Aims and Objectives
Aims:
- Gain a thorough grounding in all aspects of vertebrate zooarchaeology, including general aspects that are applicable to invertebrate zooarchaeology
- Have experienced the processes of data collection, analysis, and interpretation, both in principle and in practice
- Have developed the confidence to undertake the critical review of published work in zooarchaeology, from all periods and from all parts of the world.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Have studied the vertebrate skeleton, its evolutionary origins, and its adaptations
- Have undertaken the identification and recording of archaeological bone assemblages
- Have reviewed the field of taphonomy and the practical recognition of the taphonomic 'imprint'
- Reviewed and assessed published work from throughout the world, including hunter-gatherer and agrarian sites, and socially complex societies
- Have studied and undertaken the numerical analysis of zooarchaeological data
- Have completed a dissertation project of individual research
Information supplied by TPOC; last updated June 07
