• Offered by School of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Archaeology
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Mode of delivery In Person
Archaeology of Death and Mortuary Practices (ARCH3028)

Archaeology of Death uses burial practices, mortuary goods and biological remains to reconstruct the lives of the dead as well as, if not more importantly, the lives of those that buried them. There is a global orientation in exploring ideas associated with death and the treatment of the dead from individuals though to entire past communities. The temporal expanse of this course extends from middle Pleistocene evidence for Neandertal cannibalism and the earliest deliberate burials, to prehistoric ancestor worship and sacrifice, childhood death, gendered grave goods, through to the complex burial rituals associated with high status and class based societies.

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Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed 6 units of Archaeology (ARCH) courses, or with the permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ARCH2054.

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Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

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Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
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