Archaeology - People in Prehistory
This module introduces you to the archaeology of prehistoric Europe including the main chronological divisions, key concepts and major debates relating to the complexity of hunter-gathers, the adoption of agriculture (the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition), population mobility and cultural interaction, the appearance of metals and associated social changes.
Duration
Spring Trimester - January to May
MODE OF DELIVERY:Face-to-Face
Eligibility
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
ARCH20200 - Stone Age & Megalithic Europe, ARCH20540 - Celtic & Mediterranean Europe
Careers / Further progression
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Open Learning allows you to select the modules you wish to study, set the pace of your study, and whether you undertake the module assessment. It also can lead to undergraduate degree entry in UCD if you are taking the Certificate in Open Learning (30 credits) or if you are a Mature Student you can take one module (5 credits) in lieu of the MSAP exam.
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Further information
TRIMESTER: Spring
To get started, you need to first complete and submit an online pre-registration form. Applications will reopen again on 8 August 2023.
From the Last Glacial Maximum (c 20,000 years ago) to the Iron Age, people’s relationships with each other and their material worlds (e.g. places, plants, animals, things) changed significantly across the European continent. Archaeological traces indicate that dramatic transitions & transformations relating to migration, exchange, subsistence, technology, monumentality & identity all occurred.
This module introduces you to the archaeology of prehistoric Europe including the main chronological divisions, key concepts and major debates relating to the complexity of hunter-gathers, the adoption of agriculture (the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition), population mobility and cultural interaction, the appearance of metals and associated social changes.
Particular attention is paid to enabling you to think critically about the approaches taken to understanding human societies within the distant past. Following a broadly chronological order, selected case studies will be drawn from northwest and northern Europe. These enable us to consider the tension between overarching grand narratives and the regional diversity of small-scale societies by examining how widespread developments occurred more locally.
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