Department of Archaeology - Durham University.

In the final year, you will design and carry out your own research for a dissertation in Anthropology or Archaeology, or an interdisciplinary dissertation in Anthropology and Archaeology. In addition, you will study advanced topics in Anthropology and Archaeology that are generally based on the research expertise of staff in both departments, and reflect the University’s ideal of research.

Through sets of specialist modules, skills-oriented classes and workshops, and dissertation research it provides the opportunity to advance your skills and knowledge in archaeology with a view to progressing to doctoral-level research or to pick up vital transferable skills ready for working in commercial archaeology or in the wider employment market.

Dissertation archive The School retains a number of undergraduate dissertations each year for learning and teaching purposes. The School retains a number of undergraduate dissertations each year for use in teaching and learning, and to celebrate the excellent quality of our students' research activities.

The Archaeology BA will enhance your understanding of the diverse societies of the past through the traces they have left in the form of material objects and texts. We will cover periods from the first use of stone tools 3.3 million years ago to the present day. Practical experience is a key part of the course.

Angela Perri, Durham University, Archaeology Department, Post-Doc. Studies Dog burials, Mesolithic Archaeology, and Environmental Archaeology. I am an archaeologist with primary interests in zooarchaeology, paleoecology, and paleoenvironments. As a.

Archaeology Dissertation This module will introduce you to original archaeological research. It provides you with an opportunity to undertake and write up your own substantial piece of work on an approved topic, under the supervision of an academic member of staff. For this project, you will work in a way similar to an academic archaeologist.

Summary Palaeopathology is the study of past disease in human remains; it is a sub-discipline of bioarchaeology (the study of human remains from archaeological sites). This lecture, seminar and laboratory-based MSc equips you with the theoretical and practical skills and knowledge to study and interpret data collected from human remains.

Archaeology PhD Durham University - a postgraduate course from postgraduatesearch.com We use cookies to ensure the best user experience and to serve tailored advertising. To learn more about our cookies and how to manage them, please visit our cookie policy.

Having graduated with a BA Archaeology from the University of Southampton in 2007, he went on to study Near Eastern landscape archaeology at Durham University under Professor Tony Wilkinson, completing his MA dissertation on the early Islamic ports of the Persian Gulf in 2009.

You will write a dissertation on a topic of your choice that may be focused on either ancient history or archaeology, although you are encouraged to use both historical and archaeological sources. You will also choose four option modules from a wide selection.

Prior to arriving at York, Michelle first studied Archaeology in Durham University in 2002 where she completed a BSc degree in Archaeology, focusing on bioarchaeology and medieval archaeology. She went on to study for an MSc degree in Biomolecular Archaeology, run jointly between the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.