Admission requirements
None.
Description
The BA1 lecture series World Archaeology outlines the deep (pre)history of humans from our early ancestors to the more recent and complex societies in the world. The role of material culture in human society is discussed and shown in many regions and periods. Comparisons between different times and places allow us to understand the connections between the unique and the universal in the story of human development.
In World Archaeology 3.1 we will introduce essential themes of the archaeology of Late Roman and Medieval Europe and the Medieval Mediterranean. Important long-term processes will be addressed, such as Christianisation, Islamisation and urbanisation.
Course set-up
3 lectures;
2 tutorials and 1 museum visit;
Weekly quizzes.
Course objectives
Basic knowledge of the chronology and geography of the Late Roman, the (Late) Medieval period in the Medieval Mediterranean;
Basic knowledge of archaeological key sites from Late Roman Europe and the Medieval Mediterranean;
Basic understanding of the major societies, cultures, and empires of the Medieval Mediterranean;
Basic understanding of some main long-term processes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the Mediterranean: Islamisation/Christianisation, urbanisation, commercialisation and fragmentation/decentralisation of political structures;
Timetable
Course schedule details can be found in MyTimetable.
Log in with your ULCN account, and add this course using the 'Add timetable' button.
Mode of instruction
Lectures;
Tutorials, in which students work under supervision on assignments on the literature and practise their knowledge.
You will take part in two tutorial sessions and one museum visit, coordinated by Teaching Assistants (TAs). During these tutorials, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in conversations about various research topics. Alongside the TAs, the lecturers will also occasionally participate in the tutorials.
Assessment method
Multiple-choice exam (100%).
A retake of the exam is only possible in case of a fail (in compliance with our teaching rules and regulations) and only when the requirements of attendance and assignments have been met.
Compensation between the grades of World Archaeology 3.1 and World Archaeology 3.2 is only possible if the individual grades are a 5.0 or higher.
Assessment deadlines
The dates of exams and retakes can be found in MyTimetable. The deadlines of papers, essays and assignments are communicated through Brightspace.
Reading list
To be announced on Brightspace at the start of the course.
Registration
BA1 students must register themselves for the lectures and exams through MyStudymap.
Based on the registration for the tutorials of Cultural Landscapes, the Student Administration will enroll students for the tutorials of World Archaeology 3.
If you are not a first-year BA Archaeology student but are required to take this course, or if you wish to take it as an elective, you can register via this form.
General information about registration can be found on the Course and exam enrolment page.
The Student Administration will register all pre-master students for the lectures, tutorials and exams of their programme.
Exchange and Study Abroad students, please contact the exchange coordinator for information on how to apply.
All information for those who are interested in taking this course as a Contract student is on the Contractonderwijs Archeologie webpage (in Dutch).
Retake exams
Please note that if you want to do a retake you have to register yourself through MyStudymap..
Exchange and Premaster students must send an email to the Student Administration.
If you are not enrolled, you may not participate.
Contact
For more information about this course, please contact Prof.dr. J.A.C. Vroom.
Remarks
Compulsory attendance during the tutorials. Upon missing more than one tutorial, you will be excluded from receiving your final grade without the possibility of a retake. You will then have to apply to the Board of Examiners to get an exemption for your absence on reasonable grounds.
This course can be taken as an optional course, Contract course, or Study Abroad/Exchange course, but only in combination with World Archaeology 3.2: The Americas.