Asian and Pacific Archaeology Minor

Total units 24 Units

Areas of interest Archaeology, Pacific Studies, Asian Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies
Minor code APAE-MIN

Academic career Undergraduate
Academic Contact Dr Jack Fenner

What was life like for people in the past? To find out, archaeologists study their material culture—the things they left behind. Courses in the Asian and Pacific Archaeology minor offer insight into the origins, development and, sometimes, the disappearance of diverse and astonishing cultures in Asia and the Pacific. Students also are introduced to the techniques that archaeologists use to search for and collect artefacts from past cultures, and the key ideas and theories that bring the past into focus. The perspective gained through focused study of the Asian and Pacific human past can be effectively employed in many fields and across other geographic regions.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the prehistory of cultures in Asia and the Pacific
Identify and critique the capabilities and limits of archaeological evidence
Analyse Asian and Pacific population movements, expansions and developments in long-term context.
Understand the processes and disciplinary approaches that archaeology uses to learn about the past.