MSc Funerary Archaeology
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of funerary archaeology, using the analysis of human remains and their burial contexts to uncover the social and cultural practices of past societies. You will develop practical expertise through hands-on learning with the latest techniques and equipment, preparing you for a dynamic career in the heritage sector and beyond. The flexible curriculum allows you to tailor your studies to specific periods or methodological interests, guided by internationally renowned specialists.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on, practical experience in the analysis of human remains using state-of-the-art techniques
- Tailor your degree by choosing specialized modules that align with your personal research interests
- Learn from and work alongside internationally recognized experts in the field
- Enhance your learning through field trips to relevant archaeological sites and local museums
- Develop highly transferable skills for careers in heritage, commercial archaeology, research, and other sectors
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of funerary archaeology, using the analysis of human remains and their burial contexts to uncover the social and cultural practices of past societies. You will develop practical expertise through hands-on learning with the latest techniques and equipment, preparing you for a dynamic career in the heritage sector and beyond. The flexible curriculum allows you to tailor your studies to specific periods or methodological interests, guided by internationally renowned specialists.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on, practical experience in the analysis of human remains using state-of-the-art techniques
- Tailor your degree by choosing specialized modules that align with your personal research interests
- Learn from and work alongside internationally recognized experts in the field
- Enhance your learning through field trips to relevant archaeological sites and local museums
- Develop highly transferable skills for careers in heritage, commercial archaeology, research, and other sectors
Requirements
Modules
- Debates in Funerary Archaeology
- Skeletal Evidence for Health in the Past
- Animal bones for Archaeologists
- Ancient Biomolecules
- Professional Practice: Zooarchaeology or Human Osteology
- Zooarchaeology in Context
- Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
- Artefacts and Materials Analysis
- 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
- Landscape Survey and Geophysics
- 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
- Roman Europe
- Sustainable Conservation Challenges
- Sustainability I
- Sustainability II
- The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
- The Viking Age: People, Places, Things
- Thinking through Material Culture
- Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
- Understanding Archaeological Pottery
- Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
- The Archaeology of the Human Skeleton
- Animal bones for Archaeologists
- Ancient Biomolecules
- Professional Practice: Zooarchaeology or Human Osteology
- Zooarchaeology in Context
- Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
- Artefacts and Materials Analysis
- 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
- Landscape Survey and Geophysics
- 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
- Roman Europe
- Sustainable Conservation Challenges
- Sustainability I
- Sustainability II
- The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
- The Viking Age: People, Places, Things
- Thinking through Material Culture
- Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
- Understanding Archaeological Pottery
- Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
- dissertation
