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World Archaeology - Audio

The Open University

How do archaeologists investigate and understand ancient sites and civilisations? Interpreting archaeological evidence accurately and methodically is the key to obtaining a critical perspective on the development of the human race. This album provides an introduction to archaeology and its methodologies for excavation of sites that can be more than 12000 years old. Like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle but without a picture guide, archaeologists can establish how cities and civilisations developed, why humans started farming, and how empires formed and collapsed. This material forms part of The Open University course A251 World archaeology.

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    World Archaeology
    A short introduction to this album.
    13 April 2010, 12:04 am
  • Transcript -- World Archaeology
    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
    13 April 2010, 12:04 am
  • 6 minutes 54.01459999999998 seconds
    The importance of archaeology
    The discipline of archaeology and its methodology.
    3 September 2008, 11:33 pm
  • Transcript -- The importance of archaeology
    Transcript -- The discipline of archaeology and its methodology.
    3 September 2008, 11:33 pm
  • 6 minutes 16.842400000000023 seconds
    Pompeii: reconstructing the urban past
    The challenges of studying the cultural development of urban settlements, including Pompeii.
    3 September 2008, 11:32 pm
  • Transcript -- Pompeii: reconstructing the urban past
    Transcript -- The challenges of studying the cultural development of urban settlements, including Pompeii.
    3 September 2008, 11:32 pm
  • 7 minutes 29.044799999999988 seconds
    The origins of agriculture
    Why did humans start farming?
    3 September 2008, 11:32 pm
  • Transcript -- The origins of agriculture
    Transcript -- Why did humans start farming?
    3 September 2008, 11:32 pm
  • 8 minutes 10.083199999999954 seconds
    Interpreting the remains of early cities
    Archaeologists discuss early Meso-american and South Asian cities and how they reveal different forms of social organisation.
    3 September 2008, 11:31 pm
  • Transcript -- Interpreting the remains of early cities
    Transcript -- Archaeologists discuss early Meso-american and South Asian cities and how they reveal different forms of social organisation.
    3 September 2008, 11:31 pm
  • 10 minutes 55.542699999999954 seconds
    The challenge of defining a city
    What evidence do we need to define archaeological remains as a city?
    3 September 2008, 11:30 pm
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