Description

The course is a highly focused postgraduate degree programme which develops specialist skills in the theory and practice of archaeological prospection, in particular in near-surface geophysics.

This postgraduate degree programme provides students with knowledge and experience of the principal geophysical and geochemical techniques currently available for the detection of buried archaeological features and other near-surface targets. It gives an appropriate background to materials and soil science, together with the relevant mathematical principles.

Other methods of detection such as remote sensing, topographical survey and field-walking are introduced as essential components of an integrated approach to landscape assessment. Sampling procedures and the computer treatment and display of field data from all methods are critically examined with the aid of case studies based on field experience. Skills and knowledge are developed through lectures, seminars, laboratory and fieldwork classes and a formal dissertation.

Highlights

Special Features

* It offers in-depth specialist training, including hands-on experience in the Division's geophysics and computer laboratories and in the field, and a substantial individual research dissertation.
* It is currently supported by five Natural Environment Research
Council (NERC) Advanced Course Studentships.
* A part-time route is feasible, accumulating module credits over a period of study. Individual modules are available to candidates wishing to enhance their specialist knowledge in a particular area
* First destination figures indicate that about 85% of postgraduates in Archaeological Sciences achieve work or further studies in the discipline or cognate areas.

Subject Areas

• Archaeology
• Geology
• Physics

Cost in US$:

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.