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School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
From Indiana Jones to Agatha Christie, archaeology and archaeologists are disproportionately well represented in big budget films, and are recurrent subjects in some genres of fictional writing. This course focuses on ideas of archaeology presented in popular culture and will appeal to archaeologically-interested students of film, anthropology, and literature, as well as archaeology students. It is a course in archaeology that deals with the depictions of archaeology by and for non-archaeologists and the implications of those depictions; and it looks at the insights that film and fiction dealing with archaeology might provide about the operation of popular culture. Lectures include film and film commentary.
Oral presentation,10 minutes
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Presentation Summary, 1 page
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Tutorial portfolio
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Film/other media review, 1000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Essay, 2500 words
Learning outcomes 4, 5
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 46 hours of contact: 12 hours of lectures, 12 hours of discussion seminar and 22 hours of film screening; and b) 84 hours of independent student research, reading and writing
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