This is a specialisation within the bachelor Archaeology.
You can only participate in this specialisation’s courses after completing the propedeuse (first year), and meeting the requirements as set in the course descriptions below.
Programme
Archaeological research makes large-scale use of methods applied in natural sciences. In the specialisation Bioarchaeology, the focus is on the natural science elements of archaeology, in particular botany, archaeozoology and human osteology.
During the programme, working with material from an archaeological context is central, using comparative collections. The first part (BA2) of the study programme is the same for all students of this specialisation. This constitutes a broad introduction, which includes artefact analysis and landscape in the subjects experimental archaeology and quaternary geology and soil science of the Netherlands.
In the second part (BA3), you choose a biological accent: zoology, botany or human osteology. Within this second part, you conduct your own research, which forms the foundation for the concluding Bachelor thesis. This specialisation prepares for the Master specialisation Material Culture Studies and the research master Bioarchaeology.
Further studies
After the Bachelor, you can specialise further in the Graduate School (MA/RMA) in the Master specialisations Material Culture Studies, Palaeoecology, Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology and the Research Master Bioarchaeology.
Bachelor year 2 with the specialisation Bioarchaeology consists of the following options:
A. Compulsory courses (25 ects)
B. Choose two of these BA2 profiles:
Early civilisations (15 ects)
Archaeology of North-Western Europe (15 ects)
Archaeological sciences (15 ects)
C. Choose a specialist course (5 ects) ór a broadening course (5 ects). The latter consists of a course of your choice from the remaining BA2 profile that has not been chosen.
The specialist courses are from the BA3 programme, and alternate each year so you will not follow the same course in the BA3.
This year the specialisation Bioarchaeology is offering the specialist courses Isotopes in archaeology (3 ects) plus Excursion Pleistocene (2 ects).
| Course | EC | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Compulsory courses |
|||
| Archaeological heritage management | 5 | ||
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | 5 | ||
| Data analysis | 5 | ||
| Material studies 2 | 5 | ||
| Internship 1 (field work) | 5 | ||
|
Profile Early Civilisations |
|||
| Hunter-gatherers and early farmers in the Near East and the Caribbean | 5 | ||
| Early cities and states in the Near East and Mediterranean world | 5 | ||
| Visual culture | 5 | ||
|
Profile Archaeology of North-Western Europe |
|||
| Early prehistory | 5 | ||
| Late prehistory and Provincial-Roman archaeology | 5 | ||
| Medieval archaeology | 5 | ||
|
Profile Archaeological Sciences |
|||
| Bioarchaeology | 5 | ||
| Experimental archaeology | 5 | ||
| Quaternary geology and soils of The Netherlands | 5 | ||
Bachelor year 3 with the specialisation Bioarchaeology consists of:
A. Compulsory courses (30 ects)
B. Three specialisation courses (15 ects)
For the remaining 15 ects, choose either of these options:
The other Archaeology specialisations are:
| Course | EC | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Compulsory courses |
|||
| Archaeological theory | 5 | ||
| Predictive modelling | 5 | ||
| Internship 2 | 10 | ||
| BA3 thesis | 10 | ||
|
Specialisation Bioarchaeology |
|||
| Isotopes in archaeology | 3 | ||
| Excursion Pleistocene | 2 | ||
|
Besides, choose 1 of the following courses: |
|||
| Botany | 10 | ||
| Zoology | 10 | ||
| Osteoarchaeology | 10 | ||