6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 4003400FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
The course provides an introduction to material culture studies with reference to Cypriot archaeology. Material culture studies investigate the relationship between people and objects. Through the study of the use, consumption, creation and trade of objects, as well as behaviour, norms and rituals, explanations are sought for social interaction and behaviour, identity and status.
Cypriot material culture from the Palaeolithic to the Roman period will be the common thread throughout the course.
Cypriot ceramics are studied during lectures via sherds.
The student can describe the Cypriot material culture from the Paleolithic to the Roman period.
The student can explain the interrelations in the Mediterranean in antiquity.
The student is able to identify Cypriot sherds and link the ceramics to the period in which they were produced and used.
The student can independently research a Cypriot object and place it in a broader cultural and socio-economic context.
The student can understand and interprete relationships between people and objects and being able to place this within a socio-cultural framework.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
SELF Report determines 30% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:
70%: Oral with written preparation: answering a synthesis question that assesses the insights acquired in a greater whole of the course; commenting on images and/or sherds: being able to place artifacts in time and place.
30%: Prior to the examination each student gets an individual assignment. At the examination, (s)he presents the results of this assignment.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Art Studies and Archaeology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)