Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2025 - ARCH 363 D100

Landscape Archaeology (3)

Class Number: 7363

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 9, 2025
    Tue, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    ARCH 100 or ARCH 101 or ARCH 201, and 45 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

The interpretation of archaeological evidence to look at the ways that people in the past perceived, constructed, and used their natural surroundings and their built environments.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course will provide an overview of the interpretation of archaeological evidence to look at the ways that people in the past perceived, constructed, and used their natural surroundings and their built environments at a variety of scales.  This will include the exploration of a variety of methods used in analyzing archaeological landscapes, such as geoarchaeology, GIS, storytelling, and remote sensing, in order to further students’ understanding of the various approaches archaeologists bring to the analysis of past peoples’ natural and cultural surroundings.

Grading

  • Written assignment: a method in landscape archaeology 20%
  • Written assignment: the archaeology of a global landscape 20%
  • Mid-term examination 15%
  • Final examination 20%
  • In-class writing exercises and discussion 25%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Bruno David and Julian Thomas.  (2019) Handbook of Landscape Archaeology.  Routledge, New York. (a PAPER (paperback or hardcover) edition is REQUIRED.  Electronic versions NOT permitted.  There is only one “edition” of the book, so any date, and any publisher, new or used, is great, and will have the same content).


ISBN: 9781598746167

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.

Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.

Registrar Notes:

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.