AEB_A13c Practical training in archaeological excavation III (Bibracte)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Goláňová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Goláňová, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
!NOWANY( PAPVA_45 Field Practice III ) && AEB_A13a Practical excavation I || AEB_A13b Practical excavation II || AEB_A13d Practical excavation IV && SOUHLAS
The course is part of the compulsory elective block of field practice.
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
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Course objectives
In the real conditions of archaeological excavations the students will apply their present knowledge, primarily from the sphere of field theory and practice, geodesy and expert knowledge of material culture.
Learning outcomes
After the excavation in Bibracte the students will be well acquainted with research in international scientific milieu and excavation of complex stratigraphic situations. They will be able to participate in field documentation (including geodetic surveying) and process the results in GIS. They will be able to do the post-excavation treatment of the material and its basic documentation.
Syllabus
  • excavations - fieldwork and interpretation of the on-site contexts:
  • - filling out the field forms (in English/French), documentation of excavated contexts (drawing, photo, total station surveying)
  • Post-excavations works:
  • - sorting, cleaning and inventorying of the archaeological material (artefacts)
  • - drawing of artefacts and filling out the artefact forms; entering of data into the database
Literature
    required literature
  • MILO, Peter, Petra GOLÁŇOVÁ, Jiří GRÜNSEISEN, Branislav KOVÁR, Arnaud MEUNIER, Igor MURÍN, Tomáš TENCER, Michal VÁGNER and Jan ZEMAN. On the trail of Caesar and Vercingetorix: survey in the Bibracte oppidum, Mont Beuvray (France). Archaeologia Polona. Wroclaw; Warszawa: Zaklad Narodowy Im. Ossolinskich, 2015, vol. 53, No 1, p. 319-323. ISSN 0066-5924. info
  • ROMERO, Anne-Marie. Bibracte : archéologie d'une ville gauloise. Photo by d'Antoine Maillier. Glux-en-Glenne: BIBRACTE, 2006, 149 s. ISBN 2909668533. info
  • Bibracte : capitale gauloise sur le Mont Beuvray : [guide de visite, site archéologique et musée]. 2. éd. Glux-en-Glenne: Centre archéologique européen du Mont Beuvray, 2003, 52 s. ISBN 2909668320. info
Teaching methods
Participation in archaeological field research at the oppidum of Bibracte in international science context.
Assessment methods
During the excavations students are supposed to participate actively and individually in preparation, documentation and exploitation of archaeological find contexts, classification and documentation of artefacts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: praktická výuka 3 týdny (terénní praxe).
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: praktická výuka 3 týdny (terénní praxe).
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 3 týdny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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