Unit Code:	ARC2ICE
Alternative Unit Code:	ARC3ICE
Unit Short Title:	ICE AGE AUSTRALIA
Credit Points:	20
Unit Description:	In this subject students examine human settlement of Sahul from the earliest colonisation down to the end of the Pleistocene period, about 10,000 years ago, when rising sea levels separated New Guinea and Tasmania from the Australian mainland. They consider the great themes of the Australian Ice Age such as whom, when and where Aboriginal people come from. They examine the evidence for environmental change and how early human groups interacted with it. Students consider bioarchaeological evidence used to reconstruct the lives of ancient Australians and how Indigenous people interacted with their respective ecosystems.
Prerequisites:	at least 15 credit points of archaeology subjects, or co-ordinator's approval.
Class Requirements:	one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour workshop per week. For a pass in this subject students must normally attend at least 80% of the workshops
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one workshop report and presentation (1,500-words equivalent)	30
one 1-hour examination	20
one 2,500-word essay	50	Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Preliminary	Prehistory of Australia,	Mulvaney, J. and Kamminga, J.	Allen and Unwin 1999
Prescribed	Archaeology of ancient Australia,	Hiscock, P.	Routledge 2008
Recommended	Archaeology of Aboriginal Australia,	Murray, T.	Allen and Unwin 1998

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
Dr	Richard	Cosgrove	BUNDOORA	Y