Module HPA-4004:
Prehist. Arch Irish Sea Zone

Overview

Themes explored 1. The chronology of later prehistoric Britain and Ireland 2. The Irish Sea Zone as a unit of analysis 3. Mobility and sedintism 4. Monumentality 5. The nature of ritual practice 6. Prehistoric journeys 7. The nature of settlement 8. Materials and material culture 9. Mortuary practices and body-centred research

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to identify and review key themes and developments, drawing on relevant sites, projects and regional studies.

• Become familiar with a range important sites dating to the period and understand developments and changes in key regions of the study area.

• Demonstrate that they can relate the developments of the Later Prehistoric archaeology of the Irish Sea Zone to the wider frame of British and European prehistory.

• Gain a detailed understanding of the chronology of the Later Prehistory of the Irish Sea zone

• Gain a detailed understanding of theoretical debates relating to the Later Prehistoric archaeology of the Irish Sea zone and be aware of the most recent ideas and developments in the field.

• Recognise and understand differences between competing interpretations within Later Prehistoric archaeology.

• The ability to form and present arguments about ongoing discourses, differing interpretations and theoretical approaches.

• Understand the range of different societies, sites and material culture.