AES_703 Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Archaeology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Dresler, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Prišťáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
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
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.
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
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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