AEB_A10 Geodesy in Archaeology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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
Knowledge of the basics of trigonometry
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The main objectives of the seminar are:
to explore the possibilities of geodetic survey
familiarize the students with operation of available devices
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- Perform geodetic measurements by oneself;
- Create a mapping output from the measurements
Syllabus
  • History
  • Basics
  • Point fields
  • Appliances
  • Methods
  • Total station
  • GPS
  • Processing
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DRESLER, Petr. Mýlit se je lidské, aneb dvakrát měř a jednou kopej. Chybné lokalizace archeologických výzkumů na Moravě. (To err is human, or two measuring and one dig. Wrong location of archaeological excavations in Moravia.). Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, řada archeologická. (Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae universitatis brunensis. Series archaeologica.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, Neuveden, č. 16, p. 203-218. ISSN 1211-6327. info
  • DRESLER, Petr. Opevnění Pohanska u Břeclavi (The fortification of Pohansko near Břeclav). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 288 pp. Dissertationes archaeologicae Brunenses 11. ISBN 978-80-210-5421-9. info
  • DRESLER, Petr and Jiří MACHÁČEK. Digitální dokumentace archeologického výzkumu opevnění (Digital documentation of an archaeological excavation of a fortification). In Počítačová podpora v archeologii 2. Brno - Praha - Plzeň: Masarykova univerzita Brno; Archeologický ústav AVČR, Praha, v. v. i.; Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2008, p. 237-251. Počítačová podpora v archeologii 2. ISBN 978-80-254-1781-2. info
Teaching methods
Practical examples of instrument control, data preparation for measurements, evaluation and visualisation of measured data.
Assessment methods
Students are required to attend classes. The course ends with a group field workshop at Pohansko near Břeclav.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: + terénní workshop.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: + terénní workshop.
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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