ARCH3313 Archaeology in the Field

2018

4.5

1 x 1-hour seminar weekly

1 Admission into BARCH-Bachelor of Archaeology
1a Admission into BA-Bachelor of Arts
1b Admission into BAGIS-Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems
1c Admission into BJS-Bachelor of Justice and Society
1d Admission into BEDECBA-Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), Bachelor of Arts
1e Admission into BLS-Bachelor of Law and Society
2 9 units of second level ARCH topics
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e) and 2)

Topic coordinator's approval required for enrolment

ARCH3203 has been successfully completed

This topic is designed to provide students with practical, hands-on experience working in the field of archaeology. Students must have undertaken a minimum of 70 hours of volunteer work throughout their degree before they are eligible to enrol in the topic, keeping a log book of their experiences. The volunteer work must be supervised by an eligible person from government agencies, consulting firms, non-government agencies, other university departments, Flinders University, or other groups involved in archaeology (approved in advance by the topic coordinator). The volunteer work performed can be in the form of (but not necessarily limited to) such tasks as participating in field-based research projects and field schools, laboratory sorting and analysis, and museum or heritage place guide experience. In addition to keeping a log book of their volunteer work, students are required to write a summary of their experiences discussing the skills they have learned and their application within the archaeological discipline, and to present an overview of how their practical experience relates to class-room based learning.

This topic aims to:

• provide students with practical experience working in archaeology

• introduce students to the range of tasks involved in field based and laboratory based archaeological research

• enable students to begin developing a network of archaeological professionals

• give students the opportunity to apply their theoretical and classroom based learning in the real world

On completion of this topic students will:

• have demonstrated a basic understanding of the range of tasks that might be required during an archaeological project

• have demonstrated an improved understanding of the skills, knowledge and attitudes of people working in the archaeological field

• be able to orally describe their practical experiences and articulate the relationship between field practice and classroom based learning