The student will undertake an independent project relating to landscape archaeology involving i.a. field survey.

The student will read an approved list of texts relating to the theory and method of excavation and carry out assignments involving the application of theoretical understanding to practical problems.

The student will read an approved list of texts relating to the theory and method of post-excavation and analysis,  and carry out assignments involving the application of theoretical understanding to practical problems.

The student will develop a detailed research design around a proposed project. This could be connected to their final project.

The student receives training in working with image production (maps, plans, etc.) and in the different media available for the dissemination of archaeological results. 

The student will participate in the departmental training excavations for undergraduates.

The aim of the course is to provide students with a more comprehensive and deeper insight into the different theoretical approaches within the humanities. In the course, the main theories that have influenced theoretical discussion in the humanities over the last decades will be presented and discussed, and the students are taught how to apply them in their own research.

Conventional sociological or historical accounts tend to portray human life as if objects either are irrelevant or at best, passive and inert. This course follows the ‘material turn’ that has occurred in the social sciences and the humanities in the past 20 years and explores the importance of things for understanding human society and history. Drawing on examples from a wide range of disciplines from design history to archaeology, each week a different object is taken for study, illustrating the various disciplinary and theoretical approaches that have been taken to material culture in recent years. The course will be organized around weekly lectures, reading and discussion. The course will be taught in english.

The student will participate in the departmental training excavations for undergraduates.

The student will undertake an independent project relating to landscape archaeology involving i.a. field survey.

The student will read an approved list of texts relating to the theory and method of excavation and carry out assignments involving the application of theoretical understanding to practical problems.

The student will read an approved list of texts relating to the theory and method of post-excavation and analysis,  and carry out assignments involving the application of theoretical understanding to practical problems.

The student receives training in working with different types of post-fieldwork projects and creates a portfolio of small reports.

The student will develop a detailed research design around a proposed project. This could be connected to their final project.

The student receives training in working with image production (maps, plans, etc.) and in the different media available for the dissemination of archaeological results.

Overview of the history of the Viking age and history of Viking research. Emphasis is placed on the archaeological evidence, the sites and the objects, and discussing how archaeological data has contributed to our understanding of this period. Particular attention is given to economic patterns, issues of ethnicity and state formation.

The course is about landscape and its archaeological study.  The theoretical background of landscape archeology is outlined, methods of landscape analysis and characterization are introduced but the main emphasis is placed on training students in archaeological field survey.

Living in the contemporary world it is easy to think of the past as something remote and separate from everyday life - whether it is a trip to a museum or even studying archaeology at university, history seems to always be placed at one remove from our everyday life. Something we encounter for fun or interest. The aim of this course is to look at our modern world through an archaeological and historical lens: how are the patterns of our lives today the product of things that happened in the past? This course will show how the past is alive in the present – not as a heritage site or archaeology textbook but as something which still shapes our daily routines and the material world around us. Although the roots of this go back to our biological evolution, arguably most of these effects emerged in the last 500 years.

During the last decades, medieval archaeology has experienced significant growth as a discipline concerned with material culture. Initially, the use of material culture was marginalized to the role of confirming or refuting historical knowledge about this period but today it is understood as having equal historical importance to the archived material. The course is thus intended to improve student’s understanding of Medieval Europe during the period 800–1600 AD through the study of material culture. It deals with general themes in medieval archaeology, such as identity, social status, rural and urban landscapes, religion, life and death, rather than the historical development of the Middle Ages in chronological order. The aim is to give students insight into the different fields of theory and method of medieval archaeology through both material and documentary evidences in accordance with the current state of research. A special emphasis will be put on medieval Iceland, as a part of European culture and society, but even on how medieval archaeologists gather their sources, analyse them and reach conclusions of historical importance.

This course is taught in the field at Hofstaðir in Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland.  Students are introduced to Icelandic archaeology and take part in fieldwork which can involve surveying, remote sensing, coring and excavation.  Students receive training in all stages of archaeological fieldwork, from project design to post-excavation and outreach to academia, the public and tourists.  Students learn about dating methods, site formation processes and the material culture of the North Atlantic.  Emphasis is placed on considering localised fieldwork in its broader academic context and introducing students to academic debate within the archaeology of the North Atlantic.   Emphasis is also placed on introducing the methods of heritage management and giving students insight into the challenges and opportunities of cultural heritage tourism. 

The Master’s project for 30 credits will include as a core part, a practical project involving fieldwork, archival analysis or lab work which will have been defined through a prior project design. The project design is expected to have a clearly defined question, methodology and work plan. The student is expected to execute the practical work independently. The results of the project are to be written up in a report of no less than 10,000 words and no more than 30,000 words. The report will be written in a clear and accessible manner. The report will be written either in Icelandic or English and will include an abstract in both English and Icelandic.

The Master’s project for 30 credits will include as a core part, a practical project involving fieldwork, archival analysis or lab work which will have been defined through a prior project design. The project design is expected to have a clearly defined question, methodology and work plan. The student is expected to execute the practical work independently. The results of the project are to be written up in a report of no less than 10,000 words and no more than 30,000 words. The report will be written in a clear and accessible manner. The report will be written either in Icelandic or English and will include an abstract in both English and Icelandic.

The Master’s project for 30 credits will include as a core part, a practical project involving fieldwork, archival analysis or lab work which will have been defined through a prior project design. The project design is expected to have a clearly defined question, methodology and work plan. The student is expected to execute the practical work independently. The results of the project are to be written up in a report of no less than 10,000 words and no more than 30,000 words. The report will be written in a clear and accessible manner. The report will be written either in Icelandic or English and will include an abstract in both English and Icelandic.