UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH MODULE RECORD | ||||||
MODULE CODE: PAP105 | CREDITS: 20 | LEVEL: 1 | ||||
MODULE TITLE: WORLD STONE AGE SOCIETY | ||||||
PRE-REQUISITE(S): None | ||||||
CO-REQUISITE(S): None | ||||||
COMPENSATABLE WITHIN THIS PROGRAMME: Yes | ||||||
SHORT MODULE DESCRIPTOR This module explores prehistoric society from the Lower Palaeolithic to the origins of agriculture, including the Oldowan, Acheulean, Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthals and the origins of modern humans. Similarities and differences in the development of society, subsistence and technology are evaluated, as are the roles of colonisation, cognition and adaptation. | ||||||
ELEMENTS OF ASSESSMENT: (C1) COURSEWORK 100% | ||||||
Give Subject Assessment Panel Group to which module should be linked | ||||||
Minimum pass mark for professional body accreditation | ||||||
MODULE AIMS: This module involves making contributions to intrusive archaeological field investigations. It deals with the contributions to preparation for an investigation, the fieldwork and the analysis and presentation of the data. | ||||||
ASSESSED LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of a module the learner will be expected to be able to:
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INDICATIVE SYLLABUS CONTENT:
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APPROVAL: DATE OF APPROVAL: 23/05/07 DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION: 1/9/2007 DATE(S) OF APPROVED CHANGE: n/a | ||||||
FACULTY: UPC | SCHOOL: | PARTNER INSTITUTION: City College Plymouth | NAME OF SITE: | |||
MODULE LEADER: Anne Pirie | Term: All Year | |||||
Assessment Criteria (Threshold Level) : The student should provide evidence that they provide evidence of:
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Assessment Mode: Coursework: 70% Essays, Seminars and Presentations. Assessment: 30% Reflective journal of lectures, seminars and field trips and participation in groupwork.
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Schedule of Teaching and Learning: The module is delivered by means of lectures, field trips and online tutorials through the College VLE. The course comprises 30 lectures in four major blocks. The first block focuses on the earliest hominin groups of the Oldowan and Acheulean; the second block explores Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal and early modern human society; the third block looks at life during the last Ice Age and the final block looks at hunter-gatherers of the early Holocene and transitions to farming. |
Recommended Texts and SourcesThe recommended texts for the course are:
Gamble, C. (1999) The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe. Cambridge: CUP. Gamble, C. (1993) Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization. Stroud: Alan Sutton. Johanson, D. & Edgar, B. (1996) From Lucy to Language. New Jersey: Simon & Schuster Lewin, R. (2005) Human Evolution: an illustrated introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
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