This module was concept conceptualized primary for:

• Bachelor students from cultural studies or geoscience being interested in landscape archaeological research
• Master students studying landscape archaeology, being interested in the region South Asia

The aims of the module Landscape Archaeology in South Asia are the following:

• to interest student to landscape archaeological research
• to introduce the benefits of landscape archaeological research
• to provide different definitions for landscape archaeology
• to introduce strategies and effects of natural resource management for / on ancient cultures

After finishing the module Landscape Archaeology in South Asia, students:

• know different perspectives on the term landscape
• understand benefits of interdisciplinary research
• have an overview of different definitions of the discipline landscape archaeology
• know concepts of ancient resource exploitation
• understand the meaning of ancient water harvesting systems in the dryzone of Sri Lanka as part of the cultural heritage management