Landscape Archaeology - MA

Taught by staff with years of experience on landscape projects around the world. The course provides you with advanced training in the theory and practice of European landscape archaeology. If you want to pursue a career in research, field archaeology or management of the historic environment, there are specific pathways you can take.

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 honours degree in archaeology, or other humanities or science subjects. Applicants with professional experience are also considered.

Bursaries

If you accept a place, and you don't have a full scholarship from any other source, you may be considered for the Robert Kiln Bursary for Landscape Archaeology (worth £1,500).

Core modules

  • Landscapes in Contemporary Perspective
  • From Desk to Field: Methods in Landscape Archaeology
  • Landscape Survey Project
  • Geoarchaeology
  • Managing the Historic Environment
  • Researching the Archaeological Landscape
  • Dissertation in Landscape Archaeology (or) Work Placement in Landscape Archaeology.

Optional modules

  • Archaeological Practice
  • Archaeology and Texts in the Aegean, 1700–700BC
  • Archaeozoology
  • Ethnohistory and Anthropology of Modern Hunter-Gatherers
  • Europe 8000-800BC
  • From the Age of Migrations to the Age of Discovery
  • Funerary Archaeology
  • Greeks, Romans and 'Others' in the Ancient World
  • Historical Archaeology of the Modern World
  • Introduction to Material Culture Studies
  • Iron Age Europe
  • Material Life and Culture in the Later Medieval World
  • Mediterranean Landscapes
  • Methods and Theory in Environmental Archaeology
  • Roman Italy and its Hinterland
  • The Archaeology and History of the British Isles, AD400-1000
  • The Archaeology of Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain
  • The Archaeology of the Palaeolithic
  • The Celts
  • The Early Hominin Settlement of Asia
  • Theory and Method in Economic Archaeology
  • Viking-Age Europe

Teaching

  • Seminars
  • Lectures
  • Practical classes
  • Projects

Assessment

  • Coursework assignments
  • Dissertation

Contacts

Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Northgate House
West Street
Sheffield
S1 4ET
United Kingdom

Telephone: (+)44 (0) 114 2222900
Fax: (+)44 (0) 114 2722563

email : k.goldsack@sheffield.ac.uk

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