Prospectus

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Late prehistory and Provincial-Roman archaeology

Course
2016-2017

Description

In this course we address some of the major developments in later Prehistory and Roman periods in North-Western Europe between ca. 5,500 BC until ca. 400 AD.
Key issues and topics such as the adoption of farming, ritual landscapes, exchange networks, identity, and military organisation will be discussed.

Course objectives

  • Insight in the chronology of Late Prehistory and Roman periods in North-Western Europe;

  • Insight in the major developments and the key issues and debates;

  • Ability to define and apply important theoretical concepts such as ritual, exchange, power and identity;

  • Ability to define concepts such as vicus, colonia, castra, etc.

Timetable

Course schedule details can be found in the bachelor 2 time schedule.

Mode of instruction

Course load

The course load will be distributed as follows:

  • 14 × 2 hours of lectures;

  • 450 pages of literature.

Assessment method

Written exam.

All exam dates (exams, re-sits, paper deadlines etc.) can be found in the examination schedule.

Reading list

  • Chapters from Fowler et al., The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe. Oxford University Press (2015);

  • A. Harding & H. Fokkens, The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. Oxford University Press (2013);

  • M. Carroll, _Romans, Celts and Germans: The German Provinces of Rome (2001).

Registration

Registration for the course is not necessary, registration for the exam is mandatory. For instructions, see the Registration in uSis page.

Contact

For more information about this course, please contact drs. J. de Bruin.