Archaeology

BA Archaeology and Anthropology

UCAS code

VL46 3 years

Location

Exeter (Streatham Campus)

Archaeology and Anthropology are two closely linked subjects and this Combined Honours degree gives you the opportunity to study the considerable common ground between them. Whilst exploring people and society in the past as well as the present, you will engage with ethnographic studies of cultures around the world, explore themes such as human evolution, sexuality, art, death and war and will have the chance to study human remains.

Archaeology will teach you about different archaeological techniques, the chronology of archaeological periods and the main themes in archaeology from prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages.

Anthropology is closely related to Sociology and our development of this degree reflects our long standing specialism in culture and qualitative methods. Traditionally, anthropology focused on the study of tribal peoples but increasingly anthropology has sought to apply its distinctive insights to the problems of modern living. Anthropologists today are as interested in the practices of bureaucrats in Brussels as the ritual ceremonies of native Amazonians. The programme will provide an insight into these very different human cultures, introducing students to a dynamic discipline adapting in the face of – and trying to explain – global changes.

For further details about this programme and module choices, please refer to the Archaeology website