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ARCH6519 Topics in Pacific Archaeology

Offered By School of Archaeology & Anthropology
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Archaeology
Offered in ARCH6519 will not be offered in 2009
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

An advanced course on the archaeology of the Pacific, in which certain selected themes are examined in detail. There will be emphasis on methods of analysis and interpretation of the archaeological evidence on which reconstruction is based.

Indicative Assessment

Two essays and seminar/tutorial presentation.

Workload 32 hours lectures and seminars
Course Classification(s) AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs.
Areas of Interest Archaeology
Preliminary Reading

Kirch, P.V. On the Road of the Winds: an archaeological history of the Pacific Islands before European contact, University of California Press, 2000.
Kirch, P.V. The Lapita Peoples: Ancestors of the Oceanic World, Blackwell, Oxford, 1997.
Spriggs, M. The Island Melanesians, Blackwell, 1997.
Summerhayes, G.R. Lapita Interaction, Center for Archaeological Research ANU, Terra Australis 15.

Academic Contact Prof. Matthew Spriggs and To be advised

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