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Archaeology: from Dig to Lab and Beyond

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Course Features

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Duration

2 weeks

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Lifetime Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Effort

3 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

We will show you around the Vale of Pewsey field school, which is comparatively unexplored compared to Stonehenge. Excavating is more than digging with a trowel. Once you find a treasure, you will investigate the methods used to collect, store, and record it. A burial site is one of the most fascinating finds. You'll learn about the archaeological methods used in the study of the deceased. You can recreate the life, health, and occupation of an individual using only their skeletal remains. Before you sign up for this course, take a look at some of the steps.

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Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

No prior experience of archaeology is needed

What You Will Learn

Explain how an archaeological dig works, from the planning stages, through excavation, to the analysis and storage of artefacts

Summarise the basic characteristics of all archaeological periods from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval period (c.8000 BC AD 1900)

Describe the main ways in which archaeologists analyse human skeletons

Debate some of the key issues facing archaeology today

Understand the transferable skills you will acquire from studying archaeology

Target Students

This course is designed for anyone interested in studying an archaeology degree at university

However, anyone with an enthusiastic interest in archaeology is very welcome to join us too

Course Instructors

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Duncan Garrow

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Duncan Garrow teaches and researches later European prehistory (with a particular focus on Britain) and archaeological theory at the University of Reading.
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Amanda Clarke

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I am a field archaeologist who has worked on excavations of all periods, all over the world. I specialise in the teaching of archaeological field techniques, and organising large excavation projects.

Mary Lewis

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I am a human osteologist (bone specialist) specialising in the recognition of disease in children

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