MASTER CLASSES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies (CIAS) at Newcastle University will be offering three short Master Classes in 2010. These programmes will give you the opportunity to explore an archaeological subject to a high level in an informal setting.
With the extensive collections held within the Great North Museum to aid study, students will be introduced to the subjects through practical sessions and site visits led by internationally renowned academics.
Each course will involve two weeks intensive teaching, followed by a written assignment. Each course carries 20 credits.
The Archaeology of a Roman Frontier: Hadrian's Wall
Course Leader: Lindsay Allason-Jones
The programme is designed for students who wish to study the archaeology of a Roman Frontier in a short intensive module. It offers an introduction to the people and sites of the World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall through visits, lectures and practical sessions.
Programme Highlights
• On-site seminars on Hadrian’s Wall – there will be visits to Wallsend, Chesters, Birdoswald, Benwell, Carrawburgh, Great Chesters, Housesteads and Vindolanda
• Exceptional Roman collections used in practical teaching
• Tuition by experts in frontier studies
• Introduction to the native and military population of the frontier
Course content
Students will have lectures in
• The Roman army
• Military routine
• Religion on the frontier
• The people of the frontier
With practical sessions on
• Roman coins
• Military equipment
• Roman inscriptions
Course duration
Each course will be completed within a fortnight of intensive study. In 2010 the course will run from 12th – 23rd July.
Assessment: each course carries the value of 20 credits and will be assessed through a 4,000 word essay to be handed in within 6 weeks of completing the course.
Cost: £1000 without accommodation; £1600 with accommodation.
Roman Inscriptions in Context ?
Course leader: Lindsay Allason-Jones
The programme is designed for students who wish to study Romano-British epigraphy in a short intensive module. It offers an introduction to the primary evidence of a Roman province and the World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall through visits, lectures and practical sessions.
Programme Highlights
• On-site seminars on Hadrian’s Wall – there will be visits to Wallsend, Birdoswald, Chesters, Newcastle, Benwell, Carrawburgh, Housesteads and Vindolanda
• Exceptional Roman collections used in practical teaching
• Tuition by experts in Roam epigraphy
Course content
Students will have lectures in
• The epigraphic code
• What do inscriptions tell us about a frontier and its population
• Roman Religion
• Epigraphy and people’s lives
With practical sessions on
• Building inscriptions
• Religious inscriptions
• Memorials
Course duration
Each course will be completed within a fortnight of intensive study. In 2010 the course will run from 26th July – 6th August.
Assessment: each course carries the value of 20 credits and will be assessed through a 4,000 report on a Roman-British inscription chosen by the student.
Please note that no previous knowledge of Latin is required to do this course.
Cost: £1000 without accommodation,; £1600 with accommodation.
Anchient Greek Pottery
Course Leader: Dr Sally Waite
The programme is designed for students who wish to study the pottery of the Greek world in a short intensive module. It offers an introduction to the chronology, technique, form, function and iconography of the pottery through lectures and practical sessions.
Programme Highlights
• Exceptional collections used in practical teaching
• Tuition by experts
• Opportunities to develop skills in handling, observing and recording Greek pottery
• Visits to important collections
Course content
Students will have lectures in
• Manufacturing techniques
• Athenian painted pottery
• Corinthian pottery and Orientalising
With practical sessions on
• Making pottery
• Drawing and photographing Greek pottery
Course duration
Each course will be completed within a fortnight of intensive study. In 2010 the course will run from 28th June – 9th July.
Assessment: each course carries the value of 20 credits and will be assessed through a 2,000 word report on a Greek pot or pots and a 3000 word essay on a topic to be decided between the course leader and the student, to be handed in within 6 weeks of completing the course.
Cost: £1000 without accommodation; £1600 with accommodation.
Further Information
Click here for further information or to apply
contact Lindsay Allason-Jones on L.Allason-Jones@ncl.ac.uk .