Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland, and the social and material changes which occurred over this period. Assessed throughout course, especially in examination.
- general theoretical statements to more specific bodies of evidence. Assessed in Assignment 1.
- the changing historical frameworks of interpretation within which the Neolithic period is discussed. Assessed throughout course, especially in examination.
- the processes by which interpretative statements are made. Assessed in essays and examination.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply a general theoretical argument to a specific body of data
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Recognise and identify Neolithic material culture and monuments
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- participate in, chair and direct seminar discussions
- read and write imaginatively
- read critically and evaluate data
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 20 |
| Lecture | 25 |
| Wider reading or practice | 25 |
| Completion of assessment task | 25 |
| Follow-up work | 30 |
| Revision | 25 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Bayliss, A., Bronk Ramsey, C., van der Plicht, J. and Whittle, A. (2007). Bradshaw and bayes: towards a timetable for the Neolithic. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 17(1), pp. 1—28.
Bradley, R. (1982). Position and possession: assemblage variation in the British Neolithic. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 1, pp. 27-38.
Smith, I. (1973). The Neolithic. British Prehistory.
Thomas, J. (1998). Towards a regional Geography of the Neolithic. Understanding the Neolithic in Northwestern Europe, pp. 37- 61.
Textbooks
Bradley, R. (1984). The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain (Chapters 1-3). Longman.
Bradley, R. (2005). Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe. Routledge.
Whittle, A. (2003). The Archaeology of People: Dimensions of Neolithic Life. Routledge.
Cooney, G. and Grogan, E. (1994). Social Perspectives in Irish Prehistory. Wordswell.
Whittle, A. (1996). Europe in the Neolithic: the creation of new worlds (1, 7, l0). Cambridge University Press.
Thomas, J. (1991). Rethinking the Neolithic. Cambridge University Press.
Bradley, R. (1991). The Passage of Arms (Chapters 1 and 2 only). Cambridge University Press.
Bradley, R. (2000). The Archaeology of Natural Places. Routledge.
Edmonds, M. (1999). Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic. Routledge.
Piggott, S. (1954). Neolithic Cultures of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press.
Thomas, J. (1999). Understanding the Neolithic (Chapters 1-6). Routledge.
Bradley, R. (1998). The Significance of Monuments (Chapters 1-8). Routledge.
Jones, A. (2007). Memory and Material culture: tracing the past in prehistoric Europe. Cambridge University Press.
Burgess, C. (1980). The Age of Stonehenge. Dent.
Parker-Pearson, M. (1993). Bronze Age Britain (Chapters 1-3, 7). Batsford.
Bradley, R. (1993). Altering the Earth: the origins of monuments in Britain and continental Europe (Especially chapters 1-5). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph No. 8..
Bradley, R (2007). The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press.
Cooney, G. (1999). Landscapes of the Irish Neolithic. Routledge.
Barrett, J.C. (1994). Fragments from Antiquity: an archaeology of Social life in Britain, 2900-1200 BC (Especially chapters 1-4). Blackwell.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Written assignment | 50% |
| Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External