Unit information: Comparative World Archaeology in 2009/10

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Unit name Comparative World Archaeology
Unit code ARCH10003
Credit points 20
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Professor. Zilhao
Open unit status Open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

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

Description including Unit Aims

This unit introduces the main thresholds in prehistory from human origins to the Aztecs. Topics include the fate of Neanderthals, plant and animal domestication and the rise of early states in the Old and New World. Assessed by one essay (50%) and one class test (50%).

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