Team Project: Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture - ARC00057I

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Module summary

This module follows on from the practical option in term 5 and allows students to practice the subject specific skills that they learnt over that period. The class will be split into groups of 4 or 5 students and given a dataset or case study to analyse and evaluate. Each group will have to produce a report to professional standards on the material they have examined. Each group will have a preliminary session with the module leader in week 1 where they will be given the material to analyse. They will then have a half hour meeting each week from 2-4 with the module leader so that they can report on progress and issues regarding team working, and so that any queries can be answered.

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Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Summer Term 2022-23

Module aims

 

This module requires a group of students to work together as a team to investigate the manufacture and function of an artefact and to produce a report on that artefact to a professional standard.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

• Know how to design and execute your own archaeological experiment

• Understand the processes of an artefact’s manufacture

• Have an awareness of the different functional analyses that can be applied to the study of artefacts

• Demonstrate understanding of an artefact biography

• Manage a small reference collection

• Appreciate the importance of consistency, time-keeping, and good record-keeping in practical work

• Allocate and coordinate tasks, and communicate efficiently as a team

• Demonstrate understanding of the process of producing a group report to a professional standard

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Groupwork	100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Module feedback

Arrangements for the return of feedback are detailed on the formative and summative assessment web pages.

Indicative reading

Reading is accessible via the module web pages and VLE.