FF:AES_703 Spatial Analysis, Modeling - Course Information

AES_703 Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Archaeology

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

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 14:00–15:40 L11

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of GIS

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

• Archaeology (programme FF, B-AE) (2)
• Archaeology (programme FF, B-AE_) (3)
• Archaeology (programme FF, B-GE)
• Archaeology (programme FF, B-HI) (2)
• Archaeology (programme FF, B-HS)
• Archaeology (programme FF, D-AE)
• Archaeology (programme FF, D-AE_)
• Archaeology (programme FF, N-AE) (2)
• Archaeology (programme FF, N-AE_) (3)
• Archaeology (programme FF, N-GE)
• Archaeology (programme FF, N-HS)
• Classical archeology (programme FF, N-AE_)

Course objectives

The objective of the course is to become familiar with the possibilities, conditions and limits of spatial analysis and predictive modelling in archaeology. Seminar teaching in the online mode will be recorded and the record will be stored in the study materials of the subject.

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to create basic spatial analyses and simple predictive archaeological models.

Syllabus

• Development of analyses in archaeology
• Case studies
• Preconditions for analyses
• Requirements of analyses
• Preparation of an analysis
• Evaluation
• Presentation
• Introduction to modelling
• Modelling languages
• Possibilities of modelling

Literature

• VACHŮTOVÁ, Dagmar and Marek VLACH. Archeologické prediktivní modelování v oblasti Kostelce na Hané (Archaeological predictive modelling in the region Kostelec na Hané). In Ungerman, Š. – Přichystalová, R. Zaměřeno na středověk. Zdeňkovi Měřínskému k 60. narozeninám. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2010, p. 55-63, 817-818, 11 pp. ISBN 978-80-7422-027-2. 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 and practical training

Assessment methods

Attendance at lectures and seminars
Teamwork on the creation of a model

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
  
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