GA241 Petroarchaeology of ceramics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Hložek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Petřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 20. 2. to Mon 22. 5. Thu 14:00–14:50 Go,-1012, Thu 15:00–15:50 Go,-1012
Prerequisites
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 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/14, only registered: 0/14, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/14
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students of this course will obtain basic introduction to technology of ceramic production and macroscopical, microscopical, and physical-chemical methods of description. Practical demonstrations of ceramic micropetrography and description of selected samples will be introduced. 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
  • 1. Introduction to ceramic petroarcheology 2. Raw materials 3. Methods of archeological ceramics study 4. Production technology 5. Provenance identification 6. Study of selected ceramic samples 7. Overview of basic groups of Central European ceramic
Literature
    recommended literature
  • GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava, Renata ČOPJAKOVÁ, Veronika BERÁNKOVÁ, Petr BIBR, Vladimír GOŠ, Dana HANULÁKOVÁ, Martin HLOŽEK, Blanka HOLUBOVÁ ZÁVODNÁ, Lucie KRISTOVÁ, Zuzana KULJOVSKÁ, Jiří MACHÁČEK, Marian MAZUCH, Rudolf PROCHÁZKA, Radek ŠKODA and Dalibor VŠIANSKÝ. Petroarcheologie keramiky v historické minulosti Moravy a Slezska (Petroarcheological ceramics in the historical past of Moravia and Silesia). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 311 pp. Masarykova univerzita. ISBN 978-80-210-5168-3. info
  • GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava, Bohuslav FOJT and Václav VÁVRA. Mikroskopie horninotvorných a technických minerálů. Vyd. 1. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2002, 325 s. ISBN 8070281952. info
  • Quinn, P. S. (Ed.) 2009. Interpreting Silent Artefacts: Petrographic Analysis of Cultural Materials. Archaeopress, Oxford.
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 can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2016/2017.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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