NCB Archaeology Courses

Cremation grave, including perfume bottles, at Pintia's necropolis, Las Ruedas.

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Our NCB Archaeology Courses offer online tuition in British archaeology, the Bronze Age, the Vikings and Roman Britian as well as an introduction to the techniques archaeologists use to learn more about the past. NCB courses are delivered outside degree programmes (hence non-credit-bearing) - which means that as our students are learning for their own personal development rather than for academic credit, they can study with guidance from an experienced tutor without the pressure or additional costs of exams and essays.

There is no 'typical' NCB student - we welcome adult learners of all ages and nationalities. The one common trait our students share is their enthusiasm for their subject. Students may choose our courses because:

• We welcome students who are new to online study and those who have not studied for some time.
• We do not expect students to have an academic background in their chosen subject
• ...but at the same time, our experienced tutors will 'stretch' more advanced students by presenting them with more challenging ideas or more complex material.

This online course introduces students to the Bronze Age in Britain (2500-700BC), a time when the stone-working inhabitants first learnt and developed the skills of refining metal for tools and other objects.

We will look at the Early Bronze Age ritual monuments and burial traditions, particularly ...
full details for Ancient Britain in the Bronze Age

Registrations on this course are now closed for 2009/10. If you would like to be notified when registrations for this course open for 2010/11 please email dlteam@exeter.ac.uk

This online course describes the techniques used by archaeologists to learn more about remains, objects and structures from the past.

We will look at excavation, radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology ...
full details for Archaeological Techniques: An Introduction

This online course introduces students to prehistoric archaeology in Britain, and covers the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

Delivery: Distance Learning (Online)
Deadline for registrations: We are still accepting registrations for this course, on the understanding that students who ...
full details for Introduction to Prehistory in Britain

This online course introduces students to the archaeology of urban and rural sites in Roman Britain. We will see how rich families in newly conquered provinces were expected to live and invest in towns ...
full details for Town and Country in Roman Britain

This online course introduces students to the ways in which people interacted with the changing environment in Britain from the end of the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago, through the ...
full details for Understanding Human Environments in British Prehistory