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Masters-level education in archaeoastronomy at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2011

Nicholas Campion  and
J. McKim Malville
Nicholas Campion
Affiliation:
Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, SA48 7ED, UK email: ncampion@tsd.ac.uk
J. McKim Malville
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA email: kim.malville@colorado.edu
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Abstract

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The class in Archaeoastronomy at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David is taught as part of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology, within the University's School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology. This paper will present and review some of the postgraduate work produced in the course, reporting on its findings as examples of the level of work that may be expected on a taught MA course at a UK University.

Keywords

archaeoastronomyUniversity of Wales
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S278: “Oxford IX” International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy , January 2011 , pp. 357 - 363
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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