MA Roman Archaeology
Course Overview
This course offers a unique opportunity to master both traditional and cutting-edge archaeological techniques within the context of a historic Roman city. You will engage with continent-wide debates on identity and civilization while tailoring your studies to your specific interests in European archaeology. The program is distinguished by its ideal location and access to exceptional resources, providing an unparalleled foundation in this dynamic field.
Key Program Highlights
- Study in a city rich with Roman history, providing immediate access to world-class archaeological resources
- Engage with pressing debates on European identity, civilization, and their contemporary relevance
- Master a blend of established methods and innovative scientific forensic techniques
- Tailor your degree with specialized pathways in funerary or European Iron Age and medieval archaeology
- Gain distinctive expertise from leaders in the field of archaeological science and heritage
Course Overview
This course offers a unique opportunity to master both traditional and cutting-edge archaeological techniques within the context of a historic Roman city. You will engage with continent-wide debates on identity and civilization while tailoring your studies to your specific interests in European archaeology. The program is distinguished by its ideal location and access to exceptional resources, providing an unparalleled foundation in this dynamic field.
Key Program Highlights
- Study in a city rich with Roman history, providing immediate access to world-class archaeological resources
- Engage with pressing debates on European identity, civilization, and their contemporary relevance
- Master a blend of established methods and innovative scientific forensic techniques
- Tailor your degree with specialized pathways in funerary or European Iron Age and medieval archaeology
- Gain distinctive expertise from leaders in the field of archaeological science and heritage
Requirements
Modules
- Roman Archaeology: Ancient pasts, current issues
- Artefacts and Materials Analysis
- Debates in Funerary Archaeology
- Landscape Survey and Geophysics
- The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
- The Archaeology of the Human Skeleton
- Ancient Biomolecules
- Animal Bones for Archaeologists
- Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
- Becoming Human
- Building Conservation Projects
- Buildings Recording
- Contemporary Issues in Museums
- Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice
- Data Science for Archaeology
- Digital Approaches to Archaeology
- Digital Creativity
- Experimental Archaeology
- GIS and Spatial Analysis
- Heritage Principles and Concepts
- Histories of Conservation
- Life and Death in Iron Age Britain and Ireland
- Making the Nation
- Medieval Settlement and Communities
- Mesolithic Life and Death
- Museums, Audiences & Interpretation
- Prehistoric Art: Origins and Transitions
- Presenting Historic Houses
- Project Management
- Researching & Analysing Historic Buildings
- Skeletal Evidence for Health in the Past
- Sustainability I: definitions of sustainability & methods of assessment
- Sustainability II: understanding sustainability as change through time
- Sustainable Buildings: Carbon, Retrofit and Reuse
- Sustainable Conservation Challenges
- The Viking Age: People, Places, Things
- Thinking through Material Culture
- Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
- Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
- Zooarchaeology in Context
- The Archaeology of Roman Religion
- Artefacts and Materials Analysis
- Debates in Funerary Archaeology
- Landscape Survey and Geophysics
- The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
- The Archaeology of the Human Skeleton
- Ancient Biomolecules
- Animal Bones for Archaeologists
- Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
- Becoming Human
- Building Conservation Projects
- Buildings Recording
- Contemporary Issues in Museums
- Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice
- Data Science for Archaeology
- Digital Approaches to Archaeology
- Digital Creativity
- Experimental Archaeology
- GIS and Spatial Analysis
- Heritage Principles and Concepts
- Histories of Conservation
- Life and Death in Iron Age Britain and Ireland
- Making the Nation
- Medieval Settlement and Communities
- Mesolithic Life and Death
- Museums, Audiences & Interpretation
- Prehistoric Art: Origins and Transitions
- Presenting Historic Houses
- Project Management
- Researching & Analysing Historic Buildings
- Skeletal Evidence for Health in the Past
- Sustainability I: definitions of sustainability & methods of assessment
- Sustainability II: understanding sustainability as change through time
- Sustainable Buildings: Carbon, Retrofit and Reuse
- Sustainable Conservation Challenges
- The Viking Age: People, Places, Things
- Thinking through Material Culture
- Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
- Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
- Zooarchaeology in Context
- dissertation and assessed lecture