In this course you study the way that archaeology became a field of study in its own right, from the history of early antiquarians to the development of museums and the relationships between archaeology, heritage, and the media. You explore changing approaches to both excavation and interpretation and gain an understanding of the wider cultural context of archaeological studies. (Location Canterbury 2009/10, Tonbridge 2010/11, code CL348, 30 credits)

The archaeology of Britain is explored as the island emerges into proto-history during the last century BC, through the accounts of classical authors and the evidence of British coinage. You examine the conquest of Britannia and its development as a province of the empire, looking at both historical and archaeological evidence. We discuss the interaction between native British culture and that of the Romans and other peoples of the empire. (Location Canterbury 2009/10, Tonbridge 2010/11, code CL334, 30 credits)

A great many aspects of the Greek world in archaic and classical times can be traced back to the Great European Bronze Age civilisations of the second millennium BC. This is the world of the Mycenaean palaces, of Minoan Crete, and the Greek heroic age of The Iliad and The Odyssey. In this course, you examine the Minoan and Mycenaean world by studying its religion, its art and architecture, and its politics and script. (Location Tonbridge 2009/10, Canterbury 2010/11, code CL338, 30 credits)

You examine the chronological framework constructed for ancient Egypt during the dynastic period. You cover the principal categories of data, whether archaeological, artistic or textual, and learn how the various sources of data combine to improve our understanding of social organisation and religion in dynastic Egypt. The principles applied when using different types of evidence can be employed in the study of any ancient civilisation. (Location Tonbridge 2009/10, Canterbury 2010/11, code CL322, 30 credits)

By around 1000 BC, Britain’s economic and social organisation was assuming forms that provided the foundation for proto and early historical developments. The first millennium BC saw the emergence of technologies, subsistence patterns, social structures and belief systems of enduring influence. The module spans the conventional Bronze and Iron Ages, presenting the more important archaeological and historical data with an emphasis on southern Britain. (Location Canterbury, code CL610, 30 credits)

How did the western Roman Empire undergo its transformation into the early medieval world? This course presents a broad historical and archaeological framework for the Roman and post-Roman West 300-600 AD, exploring social and cultural change, the nature of barbarian societies, and the impact of the barbarian migrations, through a critical evaluation of evidence from history, art, architecture and archaeology. (Location Tonbridge, code CL591, 30 credits)

This course focuses on the interaction between Egypt and her neighbours in the East Mediterranean, particularly Greece, Crete, Turkey, Syria and Palestine between around 1500 BC and 300 BC, with particular focus on the New Kingdom period in Egypt. Themes will include diplomatic contact, the nature of Egyptian control and influence, trade and exchange, and the spread of ideas. (Location Canterbury, code CL596, 30 credits)

You choose your topic in consultation with an academic supervisor and then work independently under the guidance of your supervisor. The result is an in-depth study that draws mainly on a range of secondary source material. (Location Canterbury and Tonbridge, code CL592, 30 credits)

This project focuses on the study of primary data. It may involve antiquarian literature; archive documentation involving cartographic sources; Sites and Monuments Records; museum collections; observations of monuments in the field or other forms of approved fieldwork or participation in excavation. You choose your topic in consultation with an academic supervisor who guides you in your studies, helping you to develop skills of autonomous study and research. (Code CL598/CL599, 30 credits)