PřF:G9621 Petroarcheological methods - Course Information
G9621 Petroarcheological methods
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2004
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0. 1 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Miroslava Gregerová, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková - Timetable
- Tue 11:00–11:50 01006
- Prerequisites
- ! G9620
Finished Bachelor's degree study - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The subject gives the instruction how to use mineralogical, chemical and petrografic methods at the study of stone and ceramic artefacts.
- Syllabus
- 1. Descriptive part: macroscopic and microscopic photodocumentation and digital image processing - comparing analyses 2. Experiment in petroarcheology
- 3. Laboratory research: a. Optical methods b. X-ray methods c. DTA d. Electron microscopy and microanalysis
- 4. Practical part: a. Study of stone artefacts (quern-stones, blades, stone points, etc.) i. Igneous and metamorphic
- ii. Sedimentary: clastic, silicites
- b. Study of ceramics i. sandy pottery
- ii. graphite pottery
- iii. crucibles iv. glazing, engobas
- c. Study of historical mortars and plasters
- d. Dating of historical mortars and plasters
- e. Correlations
- f. Inorganic pigments
- g. Identification of inorganic substances
- Literature
- PŘICHYSTAL, A. Petrografický rozbor depotu štípané industrie (Petrographic analysis of the chipped industry hoard.). Pravěk NŘ. Brno: ÚAPP, 1996, IV, -, p. 103-104. info
- PŘICHYSTAL, A. Höhlensinter. (The Cave Sinter.). In In: Die Býčí skála - Höhle/ ed. H. Parzinger, j. Nekvasil, F.E. Barth/. Mainz am Rhein. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, p. 210-214. 54. ISBN 3-8053-1702-6. info
- MALINA, Jaroslav and Pavel PAVEL. Jak vznikly největší monumenty dávnověku, How came to existence greatest monuments of the past. Praha: Svoboda, 1994. ISBN 80-205-0211-4. info
- ŠTELCL, Jindřich and Jaroslav MALINA. Základy petroarcheologie [Štelcl, 1974]. 1. vyd. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1975, 285 s., 26. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- přednášky a praktická výuka
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Výuka bude probíhat v podzimním semestru 2004/2005.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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