ARCH2035 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FORMATION PROCESSES

Preserved body of Tollund Man who was choked to death by hanging from a leather belt.

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(6 units)
Normally offered in alternate years
22 hours lectures, 11 hours laboratories

Lecturer: Dr Hiscock

Prerequisites: Archaeology: an introduction (ARCH1111) and/or From Origins to Civilisations (ARCH1112). Students without one of these units should consult the lecturer.

Syllabus: Reviews the concept and importance of formation processes for interpretation in archaeology. The unit describes the diversity of mechanisms involved in the formation of archaeological sites. The implications of formation processes for archaeological interpretations are considered, and theoretical frameworks for examining formation processes are evaluated. Examples of specific processes are discussed and material examined in the laboratory.

Lyman, R.L. , Vertebrate Taphonomy, Cambridge UP, 1994

Schiffer, M.B., Formation processes of the archaeological record, University of New Mexico Press, 1987

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Author: Peter Hiscock, Dept. Archaeology and Anthropology
Feedback: peter.hiscock@anu.edu.au.
Date Last Modified: 15-07-2002
URL: http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/aboutus/course/2035.htm