| Unit name | European Iron Age |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ARCH35011 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Heyd |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will focus on the Iron Age in Continental Europe and Britain (c.1100 BCE - 1 AD). It will introduce and make acquainted students to the archaeology and early history of different Iron Age societies, with special reference to the Celts. Research of the last 40 years and recent fieldwork has altered our views and conception of many topics, such as the emergence of iron technology; Cimmerians, Scythians, and Sarmatians of the steppes and their imapact on farming Europe; the Late Hallstatt princely cultures and their engagement with Mediterranean Greeks, Etruscans, and Phoenicians; the Celtic art; the expansion of the Celts and the Celtic migration in to the Mediterranean; the subsequent Oppida civilisation; and finally Germanic pressure and Roman conquest. The course will catch up on all these developments and discuss and analyse them methodologically and at the front of latest research.
