FC4101 Chemistry and Archeology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Lubomír Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Lubomír Prokeš, Ph.D.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
FC4101/Kombi01: Sat 25. 9. 15:00–16:50 laboratoř 86, Sat 23. 10. 15:00–16:50 laboratoř 86, Sat 6. 11. 15:00–16:50 laboratoř 86, Sat 11. 12. 15:00–16:50 laboratoř 86, L. Prokeš
FC4101/Prez01: Tue 21. 9. to Tue 14. 12. Tue 16:00–17:50 učebna 12, L. Prokeš
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
Main objectives can be summarised as follows:
information about inorganic and organic materials used in antiquity and about their technology,
information about composition of human and animal remains, influence of age, sex, or social status.
information about decay and degradation processes, their chemical background, and applications.
information concerning provenance determination and dating
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student:
obtain information about ancient materials, their technology and deterioration.
obtain information about human and animal remains and their decay
obtain information about provenance determination methods and dating methods
Syllabus
  • 1. Ancient materials and their technology. Deterioration and corrosion, conservation.
  • 2. Determination of provenance and dating.
  • 3. Human remains, effect of nutrition, age, sex, geographical origin and social status. Decay, fossilization, burial rituals and manipulations with body. Dating of skeletal remains.
  • 4. Animal remains, effect of cooking.
  • 5. Applications of analytical methods.
Literature
  • PRICE, T. Douglas and James H. BURTON. An Introduction to archaeological chemistry. New York: Springer, 2011, xxxii, 311. ISBN 9781441963765. info
  • Archaeological chemistry. Edited by A. M. Pollard - Carl Heron. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008, xvii, 438. ISBN 9781847558299. info
  • GOFFER, Zvi. Archaeological chemistry. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2007, xxii, 623. ISBN 9780471252887. info
  • MILLS, John S. and Raymond WHITE. Organic Chemistry of Museum Objects. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999, 206 pp. ISBN 0750646934. info
  • Forensic taphonomy : the postmortem fate of human remains. Edited by William D. Haglund - Marcella H. Sorg. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997, xxvii, 636. ISBN 0849394341. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
credit;
written test - performance 60 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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