FF:AEB_A09 GIS in archeology - Course Information
AEB_A09 Geographic information systems in archeology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Petr Dresler, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Prišťáková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Petr Dresler, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 L11
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisite is an elementary knowledge of working with a computer, map and data.
- 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 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/14, only registered: 0/14, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/14 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Main objectives of the course are:
knowledge of the possibilities of GIS;
application of GIS to the archaeological methods;
knowledge of the sources for using GIS;
knowledge of spatial operations in GIS; - Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- work with GIS
- create data models
- create map outputs - Syllabus
- Basic concepts:
- structure
- cartographic projections
- datasets
- transformations
- digitisation
- editing
- analyses
- Literature
- Počítačová podpora v archeologii. Edited by Jiří Macháček. Plzeň: Katedra archeologie, Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2008, 281 s. ISBN 9788086124889. info
- CONOLLY, James and Mark LAKE. Geographical information systems in archaeology. 1st pub. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xx, 338. ISBN 0521797446. info
- Počítačová podpora v archeologii. Edited by Jiří Macháček. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 258 s. : i. ISBN 80-210-1562-4. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation for understanding GIS
- Assessment methods
- The course is taught in the form of lectures once a week. The course is finished with a class discussion about given topics.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Pro získání kolokvia je nutná znalost odpřednášené látky prokázání základních znalostí o odpřednášených metodách.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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