MA Heritage and Archaeology
Programme Director
MA Heritage and Archaeology: Colin Merrony (c.merrony@sheffield.ac.uk)
Programme Induction Meeting
Date & Time: 20 September 2023, 10:00-11:00
Venue: Broad Lane Block, Lecture Theatre 9
This will be an informal group discussion to prepare you for the academic year and an opportunity to meet other students on your programme and ask questions. Individual meetings between yourself and your tutor can also be arranged by email at a mutually agreeable time.
Programme Regulations
Please use our programme regulations finder tool to view the structure of the programme of study, including the core units and approved modules you can take. It is important to review this information prior to selecting your modules.
> Enter AAPT191 in the search field and select 23-24 in the second drop down menu, then press 'search'. Please note that these regulations apply to both the full-time and part-time programmes.
Module Choice
Selecting the non-core modules you wish to study is part of the pre-registration process and you will be able to do this via the online module choice (OMC) system from 1 September 2023. We have prepared some guidance.
Introductory Reading
The following list of books is offered as a guide to some reading you should consider as general background reading which you can explore both before you begin the programme and also return to dip in to as the year progresses. We’re not expecting you to read all of these, think about the pathway you are following on the programme and then look at the ones that strike you as of most interest to you or which you think are particularly relevant to the subjects you are going to explore on your programme.
Approaches to prehistoric and historic landscapes
Bradley, R. 2000. The Archaeology of Natural Places. London: Routledge.
Johnson, M. 2007. Ideas of Landscape. Oxford: Blackwell.
Schama, S. 1995. Landscape and Memory. (Various versions and publishers.)
Collections of essays on landscape archaeology and anthropology
Ashmore, W and Knapp, A.B. (Eds) 1999. Archaeologies of Landscape. Oxford: Blackwell.
Bender, B. & Winer, M. (Eds) 2001. Contested landscapes. Movement, exile and place. London: Routledge.
Techniques in landscape archaeology
Bowden, M. (Ed.) 1999. Unravelling the Landscape: an inquisitive approach to archaeology. Stroud: Tempus.
Chapman, H. 2006. Landscape Archaeology and GIS. Stroud: Tempus.
French, C. 2015. A handbook of geoarchaeological approaches to settlement sites and landscapes. Oxford: Oxbow Books
Conserving and interpreting the historic environment
Granville, J. (Ed.) 1999. Managing the Historic Rural Environment. London: Routledge.
Fowler, P. 2004. Landscapes for the World: Conserving a Global Heritage. Macclesfield: Windgather Press.
Historic England 2015 Facing the future: foresight and the Historic Environment. Swindon: Historic England (https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/facing-the-future)
This offers an archaeological perspective on managing the Historic Environment in England…if you further explore the Historic England website there is a huge amount of other material (reports, guidance, policy, etc.) which can be downloaded free of charge.
Sheffield’s ‘local’ landscapes
Barnatt, J. and Smith, K. 2004. Peak District Landscapes Through Time. Macclesfield: Windgather Press.
Barnatt, J. 2019. Reading the Peak District landscape. Swindon: Historic England.
A general introduction to archaeological ‘thought’
Johnson, M. 2019. Archaeological Theory: an introduction (3rd edition) London: John Wiley & Sons
Broader heritage issues…
Akagawa, N. and Smith, L. 2019. Safeguarding Intangible Heritage. London: Routledge.
Convery, I., Corsane, G. and Davis, P. (eds) 2014 Displaced Heritage: Dealing with Disaster and Suffering. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press
Corsane, G. (ed.) 2005 Heritage, Museums and Galleries: An Introductory Reader. London: Routledge
Harrison, R. et al. 2020 Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices. London: UCL Press.