ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS
ARC5AAA
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Stone tools and the debris from their manufacture make up the bulk of the Australian archaeological record and their analysis and interpretation touches on almost every aspect of archaeological theory and practice. A broad range of problems is investigated through the study of stone artefacts: questions about the social and economic strategies of past societies and about the patterns of interaction between them. An equally broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches is employed to generate the information needed to answer these questions. Implementing these approaches is a daunting task without some practical knowledge about how to identify, describe and analyse stone artefacts and one of the aims of this subject is to show how this is done.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Nicola Stern
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in the Masters by Coursework in Archaeology
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: ARC2ANT, ARC3ANT
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | A Record in Stoner: The Study of Australia's Flaked Stone Artefacts | Prescribed | Holdaway, S.J. and Stern, N. | ABORIGINAL STUDIES PRESS AND MUSEUM VICTORIA 2004 |
| Readings | Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis, | Recommended | Andrefsky, W. | 2ND EDN, CUP 2005 |