Unit Code:	ARC1AAC
Unit Short Title:	ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS
Credit Points:	15
Unit Description:	During the Renaissance, Western artists looked to their Greek and Roman antecedents for inspiration and in so doing, rediscovered the rich material remains of these earliest Western civilisations. With the growth of the discipline in the 19th century, archaeologists broadened their horizons, some in search of booty with which to stock the new museums of industrial Europe, others concerned to test the veracity of the biblical account, and a growing number concerned to explore the common features and origins of the urban civilisations. In this subject we provide an historical account of this early research, together with a review of contemporary modes of explanation. We survey the elaborate variety of complex human societies that have arisen in the last 6,000 years, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean and Western Europe, the Indus Valley, Mesoamerica, Peru, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Class Requirements:	one 1-hour lecture, one 1-hour film and one 1-hour tutorial per week. For a pass in this subject students must normally attend at least 80% of the tutorials
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2,000-word essay	50
two 500-word assignments	20
one 1-hour examination	30

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Prescribed	Ancient civilisations	Scarre, C. and Fagan, B.	Prentice Hall 2003.

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Professor	Peter	Mathews	BUNDOORA	Y