SEMINAR ON PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Information
TitleΦΡΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΠΡΟΪΣΤΟΡΙΚΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ / SEMINAR ON PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
CodeΑΠΡ606
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolHistory and Archaeology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID280004348

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Istorías kai Archaiologías 2020-2021

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesWinter/Spring-9
Class Information
Academic Year2015 – 2016
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600014486
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΑΠΡ101 INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATION
  • ΑΠΡ603 PREHISTORIC SOCIETIES OF THE AEGEAN AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN IN THE BRONZE AGE
Learning Outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to get the students acquainted with archaeological research and scientific reasoning through deep and critical knowledge of archaeological practice. During these courses students are taught how to prepare written papers on specific topics of either general cultural or specific archaeological interest which, then, are asked to present in the class. This process teaches them to learn how to construct an archaeological argument and how to present it to an audience.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Seminars70.2✓✓
Fieldwork180.6✓✓
Reading Assigment1003.3✓✓
Tutorial391.3✓✓
Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities60.2✓✓
Written assigments1003.3✓
Total2709
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
• Adam, E. 1989. A Technological and Typological Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Stone Industries of Epirus, Northwestern Greece. BAR Int. Ser, 512. Oxford. • Cherry, J. 1990. The first colonization of the Mediterranean islands: a review of recent research, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 3, 145-221. • Davis, J. 1992. Review of Aegean Prehistory I: The islands of the Aegean, American Journal of Archaeology 96, 699-756. • Galanidou, N. and C. Perlès (eds), 2003. The Greek Mesolithic: Problems and Perspectives. British School at Athens Studies 10, London. • Jacobsen, T and W. Farrand 1987. Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, I Franchthi Cave and Paralia; Maps. plans, and sections. Bloomington. • Παπαθανασόπουλος, Γ. (επιμ.) 1996. Αθήνα. Νεολιθικός Πολιτισμός στην Ελλάδα, Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης. • Perles, C. 2001. The Early Neolithic in Greece. Cambridge World Archaeology. • Renfrew, C. 1972. The Emergence of Civilisation - The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium BC. London. • Runnels, C. 2003. The Origins of the Greek Neolithic: A Personal View. In A.J. Ammerman and P. Biagi (eds.), The Widening Harvest. The Neolithic Transition in Europe: Looking Back, Looking Forward, 121-133. Archaeological Institute of America. Boston. • Σάμσων, Αδ. 2010. Μεσολιθική Ελλάδα. Περιβάλλον, Τεχνολογία, Οικονομία. Εκδόσεις Ιων, Αθήνα.
Last Update
20-07-2015