units

ATS3544

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

print version

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Monash Indigenous Centre

Coordinator(s)

Professor Ian McNiven

Quota applies

This unit has a strict quota of 10 students for safety reasons associated with supervising students whilst undertaking fieldwork. Selection of students will be based on academic merit, with preference given to students who have already completed units in archaelogy and Indigenous studies at Monash.Students should lodge an enrolment amendment form at the Faculty of Arts Student Service counter on the Clayton campus by 5pm 1 December. Enrolment decisions will be notified and processed on 10 December.

Offered

Clayton

  • Term 1 2016 (Flexible)

Notes

The unit has a domestic field tripdomestic field trip (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/currentstudents/field-trips/) component and may incur an additional cost.

Synopsis

The unit provides students with a thorough grounding in archaeological field techniques. Field techniques include pre-fieldwork preparations (visits to archives and museums) and critical analysis of different approaches by archaeologists to find, record and excavate sites. Practical experience and tuition in each of these areas will be gained through 2 weeks of classes based at Clayton Campus plus 2 weeks of fieldwork in western Victoria. On completion of the subject students will have first-hand appreciation of what it takes to excavate archaeological sites at a professional standard.

Outcomes

The overarching aims are to provide students with a through grounding in archaeological field techniques.

On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:

  1. appreciate the broad range of conceptual and practical skills required to find, record and excavate archaeological sites;
  2. develop research skills in archival documents and museum objects;
  3. develop skills to critically evaluate site survey and excavation reports.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 70%
Exam: 30%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

  • Additional requirements
  • Field trip

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Ian McNiven

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Ancient cultures
Indigenous cultures and histories

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.

Prohibitions

AIA2200, AIA3300, ATS2544