Study Details: MA 1 year full-time,
2 years part-time,
3 years part-time
Learn about the Roman past and use your skills in archaeology, science, digital archaeology, or heritage to help change how we look at the Roman world!
This course is meant for people looking to deepen their knowledge on the Roman past from a diverse and critical angle, or want to apply their skills in other fields to the context of the Roman world. You do not require a background in Roman studies, you need affiliation to the topic and enthusiasm to catch up on the latest debates and developments in the field.
We will discuss a range of exciting topics, work with objects, and uncover new fields of investigation, from new scientific and digital methods to discussions about cultural diversity, slavery, religion, or contemporary heritage. We will cover the entirety of the Empire and its interactions: from Egypt, the Levant, North Africa, to Europe and Britain. And York is one of the best places to go, as it was once the capital of Roman North Brittanica! There is much more to add to the knowledge and the ways we communicate Roman heritage.
Your project will add to an active field of study, will have practical components in material analysis, or can be done in collaboration with our many local heritage partners.
2:2 or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Archaeology, Anthropology, Classics, Classical Studies, History, Art History
If you don’t have conventional qualifications, but do have appropriate, relevant experience, you are encouraged to apply. We carefully consider each application on its merits
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Roman Europe is a defining archaeological period. With your knowledge and laboratory and/or field-based skills you will be well placed for a career in the archaeological and heritage sectors.
Your skills in analysis, communication and problem solving will be valuable across a range of career opportunities.
Core modules
Roman Archaeology: Ancient pasts, current issues
The Archaeology of Roman Religion
Option modules
You will choose three option modules from examples including:
Artefacts and Materials Analysis
Debates in Funerary Archaeology
Landscape Survey and Geophysics
The Ancient Celts: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
The Archaeology of the Human Skeleton
You'll also have the opportunity to choose options from our full module catalogue:
Ancient Biomolecules
Animal Bones for Archaeologists
Archaeologies of Colonialism in the British Atlantic World
Becoming Human
Building Conservation Projects
Buildings Recording
Contemporary Issues in Museums
Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice
Data Science for Archaeology
Digital Approaches to Archaeology
Digital Creativity
Experimental Archaeology
GIS and Spatial Analysis
Heritage Principles and Concepts
Histories of Conservation
Life and Death in Iron Age Britain and Ireland
Making the Nation
Medieval Settlement and Communities
Mesolithic Life and Death
Museums, Audiences & Interpretation
Prehistoric Art: Origins and Transitions
Presenting Historic Houses
Project Management
Researching & Analysing Historic Buildings
Skeletal Evidence for Health in the Past
Sustainability I: definitions of sustainability & methods of assessment
Sustainability II: understanding sustainability as change through time
Sustainable Buildings: Carbon, Retrofit and Reuse
Sustainable Conservation Challenges
The Viking Age: People, Places, Things
Thinking through Material Culture
Understanding & Interpreting Historic Buildings
Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling
Zooarchaeology in Context
Some option modules combinations may not be possible. The option available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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