Universität Wien
Course Exam

160219 VO VO Celtic cultural studies A (2011S)

Interpretation of late Bronze and Iron Age archaeology

Monday 16.01.2012

Examiners

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Examination topics

Lectures and discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examination by c. 4000 word references essay on one question from the list of questions for this module available from course convener.

German essay questions (continued):
15. Vergleiche anhand wenigstens zweier konkreter Beispiele die Möglichkeit zur evidentiären Überprüfung interpretativer Modelle in Ur- und Frühgeschichte und/oder kulturwissenschaftlicher Keltologie
16. Diskutiere die Probleme bei der Verwendung von Quellen unterschiedlicher wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen (z.B. Archäologie, Alte Geschichte, Sprachwissenschaft) in interpretativen kulturwissenschaftlichen Argumentationen

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Based on the examination of late prehistoric ‘celtic’ Europe, this module provides students with a detailed understanding of the archaeological and socio-cultural interpretation of pre-modern societies. Students will gain knowledge of the archaeology (aim 1), history (aim 2) and linguistic evidence of ‘Celtic’ Europe in the period between c.1200 BC-AD 600 (aim 3). They will also gain a general and detailed understanding of the process of archaeological (aim 4) and socio-cultural interpretation (aim 5). In addition, they will acquire the fundamentals of interpretative modelling in Celtic Studies (aim 6) and the epistemological foundations for interdisciplinary research in Celtic Cultural Studies (aim 7). Transferable skills taught through this module are the ability for critical assessment of evidence (aim 8) and interpretations (aim 9) and the ability to tackle complex research questions (aim 10).

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