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School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course will serve as an introduction to the prehistory of Europe from the first farming communities to the Roman era from the Balkans to Britain, and Norway to the Iberian Peninsula. From 8000 BC to the 1st century AD people on the European continent developed new technologies, adopted unique ways of life and built the monuments which fill our TV screens. This course asks who they were and how they did it.
Key site podcast, 5 minutes
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4
Research proposal, 350-400 words
Learning outcomes 2, 3
Annotated bibliography of 10 sources towards completion of independent research
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Research Poster of semester-long research project
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of workshop and workshop-like activities; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing
Cunliffe, B.W. 2008. Europe between the oceans : themes and variations: 9000 BC to AD 1000. New Haven: Yale University Press. Milisauskas, S. ed. 2002. European prehistory: a survey. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.