PKM366 Site Survey Design (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Environmental Planning and Management (ENVPL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Are you interested in examining the various types, variety and occurrence of historical and Indigenous sites in Australia and the basic methods and techniques used to record them? Site Survey Design builds on an student's existing knowledge of cultural heritage and examines different types of methods employed in cultural resource management. The subject will take the student through the initial planning stage of survey design, to site discovery and recording and on to the development of site survey reports. As part of residential school students will go out into the field and participate in hands on site survey. They will actively record, evaluate and conduct a value assessment of both historical and Indigenous sites that they locate during their site survey. The subject contains a total estimated workload of 160 hours.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 3 | |
|---|---|
| Distance * | Albury-Wodonga |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PKM366
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to:
- describe the nature of archaeological evidence, its recovery and analysis;
- possess archaeological field skills and basic technical knowledge relating to archaeological sites;
- recognise, locate, and record archaeological sites; and
- identify site value assessment procedures.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
1. basic methods of archaeological surveys;
2. identification of several planning approaches;
3. location and recording of sites of significance; and
4. the importance of assessing site value.
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school.
The residential school is designed to provide students with an opportunity to conduct a survey in the field. Students will be introduced to a weapons, tools and artefact session that will assist them in the identification of such should they be located in the field. Students will also undertake a 'mock' survey' to highlight group/individual skills and how problems can arise when undertaking such an exercise.
Students will undertake an actual survey in efforts to locate, describe and record any heritage material that they may come across.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.