AAP659 Archaeobotany (15 credits)

Year Running: 2019/2020

Credit level: F7

Pre-requisites for		AAP6149 (when the module is running)
Additional Information		Normally taken by students on the MSc Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy

Description

This module comprises laboratory classes involving practical handling of archaeobotanical material as well as student-led seminars reviewing key methodological debates in archaeobotany and exploring the implications of similar debates in archaeozoology. It delivers practical skills in identification, recording, analysis and interpretation of archaeobotanical remains; explores sampling strategies and recovery techniques; considers the implications of taphonomy and different scales of analysis; evaluates such theoretical issues as analogy and uniformitarianism; emphasising the reconstruction of crop processing and the integration of animal and plant exploitation. The module is assessed by an extended essay and a problem-solving exercise.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	126.0
Lab	20.0
Seminar	4.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	0.0	100 %	S1

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2019-20.