Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the changing historical frameworks of interpretation within which the Neolithic period is discussed. Assessed throughout course, especially in examination.
- general theoretical statements to more specific bodies of evidence. Assessed in Assignment 1.
- the processes by which interpretative statements are made. Assessed in essays and examination.
- the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland, and the social and material changes which occurred over this period. Assessed throughout course, especially in examination.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Recognise and identify Neolithic material culture and monuments
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply a general theoretical argument to a specific body of data
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- read critically and evaluate data
- participate in, chair and direct seminar discussions
- read and write imaginatively
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Follow-up work | 30 |
| Wider reading or practice | 25 |
| Completion of assessment task | 25 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 20 |
| Lecture | 25 |
| Revision | 25 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Bradley, R. (1982). Position and possession: assemblage variation in the British Neolithic. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 1, pp. 27-38.
Thomas, J. (1998). Towards a regional Geography of the Neolithic. Understanding the Neolithic in Northwestern Europe, pp. 37- 61.
Smith, I. (1973). The Neolithic. British Prehistory.
Bayliss, A., Bronk Ramsey, C., van der Plicht, J. and Whittle, A. (2007). Bradshaw and bayes: towards a timetable for the Neolithic. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 17(1), pp. 1—28.
Textbooks
Bradley, R. (1991). The Passage of Arms (Chapters 1 and 2 only). Cambridge University Press.
Piggott, S. (1954). Neolithic Cultures of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press.
Edmonds, M. (1999). Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic. Routledge.
Bradley, R. (2000). The Archaeology of Natural Places. Routledge.
Jones, A. (2007). Memory and Material culture: tracing the past in prehistoric Europe. Cambridge University Press.
Cooney, G. and Grogan, E. (1994). Social Perspectives in Irish Prehistory. Wordswell.
Bradley, R. (2005). Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe. Routledge.
Whittle, A. (2003). The Archaeology of People: Dimensions of Neolithic Life. Routledge.
Cooney, G. (1999). Landscapes of the Irish Neolithic. Routledge.
Thomas, J. (1991). Rethinking the Neolithic. Cambridge University Press.
Barrett, J.C. (1994). Fragments from Antiquity: an archaeology of Social life in Britain, 2900-1200 BC (Especially chapters 1-4). Blackwell.
Parker-Pearson, M. (1993). Bronze Age Britain (Chapters 1-3, 7). Batsford.
Bradley, R (2007). The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press.
Bradley, R. (1998). The Significance of Monuments (Chapters 1-8). Routledge.
Whittle, A. (1996). Europe in the Neolithic: the creation of new worlds (1, 7, l0). Cambridge University Press.
Thomas, J. (1999). Understanding the Neolithic (Chapters 1-6). Routledge.
Bradley, R. (1993). Altering the Earth: the origins of monuments in Britain and continental Europe (Especially chapters 1-5). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph No. 8..
Burgess, C. (1980). The Age of Stonehenge. Dent.
Bradley, R. (1984). The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain (Chapters 1-3). Longman.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Written assignment | 50% |
| Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External