AEA_73 Methodology of archaeological prospection and excavation: workshop I - the prospection

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Kuča (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Renáta Přichystalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 12:30–15:45 C42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předmět si povinně zapisují studenti zaregistrovaní do studia od r. 2009 a dále, pro ostatní je tento předmět volitelný
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The features and employ of archaelogical non-destructive methods. The maximum gain of informations and useful combinations of archaelogical methods in different field work conditions.
training in survey and prospection methodology on archaeological stations: Tešetice-Kyjovice, Břecla-Pohansko, Rokštejn (Panska Lhota)
Syllabus
  • Archaeological tereain research:
  • destructive and non-destructive methods of archaelogical prospection, survey and excavations non-destructive methods - prospection and survey the survey and prospection
  • a. old-maps, outcome of the aerial archaeology
  • b. the survey of relief formations and their terminology; loclity survey (measermant) and documentation of detected objects
  • c. geobotanical indicators
  • d. metal detector survey
  • e. surface artefact survey
  • f. the identification and samplig of sub-surface layers and objects (punctures)
  • g. geophysical methods
  • practical part: locality survey and each units or objects and their documantation
Literature
    recommended literature
  • GOJDA, Martin. Archeologie krajiny : vývoj archetypů kulturní krajiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2000, 238 s. ISBN 8020007806. info
  • Dávnověká krajina a sídla ve světle nedestruktivní archeologie :český výzkumný projekt 1997-2002. Edited by Martin Gojda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 484 s. ISBN 802001215X. info
  • GOJDA, Martin. Aerial archaeology in Bohemia. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1997, vi, 61. ISBN 809019348X. info
  • GOJDA, Martin. Letecká archeologie v Čechách : Aerial archaeology in Bohemia. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1997, vi, 61 s.,. ISBN 80-901934-8-X. info
  • BÁLEK, Miroslav, Gábor BERTÓK, Robert BEWLEY, Martin GOJDA, Georg KOKKOTIDIS, Jaromír KOVÁRNÍK, Ivan KUZMA, Judith OEXLE, Ján RAJTÁR, Zdeněk SMRŽ, Stilke HENNING and Visy ZSOLT. From the air - pictures of our common past in Europe. In From the air - pictures of our common past in Europe. Aerial Archeology in Central Europe. 1st ed. Dresden: Landesamt für Archäologie mit Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Dresden, 1997, 5 pp. ISBN 3-910008-20-8. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
a final written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2020.
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