Koorie archaeology
AA BT BW DT AW BV BB BS BL BU GA PA BC BP BDT BJ BY
Isabel Ellender
Subject value of 1.0 (6 points) * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Gippsland (Associate Diploma of Koorie Studies students only)/Distance * Prerequisites: Gippsland students: passes in 75% of first-year subject. Distance students: GSC1801 or permission
This subject commences with an examination of the aims, theories and techniques of archaeology. It then adopts a historical framework for studying biological and cultural evolution in a global context that converges on traditional Aboriginal ways of life over the last 40,000 years. In particular, the hunting and gathering way of life will be studied through its archaeological expression and ethnohistorical accounts. The legislation, ethics, politics and social issues currently pertaining to archaeology in Australia are a persistent theme throughout. Students will have the opportunity to focus in more detail on rock art and bio-archaeology. A field excursion will be conducted to an area of archaeological significance.
Assessment
Assignment one (500-800 words): 15% * Mini research project (2500 words): 30% * Journal: 55%
Prescribed texts
Frankel D Remains to be seen Longman Cheshire, 1991
Flood J Archaeology of the Dreamtime Collins, 1983