Unit name | Introduction to Biological Archaeology |
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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 |
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.