This Level 3 unit studies the course of European prehistory from the appearance of recognisable human ancestors to the earliest development of agriculture and early farming communities. It covers the periods in which people in Europe exclusively lived as hunters and gatherers. It looks at variations in adaptive strategies, symbolic practices and relationships with the environment in the Upper Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) periods. Students also learn about problems associated with understanding human evolution in relation to changing environmental and cultural contexts and with reference to Homo erectus, 'pre-sapiens' hominin forms, Neanderthals and... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Martin Porr
Prerequisites: (ARCY1001 Discoveries in Archaeology or ARCY1101 Digging up the Past) and (ARCY1002 Archaeology Today: Principles and Themes or ARCY1102 Archaeology of Tribes and Empires) and at least one Level 2 Archaeology unit
