Certificate of Achievement
Eulinda Antonette Clarke-Akalanne
has completed the following course:
Archaeology: from Dig to Lab and Beyond
This introductory course explored archaeology from planning where to dig, to the analysis and archiving of artefacts back at the lab. It investigated the methods that can be employed in studying the dead and what skeletal remains can tell us about the lives and health of our ancestors.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Duncan Garrow
Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading
University of Reading
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain how an archaeological dig works, from the planning stages, through excavation, to the analysis and storage of artefacts
- Summarise the basic characteristics of all archaeological periods from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval period (c.8000 BC–AD 1900)
- Describe the main ways in which archaeologists analyse human skeletons
- Debate some of the key issues facing archaeology today
Syllabus
Week 1:
- What is archaeology?
- The skills needed to be an archaeologist
- Planning an excavation
- How does a dig work?
- Finding and analysing artefacts
Week 2:
- Introduction to the medieval period
- Human bone analysis
- Being a teenager in medieval England
- Archaeological science: what can isotopes in bone tell us?
- Museums: the ethics of storage and display
Issued on 8th September 2017
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