a fieldwork placement over the summer or complete a dissertation. Graduates have gone on to work for national parks, the National Trust, Historic England... Learn about: Analytical techniques, Landscape archaeologist, Digital and field skills...

...make up your own mind about their strengths and weaknesses. We’ll help you to develop your critical thinking as well as your practical skills... Learn about: Archaeological Science, Aegean Prehistory, Archaeology in Practice...

...Modules Core modules Rethinking the Ancient Economy Investigating Ancient Environments Archaeobotany Archaeozoology Dissertation Optional modules Choose... Learn about: Ancient Economy, Environmental Archaeology, Advanced Archaeobotany...

...Working in labs, you’ll get advanced training in the analysis of human remains. Through dissection, you’ll gain a detailed understanding of skeletal and soft tissue anatomy. Lectures in funerary archaeology put the subject in context. As a member of a vibrant research community, you... Learn about: Human Anatomy, Funerary Archaeology, Biological Anthropology...

...Palaeoanthropology traces the evolution of humanity. It reflects our desire to understand where we come from, which is part of what it means to be human... Learn about: Human Osteology, Research Design, Human Evolution...

...The study of material artefacts is vital to our understanding of craft production, use and trade in ancient and historic societies. You choose one of three pathways: Experimental Archaeology, Materials and Technological Analysis, and Material Culture Studies. The latter gives you the option... Learn about: Social processes, Technological Analysis, Material Culture Studies...

...is that you challenge, question, and explore... Learn about: Accounting and Financial, Research Design, Cultural marketing...