Unit information: The Archaeology of Standing Buildings in 2008/09

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Unit name The Archaeology of Standing Buildings
Unit code ARCHM0015
Credit points 30
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Mark Horton
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

An introduction to the history and archaeology of buildings in the modern period. The unit will include introductory training in the archaeological recording of standing buildings. Themes will include domestic houses, industrial buildings, institutional buildings (workhouses, hospitals, prisons, factories) military and government buildings and religious buildings, buildings conservation, legislation and statutory requirements. Case studies will be drawn from around the world.