Archaeology
Here you will find all the resources identified by our tutors as useful for the study of this subject, arranged in ascending alphabetical order. Browse the tiles and descriptions to discover if there are any resources of interest to you, or click on any of the keywords to see resources sorted by more in-depth topics.
Archaeology (V400): The study of human prehistory, development of early societies and the emergence of civilisation. Includes socio-historical analysis of the material remains from excavations of past cultures to reconstruct and understand the past.
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World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization |
This volume - World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization - introduces the range, history and significance of the... |
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"BAD ARCHAEOLOGY" |
“Bad Archaeology: exposing frauds, misconceptions and distortions.” This site maintains that “Bad Archaeology is all around us. Many of its ideas... |
Plato, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Timaeus, Critias, Archaeology | view |
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Africa: Cradle Of Humanity |
As Charles Darwin rightly predicted, Africa is the cradle of humanity, not only of our own species but also of the very first members of our... |
Africa, Archaeology, behavior, Evolution, hominin | view |
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African hominins |
List of hominin species found in Africa |
hominin, Australopithecus, Ardipithecus, Paranthropus, Homo | view |
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African hominins |
List of hominin species found in Africa |
hominin, Australopithecus, Homo, Paranthropus, Ardipithecus | view |
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An introduction to material culture |
An introduction to the study of material culture, teaching you how to look at and describe objects.
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Material Culture | view |
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Antiquities of the Jews, Book 19 |
This link takes you to a translation of Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 19 |
Rome, Latin, Caligula | view |
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Apocolocyntosis, Seneca |
This link takes you to a translation of Seneca, Apocolocyntosis |
Rome, Latin, Seneca | view |
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Archaeological Periods |
Table showing the major divsions of the Stone Age of Africa and the Palaeolithic of Europe |
Palaeolithic | view |
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Archaeology of Medieval and Tudor Britain |
The aim of this course is to provide a broad understanding of the archaeology of Britain in the period c. 1066-1600. |
Medieval, Britain, Tudor, Post-Medieval, Europe | view |