Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Death, Burial and Society
School	History and Cultures
Department	Classics, AH and Archaeology
Module Code	09 24039
Module Lead	Paul Garwood
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Guided independent study-180 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module explores the diversity and complexity of mortuary practices and funerary ritual and representation through archaeological evidence. It focuses on current approaches to the analysis of mortuary evidence and interpretative themes such as social reconstruction, identity and personhood, ritual, status, power and cosmology, monumentality, landscapes of death, and the life histories and deaths of individuals. These themes are examined using the wide range of anthropological, sociological and historical perspectives that underpin the inter-disciplinary character of the archaeology of death.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Analyse and interpret mortuary and funerary evidence with reference to current theoretical. methodological and interpretative frameworks. Critically evaluate interpretations of mortuary evidence. Apply skills of synthesis through further study or independent research. Demonstrate their specialised knowledge concisely in a 4000 word essay or 3hr final examination.
Assessment	24039-01 : 3000 Word Essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x 3,000 word coursework (100%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
Other	None
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