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Residential Courses

Full time, 1 year, Foundation Certificate courses. No prior qualifications needed, bursaries and accommodation available for eligible applicants. Next intake September 2010.

Week and weekend courses in Coleg Harlech

Archeology Course

Course Leader: Andrew Wolfe MA

Itinerary

Each day commences at 9.30 but the finish time will vary

The itinerary is subject to change, more details will be issued prior to the course start

Day 1
Morning
Welcome and introduction.
Course overview
Main talk and seminar: The Stone Age.
Afternoon
Fieldwork: visit to Neolithic monuments near Harlech.
Location: Dyffryn Ardudwy
Additional talks cover topics including: The early Hominids, European hunter-gatherers

Day 2
Morning
Main talk and seminar: the Iron Age.
Afternoon
Fieldwork: visit to an Iron Age landscape near Harlech.
Location: above Harlech
Additional talks cover topics including: Europe adopts farming, Neolithic monuments and their meaning

Day 3
Morning
Main talk and seminar: the Bronze Age.
Afternoon
Fieldwork: walk along Y Fron Llech Hir above Harlech.
Additional talks cover topics including: Bronze Age monuments, Iron age lifeways

Day 4
Morning
Main talk and seminar: The Middle Ages.
Afternoon
Fieldwork: Investigating medieval field systems.
Location: Tal y Bont (five miles from Harlech)
Additional talks cover topics including: Castles and their purpose,
Medieval Wales.