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This multidisciplinary course aims to give students a broad understanding of some of the most important issues in the development, practice, and theoretical underpinnings of a modern anthropological archaeology of all periods. The Unit also introduces key elements and concepts of Historical and Contemporary archaeology, Landscape and Garden archaeology, Maritime and Conflict Archaeology. It provides insights into the construction and nature of archaeological knowledge, demonstrates how artefacts become heritage, how this heritage is presented to the public, and how all archaeologies seek to illuminate past human behaviours. From prehistory to the present, the unit shows how these behaviours shape the materialities of the archaeological record, and how archaeologists employ a diversity of approaches to analyse this.

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This unit comprises a substantial piece of independent academic research on a topic of choice related to landscape archaeology. It involves elements of primary research, and should demonstrate the ability to synthesise and interpret date to an appropriate academic level.