This course is based on class discussions preceded by guided reading for all participants. For each of the 5 sessions which follow the Introductory Session, the class will be asked to study certain chapters of The Blackwell Companion to Archaeology plus additional reading. The sessions will discuss: Integrative Method and Theory; Archaeology and Postmodernity & Archaeology as a Science; Archaeology as Politics; Approaches to Landscape Archaeology and Archaeology and Society.
Admission requirements
BA degree (or equivalent) in Archaeology or a relevant discipline.
SAP and exchange students: admission after approval by the Graduate School of Archaeology.
Learning objectives
development of in depth knowledge of the most important issues and debates in current archaeological theory
critical view on these issues and debates in current archaeological theory
evaluation of the relevance of these issues and debates for his/her own research
Method of instruction
At each session the student will present a 600 word commentary on what has been read for that week, and will use this to assist contribution to the debate in class.
Examination
The assessment is based on the grading of these 5 weekly short papers and the participation in the discussion.