MA Ceramic and Lithic Analysis for Archaeologists MA Ceramic and Lithic Analysis for Archaeologists

Pottery and stone artefacts have a great deal to tell us about fundamental Typical core modules: aspects of past human lives. How far were people travelling? What Principles of Ceramic and Lithic Archaeology trade was taking place? What was eaten and how was it prepared? How Ceramic and Lithic Projects for was technology and craft production organised, and what sort of tools, Archaeologists materials and skills were central to everyday life? What different phases Dissertation of use, re-use, recycling and adaptation might objects have gone through Typical option modules: before being discarded? Archaeological Petrology Ceramics and Lithics in Context Many scientific techniques and theoretical concepts are available to the modern archaeologist to Analysis and Interpretation of Stone Tools address these questions. Southampton’s MA in Ceramic and Lithic Analysis for Archaeologists Spatial Technology in Archaeology draws on the expertise of staff working on all archaeological periods, across the world. We will Buildings and Society introduce you to a wide range of approaches, supported by a suite of dedicated laboratories, and excellent archaeological and ethnographic artefact collections. Whether your interests lie Interpreting Archaeological Art in Neolithic food culture, Iron Age technology, Roman trade or the social organisation of the Archaeology of the Roman World medieval world, our MA will widen your horizons. This globally distinctive programme is equally suitable for students planning further research as it is for those aiming for a career as a finds or ceramics expert within commercial archaeology.

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Cover image: Saintonge polychrome jug, 13th century AD, courtesy of the Southampton City Museum (photographer: John Lawrence).