Unit information: Introduction to Biological Archaeology in 2011/12

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Unit name Introduction to Biological Archaeology
Unit code ARCH10007
Credit points 20
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Professor. Kate Robson Brown
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

This unit introduces the student to the broad range of evidence provided by organic remains in the archaeological record. The course will cover animal remains, human remains and plant remains and provides a foundation for the understanding of these materials and how they might be interpreted within archaeology.