AEB_124 Geospatial archaeology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Peter Milo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Dresler, Ph.D. (assistant)
Bc. Jiří Grünseisen (assistant)
Mgr. Tomáš Tencer, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Michal Vágner, 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
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the course, there will be introduce all modern prospection methods which are use in geospatial archaeology. Students will acquaint themselves with possibilities of archaeological prospection in special terms of archaeological investigation. The course will be running in the form of theory (lectures) and practice (exercises). At the end of course students should be able to know which possibilities of geospatial archaeology are in archaeological practice and to realize geodetic and geophysical measurements.
Syllabus
  • 1.a. Principles and possibilities of terrain prospection and evidence of archaeological finds and relicts
  • 1.b. Methods
  • 1.c. Data processing
  • 1.d. Evaluation and interpretation of data
  • 2.a. Geodetic systems
  • 2.b. Principles of geodetic measurement
  • 2.c. Practical exercising with total station and GPS
  • 2.d. Data processing
  • 2.e. Data visualisation
  • 3.a. Geophysical methods
  • 3.b. Geophysical investigation in archaeology
  • 3.c. Concrete examples of archaeogeophysical prospection
  • 3.d. Practical exercising of geophysical methods on some archaeological sites
  • 3.e. Processing and data interpretation
  • 4.a. Principles and possibilities GIS
  • 4.b. GIS application
  • 4.c. Sources in GIS
  • 4.d. Operations in GIS
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MILO, Peter, Petr DRESLER and Jiří MACHÁČEK. Geopysical prospection at the Břeclav - Pohansko stronghold. In Macháček, Jiří - Ungerman, Šimon. Frühgeschichtliche Zentralorte in Mitteleuropa. Studien zur Archäologie Europas, Band 14. 1. vyd. Bonn: Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, 2011, p. 79-88. ISBN 978-3-7749-3730-7. URL info
  • DRESLER, Petr and Jiří MACHÁČEK. Mapa archeologických lokalit zjištěných systematickou prospekcí (okr. Břeclav) (Map of archaeological sites explored during systematic field prospection (district Břeclav)). 2010. URL info
  • MILO, Peter. Geofyzikálny prieskum včasnostredovekých sídlisk. Prínos pre archeológiu alebo strata času ? (Geophysical prospection of early-medieval settlements). In DRESLER, P., MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Z.: Archeologie doby hradištní v České a Slovenské republice. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, p. 38-54, 18 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4971-0. info
  • DRESLER, Petr, Peter MILO and Vojtěch ŠEŠULKA. Geofyzikální měření na lokalitě "Sutny" u Těšetic-Kyjovic (Geophysical prospecting on the "Sutny" locality near Těšetice-Kyjovice). Ve službách archeologie 1/2008. Brno, 2008, vol. 2008, No 1, p. 41-47. ISSN 1802-5463. info
  • MACHÁČEK, Jiří and Petr DRESLER. Počítačová podpora v archeologii 5 (Computer support in the archaeology 5). 2006. info
  • HENNING, Joachim and Peter MILO. Geofyzikálne prieskumy na rôznych typoch včasnostredovekých lokalít: sídlisko, hradisko, pohrebisko. In Ve službách archeologie 6. Brno, 2005, p. 139-150. ISSN 1802-128X. 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
  • KUNA, Martin. Non-destructive archaeology :theory, methods and goals. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 555 s. ISBN 8020012168. info
  • GOJDA, Martin. Archeologie krajiny : vývoj archetypů kulturní krajiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2000, 238 s. ISBN 8020007806. info
  • GOJDA, Martin. Aerial archaeology in Bohemia. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1997, vi, 61. ISBN 809019348X. info
  • KUNA, Martin, Dana KŘIVÁNKOVÁ and Lenka KRUŠINOVÁ. Archiv 2.0 : systém archeologické databáze Čech : uživatelská příručka. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 1995, 96 s. ISBN 8090193447. info
Teaching methods
The course will be running in the form of theory (lectures with class discussion) and practice (exercises).
Assessment methods
work in 3 groups: In each group: Exam of processing and data interpretation, oral and poster presentation (30 min).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2016.
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