100-level papers in Archaeology

• ANTH103 Anthropology, Culture and Society
• ARCH101 Human Origins and Civilisations (Previously ANTH106)

ANTH103 Anthropology, Culture and Society

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of Anthropology in its variety of approaches to the study of culture and society. It is taught in two discrete blocks that focus, respectively, on archaeology and social anthropology as complementary fields of the larger discipline.
Linking themes include:
• The history and development of archaeological and social anthropological methods and ideas
• The concepts of nature, culture, society and evolution
• The interaction between human groups and their material and social environments
• The politics of anthropology around the past and the present

Timetable/Fees	ANTH103
EFTS	0.15 EFTS
Points	18 points
Teaching Period(s)	First Semester
Lecturers	Dr Ian Barber (for Archaeology section) Dr Gautam Ghosh (for Social Anthropology section)
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ARCH101 Human Origins and Civilisations

(Previously ANTH106)

A review of the archaeological evidence for the origins and cultural development of the human species from its earliest appearance up to and including the rise of early civilisations.

Timetable/Fees ARCH101 EFTS 0.15 EFTS Points 18 points Teaching Period(s) Second Semester Restrictions ANTH104, ANTH106 Lecturer Prof Glenn Summerhayes ↑ top of page