ar236 INterpretation in Archaeology (compulsory)

Module Summary

This course is an introduction to the different theories and frameworks archaeologists have used to interpret the past. The key question today is how our approach to our work as archaeologists can relate positively to communities whose heritage we are investigating. After a look at theories archaeologists used in the 19^th and 20^th centuries, we will examine recent and exciting work by archaeologists together with communities.  Examples will be drawn from Ireland and all over the world – from the struggle to reclaim a district of Cape Town bulldozed in apartheid South Africa to explorations of Indigenous women’s role in the development of agriculture in North America and Western Asia to the archaeology of maroons and opposition to slavery in the Americas. The course will provide students with an opportunity to engage in discussion about particular readings and issues.

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18 lectures, two small group seminars and one day field class over 5 weeks in Semester two.

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