Syllabus for Archaeology A

Arkeologi A

A revised version of the syllabus is available.

Syllabus

  • 30 credits
  • Course code: 5AR260
  • Education cycle: First cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Archaeology G1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2007-01-23
  • Established by: The Faculty Board of Arts
  • Revised: 2009-10-16
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Autumn 2009
  • Entry requirements: History A, Civics A
  • Responsible department: Department of Archaeology and Ancient History

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Autumn 2009

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

  • Knutsson, Helena Coast to coast - arrival : results and reflections : proceedings of the final Coast to Coast Conference, 1-5 October 2002 in Falköping, Sweden

    Uppsala: Coast to Coast Project, 2004

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  • Ersgård, Lars Det förflutna är att räkna med : en vetenskaplig programskrift från UV

    Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetets förlag, 2006

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  • Forest history today : an annual publication

    Durham, NC: Forest History Society, 1995-

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  • Gräslund, Bo Arkeologisk datering

    Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1996

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  • Herschend, Frands Historical or textual archaeology

    Part of:

    Current Swedish archaeology

    vol. 5 (1997) s. 65-78

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  • Hodder, Ian The archaeological process : an introduction

    Oxford: Blackwell, 1999

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  • Panter-Brick, Catherine; Layton, Robert; Rowley-Conwy, Peter Hunter-gatherers : an interdisciplinary perspective

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001

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  • Jobling, Mark; Hurles, Matthew; Tyler-Smith, Chris Human evolutionary genetics : origins, people and disease

    New York: Garland Science, cop. 2004

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  • Price, Theron Douglas; Gebauer, Anne Birgitte Last hunters, first farmers : new perspectives on the prehistoric transition to agriculture

    Santa Fe, N.M.: School of American Research Press, 1995

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  • Gould, Richard A.; Schiffer, Michael B. Modern material culture : the archaeology of Us

    New York: Acad. P., cop. 1981

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  • Olsen, Bjørnar d 1958- Torhell, Sven-Erik Från ting till text : teoretiska perspektiv i arkeologisk forskning

    Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2003

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  • Renfrew, Colin; Bahn, Paul Archaeology : theories, methods and practice

    5th ed.: London: Thames and Hudson, 2008

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  • Ros, Jonas Stad och gård : Sigtuna under sen vikingatid och tidig medeltid = Town and house : Sigtuna during late Viking Age and Early Medieval period

    Uppsala: Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2009

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  • Segerberg, Ann Bälinge mossar : kustbor i Uppland under yngre stenåldern = The Bälinge bogs : Neolithic coastal settlement in Uppland, eastern middle Sweden

    Uppsala: Univ. :b Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History [Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia], 1999

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  • Tesch, Sten Vincent, Jacques Vyer från medeltidens Sigtuna =b Images of medieval Sigtuna

    Sigtuna: Sigtuna museum, 2003

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  • Scarre, Chris The human past : world prehistory & the development of human societies

    London: Thames & Hudson, 2009

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  • Fischer, Anders; Kristiansen, Kristian The neolithisation of Denmark : 150 years of debate

    Sheffield: J.R. Collis, 2002

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  • Hodder, Ian Archaeological theory today

    Cambridge: Polity, cop. 2001

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  • McIntosh, Susan Keech Beyond chiefdoms : pathways to complexity in Africa

    Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999

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  • Karlström, Anna; Källén, Anna Fishbones and glittering emblems : Southeast Asian archaeology 2002

    Stockholm: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska museet), 2003

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  • Flannery, Kent The Origins of Agriculture

    Part of:

    Annual review of anthropology

    (1973) s. 271-310

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  • Hall, Martin Archaeology Africa

    London: James Currey ;a Cape Town :b David Philip, 1996

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  • Lindholm, Karl-Johan Wells of experience : a pastoral land-use history of Omaheke, Namibia

    Uppsala: Uppsala University. African and Comparative Archaeology, 2006

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  • Meggers, Betty Revisiting Amazonia circa 1492

    Part of:

    Science

    (2003) s. 2067-2070

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  • Tainter, Joseph Social complexity and sustainability

    Part of:

    Ecological complexity : an international journal on biocomplexity in the environment and theoretical ecology

    Elsevierc 2004-, 2004-

    (2006) s. 91-103

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  • Scarre, Chris The human past : world prehistory & the development of human societies

    London: Thames & Hudson, 2009

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  • Wilmsen, Edwin Mutable identities : moving beyond ethnicity in Botswana

    Part of:

    Journal of southern African studies.

    (2002) s. 825-841

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