The Later Bronze Age marks a major transformation in the archaeological record of Britain and Ireland. Patterns of ritual behaviour, burial, settlement and artefact use all begin to change. This single module explores these major transformations which see the establishment of settled life, agrarian landscapes and the consolidation of social differentiation, especially in southern Britain. These themes are investigated by individual case studies. 

1. a detailed knowledge of the Later Bronze Age sequence, especially in southern Britain
2. a detailed knowledge of changes in settlement, landscape, and craft production and exchange
3. a broad understanding of the significance of these changes in relation to preceding periods

4. developed skills in linking diverse strands of evidence and in relating individual studies to much wider patterns 

10 lectures

1 museum visit and artefact handling session

1 field trip

Whilst studying this module, students will practise and develop a number of skills.  Not all of these will be assessed formally and included as learning outcomes.  This section should contain a concise summary of these, including academic, subject-specific and more generic ‘employability’ skills.

The assessment methods for the module should be detailed here (both formative and summative), including any distinctive features (e.g. major project work). You should explain how the modes of assessment will enable all students to demonstrate achievement of the module learning outcomes, indicating which learning outcomes are addressed in each assessment task.  Any academic or competence standards which may limit the availability of adjustments or alternative assessments for disabled students should be clearly stated.

The opportunity for reassessment in this module:

Essay resit

The course will comprise lectures on:

• The changes that characterise the transition from the Early Bronze Age to the Later Bronze Age
• The importance of typology in creating chronological structure to the period
• The discovery, extraction and transformation of copper
• Understanding the settlement and burial record in southern England in the Middle Bronze Age
• Dividing the land: the development of field systems and boundaries
• The settlement pattern in northern Britain and the significance of climate change
• The deposition of metalwork hoards and the importance of water
• Hillforts and the changing nature of Late Bronze Age settlements
• The appearance of iron and the collapse of the bronze value system

Please provide a definitive list of any core resources or texts that students will be required to read, specifying chapter(s) in books if applicable, and alert your School library via the button provided within the SIMS Task.

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