ARCO2111: Pompeii and Herculaneum: Past to Present

2026 unit information

This unit focuses on the ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. It explores the wide variety of skills and techniques applied by archaeologists to recover, analyse and interpret the well-preserved remains, and considers what as a result we can learn about the lives of the towns' inhabitants and the wider society to which they belonged. Hands-on examination of artefacts in the Chau Chak Wing Museum provides direct interaction with the material culture of Roman Italy. The unit also investigates key issues surrounding the complex contemporary interplay between ethics, heritage and archaeology at Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Unit details and rules

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Arts and Social Sciences

Details

Study level	Undergraduate
Academic unit	Archaeology
Credit points	6

Enrolment rules

Prerequisites: ?	12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History)
Corequisites: ?	None
Prohibitions: ?	ARCO3011
Assumed knowledge: ?	None

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Session	MoA ?	Location	Outline ?
Semester 2 2026	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	Outline unavailable

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