Topic: Archaeology

Must be analytical.

6 well made points and an introduction and a conclusion.

Compare and contrast ideas

Choose any one of the essays and show wider reading beyond the reading lists using jstor perhaps or research papers from similar sources.

If looking at the social identity theme if that’s an area that could be good then look at brochs . Compare the arguments of the archaeologists below and form an opinion of own in conclusion

Debate amongst four key academics regarding interpretations of iron age architecture and society/social identity

 

Niall Sharples

Mike Parker Pearson

Simon Gilmour

Ian Armit

 

Example articles for sharples ( will need to look for others):

 

 

 

Sharples, N. M. 2006.  The first (permanent) houses: an interpretation of the monumental domestic architecture of Iron Age Orkney . Journal of Iberian Archaeology 8, pp. 281-305.

 

Sharples, N. M. 2003.  From monuments to artefacts: changing social relationships in the later Iron Age . In: Downes, J. and Ritchie, A. eds. Sea Change: Orkney and Northern Europe in the Later Iron Age AD 300-800.. Balgavies: Pinkfoot Press, pp. 151-165.

 

Sharples, N. M. and Parker Pearson, M. 1997.  Why were brochs built? recent studies in the iron age of Atlantic Scotland . In: Gwilt, A. and Haselgrove, C. eds. Reconstructing Iron Age Societies: New Approaches to the British Iron Age.. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 254-265.