The Archaeology and Anthropology of Adornment

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• An understanding of the ways that the body can act as a surface for display and the relationship between the body and material culture
• An appreciation of the social role of adornment, particularly in relation to the construction and communication of social categories, including age (life-stage), gender, ethnicity, and status
• Implement data research/collection to plan and design to a brief
• A broad knowledge of technologies and equipment associated with bodily transformation and adornment
• A grounding in social theory appropriate to understanding the archaeology and anthropology of the body
• Engage with different cultural contexts
• An awareness of the range of materials and forms of material culture used to adorn the body in different cultural contexts

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Learn and apply new practical and theoretical skills
• Deploy independent research skills
• Assimilate and evaluate different theoretical perspectives

The module will be delivered through a combination of weekly lectures, seminars, object design practicals, and a fieldtrip. The topics typically covered are as follows:

• A range of social theory approaches used to understand the archaeology and anthropology of the body
• The role of the body as a surface for display and ways in which the relationship between the body and material culture may be played out
• The social role of adornment, particularly in relation to the construction and communication of social categories, including age (life-stage), gender, ethnicity, and status
• Technologies and equipment associated with bodily transformation and adornment
• The range of materials, techniques, and forms of material culture used to adorn the body in different cultural contexts

Lectures

Seminars

Practical design sessions

Fieldtrip

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Practical

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Verbal feedback
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.