G7861 Historical ceramics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dalibor Všianský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková
Prerequisites
! G7860 Historical ceramics && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
Basical knowledge of mineralogy and petrography.
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 76 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/76, only registered: 0/76, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/76
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 27 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand technological processes of pottery production in the history, phase and chemical chnages running at firing of various materails. The students will be able to use the information gained by optical study for identification of pottery artefacts provenance.
Syllabus
  • ceramic raw materials plastic and non-plastic and their mineralogy and petrography
  • formation of pottery
  • drying
  • firing
  • methods of examination of historical pottery
  • provenance studies
  • overview of main groups of Central European historical pottery
Literature
Teaching methods
Lectures, practical training in optical laboratory.
Assessment methods
final group project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v podzimním semestru 2011/2012.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011 - acreditation.
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