Year
2018
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 3-hour seminar weekly
Prerequisites
1 4.5 units of second level ARCH topics
2 ARCH2203 - Australian Historical Artefacts
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)
2 ARCH2203 - Australian Historical Artefacts
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)
Enrolment not permitted
ARCH3004 has been successfully completed
Topic description
This topic examines some of the 'big picture' theoretical concepts in historical archaeology through a combination of documentary and other primary source research. This topic complements ARCH2203 by relating its core practical concepts to wider theoretical issues and has a strong laboratory component in which artefacts and documents will be used to demonstrate key issues of identity, meaning, interpretation and ideology.
Educational aims
The aims of this topic are to:
- familiarise students with essential historical archaeological research skills based on archival, documentary and oral sources
- address the theoretical bases for historical archaeology and the range of sites which exist
- examine the particular strengths of historical archaeology as a sub discipline in understanding past and present human behaviour
- address the dynamic relationship between historical archaeology, the recent past and people in the present
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic students will be able to:
- plan and design a major research project
- source primary material and know the major repositories and categories of primary source material available in South Australia
- plan and structure a research project, and understand the limitations of both the data and the research process
- discriminate between primary and secondary source material and critically evaluate the information provided by each
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2018 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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