AAP6081   Rethinking the Ancient Economy   (15 credits)

Description

This unit is designed for students who have already taken a basic module in zooarchaeology (e.g. AAP661) and will provide them with the opportunity to investigate the subject at a more specialised level. All key zooarchaeological areas will be touched upon but more complex aspects of methods and their applications than those taught in a foundation module will be presented and discussed. In other words this module will move the teaching towards full training - rather than only educational - purposes. It will be based on a variety of hands-on sessions, lectures, seminars and discussion groups.This module, based on lectures and seminars, explores the nature of the `ancient economy¿ of the Greco-Roman world. It focusses on the potential of an archaeological record, that is growing rapidly in scope, volume and resolution, to quantify and clarify issues hotly debated by ancient historians on the basis of a written record that, conversely, has much more limited potential for expansion..

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