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ARCO3016: Mapping the Past
2024 unit information
This unit introduces the principles of spatial archaeology and geographic information systems (GIS), including the techniques developed to acquire, manage, visualise, and interpret spatial data. Focus will also be given to major theoretical issues in landscape archaeology. Students will acquire competency in the techniques and tools of geographic information science and learn how these are applied to major archaeological problems. No prior knowledge of GIS is required, and all software and facilities will be provided and made available to students during the course.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Archaeology
| Code | ARCO3016 |
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| Academic unit | Archaeology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Develop an understanding of the varieties of ways that archaeologists understand social life in the past and what these interpretations mean for the present.
- LO2. Identify prominent social themes relating to substantive research questions that can be addressed using archaeological data.
- LO3. Be able to express complex ideas about social theory applications in archaeology in a sophisticated and clear way.
- LO4. Appreciate the diversity of past human lives, and articulate the ways that diversity affects understandings of the present as well as possible futures.
- LO5. Apply the broad conceptual themes of the class to a specific geographical and temporal area of the student’s choosing.
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