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Graduate modules

Further details of optional graduate modules are available below. Please note not all modules are available every year.

 All optional graduate modules available in 2024-25

CodeModule TitleCreditsHandbook
ARCL0135Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates152023-24 version
ARCL0096Archaeobotanical Analysis in Practice152022-23 version
ARCL0102Archaeological Ceramic Analysis152023-24 version
ARCL0160Archaeological Data Science152024-25 version
ARCL0153Archaeological Heritage Management in Asia15 
ARCL0152 Archaeologies of Asia152024-25 version
ARCL0145Archaeologies of Modern Conflict15 
ARCL0234Archaeology and Nationalism15 
ARCL0154Archaeology of Buddhism15Available from the Co-ordinator
ARCL0212 Archaeology of Early Human Origins 152023-24 version
ARCL0157Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East: a comparative approach152022-23 version
ARCL0213Archaeology of the Roman Empire15 
ARCL0210Archaeology of the Silk Roads152023-24 version
ARCL0098Archaeometallurgy152023-24 version
ARCL0232Biomolecular Archaeology 15 
ARCL0161Complexity, Space and Human History152024-25 version
ARCL0082Coptic Language and Culture15 
ARCL0189Critical Heritage Research Skills 152023-24 version
ARCL0149Critical Perspectives on Cultural Heritage152024-25 version
ARCL0121Cultural Memory152024-25 version
ARCL0148Digital Heritage: Applications in Heritage Management152024-25 version
ARCL0109Dispersals, Extinctions, and Intensification in the Later Palaeolithic15 
ARCL0129Environmental Archaeology in Practice152023-24 version
ARCL0131/ARCL0233Exhibition Project302023-24 version
ARCL0087Exploratory Data Analysis in Archaeology152024-25 version
ARCL0156Funerary Archaeology152023-24 version
ARCL0097Geoarchaeology 152023-24 version
ARCL0095Geographic Information Systems Approaches to Past Landscapes152024-25 version
ARCL0094 Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology and History152023-24 version
ARCL0143Geophysical Survey in Archaeology 152022-23 version
ARCL0199Heritage Ethics and Archaeological Practice in the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa15Available from the Co-ordinator
ARCL0100 Interpreting Pottery152023-24 version
ARCL0159 Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Language152023-24 version
ARCL0113Investigating and Understanding Objects152023-24 version
ARCL0170Laboratory and Instrumental Skills in Archaeological Science152023-24 version
ARCL0162Making and Meaning in Ancient Greek Art152023-24 version
ARCL0108Managing Archaeological Sites302022-23 version
ARCL0200Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age of the Near East152023-24 version
ARCL0101Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis15 
ARCL0215Presenting the Past to the Public152024-25 version
ARCL0091Public Archaeology302023-24 version
ARCL0128Resources and Subsistence 152024-25 version
ARCL0155 Social Complexity in Early China: From the Neolithic to the Early Empire152023-24 version
ARCL0103Spatial Statistics, Network Analysis and Human History152023-24 version
ARCL0169Technology within Society152024-25 version
ARCL0138The Mediterranean World in the Iron Age 152023-24 version
ARCL0147 Themes and Debates in Egyptian Archaeology152024-25 version
ARCL0123 Themes in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology302023-24 version
ARCL0134Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Current Topics152023-24 version
ARCL0133 Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations152024-25 version
ARCL0125Zooarchaeology152023-24 version

Please note not all modules are available every year, and some modules have restrictions or are limited to specific degrees. For the latest information, including terms, times and classrooms, please contact Lisa Daniel.

THE FOLLOWING MODULES ARE NOT RUNNING IN 2024-25

CodeModule titleCredits
ARCL0198African Heritage15
ARCL0126 Antiquities and the Law15
ARCL0081Late Egyptian Language and Texts15
ARCL0086Medieval Archaeology: Selected Topics and Current Issues15
ARCL0080Old and Middle Egyptian Texts15

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