Undergraduate Course: Archaeology of Architecture (ARCA10082)

Course Outline
School	School of History, Classics and Archaeology	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Buildings archaeology, the discipline analysing 3D-structures with archaeological and architectural methods has become an increasingly important requirement in developer-funded archaeological works. Academically, architectural analysis has been the domain of Classical Archaeology; applying it to prehistoric architectures has demonstrated its wider research potential.
Course description	Lectures, seminars and studios over the course of 11 weeks: Introduction & methods: manual, digital Recording case studies: prehistoric, Classical, vernacular, post-medieval Designing space & structure: prehistoric, Classical Construction, engineering & building technology Materials Non-domestic/ monumental architecture: prehistoric, Classical Historic Building Recording in commercial, development/planning context UG Student seminar presentations of essay topic Feedback/Feedforward The course introduces Buildings Archaeology, its methods and theory as well as academic and commercial applications. Lectures, seminars, and practicals will equip students with knowledge, skills and techniques necessary to study, interpret and reconstruct buildings from archaeological evidence. The syllabus seeks a balance between practical skills (drawing, photographic recording, digitising, buildings analysis, report writing, etc.) and academic theory to prepare students for academic as well as commercial careers. Studio presentations and discussions will reaffirm the experience from workshops and fieldwork and consolidate knowledge on how collected data feeds into research. Bringing in professional experts allows knowledge exchange and skill transfer to be informed by industry needs. The visit of a commercial company will provide students with industry insight. The intended learning outcomes are designed to foster the students, initiative and increase their employability and research capacities by equipping them with specialist skills and knowledge not offered at most other HEIs. The course will concentrate on prehistoric (Scottish, British and European) and Classical case studies, complemented by medieval, post-medieval and industrial examples to reflect all aspects of the academic and commercial jobs profile.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Archaeology 2A and 2B; or Classical Archaeology 2B; or BA/Honours entry to degrees in ESALA; or at the discretion of the course organiser.
Additional Costs	Bus fare, stationary, permatrace, and drawing board for fieldwork - typically Ł12.50 per student. Recommended for fieldwork trips: warm and water-proof clothing, sturdy boots / sensible outdoor footwear, ideally need to own digital camera or digital camera phone.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should have at least 3 Archaeology courses at Grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 15
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 15, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 2, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 4, Fieldwork Hours 12, External Visit Hours 2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 154 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1 essay 2,000 words, 50% and 1 x 2 hour exam, 50%
Feedback	Students will receive written feedback on their coursework, and will have the opportunity to discuss that feedback further with the Course Organiser during their published office hours or by appointment.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Academic year 2017/18, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 2
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 15, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 2, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 4, Fieldwork Hours 12, External Visit Hours 2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 154 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1 essay 2,000 words, 50% and 1 x 2 hour exam, 50%
Feedback	Students will receive written feedback on their coursework, and will have the opportunity to discuss that feedback further with the Course Organiser during their published office hours or by appointment.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	S1 only visiting student exam		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, command of the body of knowledge of theory and methodology of Buildings Archaeology and its application in academia and commercial practice; demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship and key case studies; demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to understand, evaluate and utilise the primary archaeological evidence of buildings and a variety of other primary source material; demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, the ability to develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence; demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers.

Reading List
Academic monographs: 1) Adam J-P 1999 Roman Building: Materials and Techniques, London and New York. 2) Audouze F, Büchsenschütz O 1992 Towns, villages and countryside of Celtic Europe. London: Batsford. In UoE main library. 3) Drury PJ (ed) 1982 Structural Reconstruction. Oxford: BAR 110. 4) Gerritsen F 2003 Local Identities. Landscape and Community in the Late Prehistoric Meuse-Demer-Scheldt Region. Amsterdam Archaeological Studies 9. Amsterdam: AUP. In UoE main library 5) Hofmann D, Smyth J (eds) 2013 Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe. London: Springer. In UoE main library: online resource. 6) Lancaster LC 2005 Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome: Innovations in Context, Cambridge. 7) Parker Pearson M, Richards C 1994 (Hardback) /1997 (Paperback) Architecture & Order. Approaches to Social Space. London/New York: Routledge. In UoE main library 8) Romankiewicz T 2011 The complex roundhouses of the Scottish Iron Age. BAR Brit Ser 550 (i) and (ii), Oxford: Archaeopress. In UoE main library. Practical guides: 9) Burra Charter and ICOMOS 1990/1996 Guide to Recording Historic Buildings. 10) English Heritage 2006 Understanding Historic Buildings. A guide to good recording practice. Part 1-3. Free online resource. 11) Historic Scotland various Research Reports and Technical Advice Notes (TAN) - 1 (revised 2005), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31. Range of publications on use of historic materials and their recording and conservation methods. 12) Swallow P, Dallas R, Jackson S, Watt D 2004 Measurement and Recording of Historic Buildings. 2nd ed. Shaftesbury: Donhead.