Unit information: Landscape Archaeology in 2010/11

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Unit name Landscape Archaeology
Unit code ARCHM0051
Credit points 20
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
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 principles and practice of landscape archaeology, through a series of case studies. Case studies will be drawn from around the world, and will include agrarian landscapes and encloseure, parks and gardens, industrial landscapes, urban landscapes, colonial and military landscapes, 20th century landscapes. The unit will include an introduction to the principles and practice of landscape archaeological survey, and to the conservation of histroic landscapes.