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Overview
What did a Roman funeral look, sound, and smell like? And how can you tell just from a person’s remains?
Key facts:
Join a research team uncovering exciting new information about cremation burials excavated over 100 years ago in Colchester, the site of Camulodunum, one of Britain’s oldest towns and its first Roman capital city. Learn about the latest techniques used to discover some of the secrets of the Roman Empire.
Dead Interesting - Uncovering Roman Britain in Old Museum Collections at University of Reading by FutureLearn will give you an introduction to osteoarchaeology, the methods, techniques and theory used to study ancient bones, with a focus on early Roman Britain.
Programme Structure
Topics:
The archaeology of early Roman Britain, in particular Colchester during the first century AD.
Roman attitudes to death and the different parts of the funerary process.
What modern osteoarchaeological analysis can reveal about the funerary process, age, sex, and the diseases that individuals lived with.
What isotope analysis can tell us about geographic origin and Roman migration.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 14 days
- 2 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies History Ancient History View 16 other Short Courses in Ancient History in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
This course is designed for anyone with an interest in archaeology or history. You don’t need any previous experience to take part in this course.
It may be particularly useful if you’re thinking of studying archaeology in higher education.
Tuition Fee
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