MSc Early Prehistory and Human Origins
Course Overview
This course offers a dynamic exploration of early prehistoric societies, from human origins three million years ago to the dawn of civilizations. You will develop your expertise by debating cutting-edge theories and working alongside internationally renowned specialists in a vibrant research environment. The program provides unique hands-on opportunities, from analyzing museum collections to visiting significant archaeological sites.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from world-leading academics at the forefront of human origins research
- Gain hands-on experience with archaeological materials and museum collections
- Explore specialized interests through a range of customizable module options
- Visit significant field sites like the rock art at Creswell Crags
- Develop highly transferable skills for careers in research, heritage, and academia
Course Overview
This course offers a dynamic exploration of early prehistoric societies, from human origins three million years ago to the dawn of civilizations. You will develop your expertise by debating cutting-edge theories and working alongside internationally renowned specialists in a vibrant research environment. The program provides unique hands-on opportunities, from analyzing museum collections to visiting significant archaeological sites.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from world-leading academics at the forefront of human origins research
- Gain hands-on experience with archaeological materials and museum collections
- Explore specialized interests through a range of customizable module options
- Visit significant field sites like the rock art at Creswell Crags
- Develop highly transferable skills for careers in research, heritage, and academia
Requirements
Modules
- Becoming Human
- Artefacts and Materials Analysis
- Data Science for Archaeology
- Mesolithic Life and Death
- Prehistoric Art: Origins and Transitions
- The Archaeology of the Human Skeleton
- Ancient Biomolecules
- Animal bones for Archaeologists
- Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
- Building Conservation Projects
- Buildings Recording
- Contemporary Issues in Museums
- Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice
- Death, Burial and Commemoration in the Roman World
- Debates in Funerary Archaeology
- Digital Approaches to Archaeology
- Digital Creativity
- Experimental Archaeology
- GIS and spatial analysis
- Heritage Principles and Concepts
- Histories of Conservation
- Landscape survey and geophysics
- Life and Death in Iron Age Britain and Ireland
- Making the Nation
- Medieval Settlement and Communities
- Museums, Audiences & Interpretation
- Presenting Historic Houses
- Project Management
- Researching & Analysing Historic Buildings
- Roman Archaeology
- Roman Europe
- Skeletal Evidence for Health in the Past
- Sustainable Buildings
- Sustainable Conservation Challenges
- Sustainability I
- Sustainability II
- The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
- The Archaeology of Roman Religion
- The Viking Age: People, Places and Things
- Thinking through Material Culture
- Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
- Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
- Zooarchaeology in Context
- Artefacts and Materials Analysis
- Data Science for Archaeology
- Mesolithic Life and Death
- Prehistoric Art: Origins and Transitions
- The Archaeology of the Human Skeleton
- Ancient Biomolecules
- Animal bones for Archaeologists
- Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
- Building Conservation Projects
- Buildings Recording
- Contemporary Issues in Museums
- Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice
- Death, Burial and Commemoration in the Roman World
- Debates in Funerary Archaeology
- Digital Approaches to Archaeology
- Digital Creativity
- Experimental Archaeology
- GIS and spatial analysis
- Heritage Principles and Concepts
- Histories of Conservation
- Landscape survey and geophysics
- Life and Death in Iron Age Britain and Ireland
- Making the Nation
- Medieval Settlement and Communities
- Museums, Audiences & Interpretation
- Presenting Historic Houses
- Project Management
- Researching & Analysing Historic Buildings
- Roman Archaeology
- Roman Europe
- Skeletal Evidence for Health in the Past
- Sustainable Buildings
- Sustainable Conservation Challenges
- Sustainability I
- Sustainability II
- The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
- The Archaeology of Roman Religion
- The Viking Age: People, Places and Things
- Thinking through Material Culture
- Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
- Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
- Zooarchaeology in Context
- dissertation