Landscape Archaeology
UndergraduateMAQ-ARCX33032027
Course information for 2027 intake
Shift the archaeological view from single sites to whole landscapes. Use spatial and environmental evidence to examine how people lived in, moved through and changed places over time.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 18 July 2027
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 26 July 2027
- Price from
- $2,355
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Landscape Archaeology
About this subject
On successful completion, a student will be able to
- Demonstrate an understanding of the historical development, core methodologies, and theoretical approaches used in landscape archaeology.
- Analyse spatial and contextual data to identify patterns of landscape use and cultural activity across a variety of societies.
- Critically assess different theoretical approaches and apply them to interpret archaeological evidence related to human interaction with their environment.
- Formulate research questions and design strategies for investigating human-environment interactions within an archaeological framework.
- Collaborate with peers to produce and present an ethically aware evaluation of the cultural significance of a particular region.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials
This unit broadens students’ archaeological skills and interpretive scope by asking how humans have shaped the landscape and how environments, in turn, have shaped human societies. Rather than analyzing artefacts or individual sites, landscape archaeology interprets human cultures through their interaction with entire physical landscapes across larger regions. It employs a number of theoretical approaches and methods to model, map, analyze, and interpret spatial relationships and asks questions like: How do archaeologists recognize and collect evidence of past human interaction with their environments? How do humans create meaningful spaces for themselves through habitation, religious, and mortuary landscapes? What are common patterns of landscape utilization across different types of societies (hunter-gatherers, nomads, and farmers) and historical time periods? This unit will introduce and train students in key methods in landscape archaeology such as surface survey, spatial analysis, paleo-environmental approaches, geoarchaeology, and Geographic Information Systems. Students will also formulate an archaeological proposal nominating a region for UNESCO Heritage research designs and articulate research questions answerable through the application of landscape archaeology methods and approaches.
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- MAQ-ARCX2201-Archaeology of Texts and Material Culture: Minos and Mycenae
- MAQ-AHIX2250-Ancient Egypt: Culture and Society
- MAQ-MHIX2202-Merchants, Markets, and Globalisation
Others
Pre-requisite: 120 cp at 1000 level or above.
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
ARCH3303 Landscape Archaeology
or
AHIS2300 Landscape Archaeology
or
AHIX2300 Landscape Archaeology
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateMAQ-HIS-DEG
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