AEB_133 Geoarchaeology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Lisá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
It´s being recommended to participate in this subject in the 3th grade
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the Geoarchaeology is to make students familiar with the main principals of geological attitude to archaeological excavations and interpretations. Students will have the opportunity to get the basic knowledgement of sedimentology and geomorfological environment that is following, stratigraphy and quarternary climatic cycle as well as the basic knowledgement of geochemistry and pedology.
Syllabus
  • Content of the subject is divided into 5 thematic groups: 1- formational processes of clastic sediments 2- formational processes of antropogenic sediments 3- methodology of field research 4- methodology of lab research 5- case studies
Literature
  • Goldberg P., Macphail R. (2006): Practical and theoretical geoarchaeology.- Blackwell publishing, 455p.
  • ROBERTS, Neil. The holocene : an environmental history. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, xii, 316 s. ISBN 0-631-18637-9. info
  • Rapp G., Hilll Ch.L. (2006): Geoarchaeology, the Earth-Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretations.- Yalle University Press, 339p., New Haven and London
  • Boardman J. (1985): Soils and Quaternary landscape evolution.- John Wiley and sons, New York, 391 p.
  • RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Eliška. Kvartérní klastické sedimenty České republiky :struktury a textury hlavních genetických typů. 1. vyd. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2003, 68 s., 92. ISBN 80-7075-600-4. info
  • TOMÁŠEK, Milan. Půdy České republiky. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Český geologický ústav, 2000, 67 s. ISBN 8070754036. info
  • Ernée M. (2008): Pravěké kulturní souvrství jako archeologický pramen.- Památky Archeologické, Suplementum 20, 162 s.
  • LOŽEK, Vojen. Po stopách pravěkých dějů : o silách, které vytvářely naši krajinu. 1. vyd. Praha: Dokořán, 2011, 181 s. ISBN 9788073633011. info
  • LOŽEK, Vojen. Zrcadlo minulosti : česká a slovenská krajina v kvartéru. 1. vyd. Praha: Dokořán, 2007, 198 s. ISBN 9788073630959. info
  • Geoarchaeology in action : studies in soil micromorphology and landscape evolution. Edited by C. A. I. French. London: Routledge, 2003, xxi, 291. ISBN 0415273102. info
Teaching methods
theoretical preparation, field training introduction into formation processes and environmental research methodology, practical demonstration in field, practical demonstration of using misroscope, case studies, creating of own project
Assessment methods
Examination requirements - involvement in making and presentation of the project, taking part on lectures and exercises
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: výuka bude probíhat ve stanoveném termínu blokově na archeologické základně v Těšeticích!.
Information on course enrolment limitations: předmět je primárně určen studentům 3. ročníku archeologie
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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