UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH MODULE RECORD

MODULE CODE: FDAP101

CREDITS: 20

LEVEL: 1

MODULE TITLE: FIELDWORK: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

PRE-REQUISITES: None

CO-REQUISITES: None

COMPENSATABLE WITHIN THIS PROGRAMME:     Yes

SHORT MODULE DESCRIPTOR

This module uses Historical Archaeology as a context within which to learn theoretical approaches in archaeology and a range of non-intrusive investigative skills.

ELEMENTS OF ASSESSMENT:  (C1) COURSEWORK   100%

Give Subject Assessment Panel Group to which module should be linked

Minimum pass mark for professional body accreditation

MODULE AIMS:

The course will provide students with:

• A range of skills applicable in non-intrusive archaeological investigations
• an outline understanding and theoretical appreciation of the sites, landscapes, buildings, artefacts and issues of Britain from the Norman Conquest to the Modern period, in context with the relevant world archaeology.

ASSESSED LEARNING OUTCOMES: 

At the end of a module the learner will be expected to demonstratebe able to:

1. the ability to develop new skills in the recording and analysis of historic landscapes
2. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of buildings and protableportable artefacts from the historic period
3. an ability to apply spatial concepts and analyse the organisation of space in relation to society
4. demonstrate an understanding of the ethics of dealing with cultural and human remains.

INDICATIVE SYLLABUS CONTENT:

• Prepare, observe, record, analyse and present sites through the understanding and use of desk-based assessment, building survey and graphic and photographic records.
  • Conduct a desk-based assessment of a site or landscape using historical sources

• Conduct a measured survey of a standing building
• Record sites using graphical and photographic media
• Employ safe practices

• The Norman invasion, culture change in the 11^th and 12^th centuries
• Medieval and Post-Medieval rural and urban landscapes

APPROVAL:     DATE OF APPROVAL:     23/05/07                   

                          DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION:     1/9/2007

                          DATE(S) OF APPROVED CHANGE:     n/a

FACULTY:

UPC

SCHOOL:

PARTNER INSTITUTION:

City College Plymouth

NAME OF SITE:

  MODULE LEADER: Win Scutt

Term: All Year

Assessment Criteria (Threshold Level) :

The student should provide evidence of their:

1. ability to develop new skills in the recording and analysis of historic landscapes
2. knowledge and understanding of buildings and portable artefacts from the historic period
3. ability to apply spatial concepts and analyse the organisation of space in relation to society
4. understanding of the ethics of dealing with cultural and human remains

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