Material Culture & Artefact Studies

Core courses

The core courses introduce you to the theoretical and practical demands of material culture studies and artefact analysis:

• Research Skills, designed to give students training and support in a wide variety of research methods tailored to their individual requirements, including library skills, humanities computing, writing and presenting papers, etc.
• Material Culture in Context introduces current theoretical and methodological perspectives in Material Culture studies. Key themes include changing perspectives on the meaning of objects in archaeological thought, the presentation and management of cultural objects and understanding modern material culture.
• The Process of Artefact Studies looks at the treatment, analysis and interpretation of objects from archaeological recovery in the field through specialist examination and conservation to final museum display and long-term curation.