Koorie archaeology
Isabel Ellender
8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Gippsland
(Diploma of Koorie Studies students only)/Distance
* Prerequisites:
Gippsland students: passes in 75% of first-year subject. Distance students:
GSC1801 or permission
Objectives Students successfully completing this unit will have developed and refined their skills in Bundjalung language, including text analysis and construction, the application of broad phonetic symbols, and will understand the relationship between language and culture.
Synopsis 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
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