Prehistoric archaeology and archaeological sciences
| Title | Προϊστορική αρχαιολογία και αρχαιολογικές επιστήμες / Prehistoric archaeology and archaeological sciences |
| Code | ΑΠΡ 708 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600015931 |
Programme of Study: PMS stīn Archaiología, Téchnī kai Politismó 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proïstorikī Archaiología | Compulsory Course | Winter/Spring | - | 15 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Class ID | 600127423
|
| Deleted | Yes |
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600127423
- At the Website of the School:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students who attend the course are expected
• to familiarize themselves with the relative bibliography and the ways of searching articles on the specific topic of the seminar
• to participate in the contemporary discussion on the thematic of the seminar
• to comprehend the theoretical approaches and arguments relative to specific themes
• to develop special skills and get trained to the methodological tools which will enrich them with the ability to present orally and in written form their ideas
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- 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
Course Content (Syllabus)
A primary parameter which stands out in New Archaeology since the 1970's onwards is the adoption of the methodological tools of applied sciences in archaeological analyses regarding the environment and space, the archaeological contexts and finds. This seminar will discuss issues which refer to the contribution of the archaeological sciences in various aspects of the organization and management of the Aegean prehistoric societies such as the petrographic and chemical analyses of material items, the stable isotope and ancient DNA analyses of organic materials, the digital and 3D reconstruction of space and finds, the magnetic and geophysical exploration as well as the micromorphology of sediments. The ultimate aim of the seminar will be the investigation of the application of analytical methods and scientific methodology in the interpretation of archaeological questions.
Keywords
archaeological sciences, analytical tools, applied sciences, scientific methodology
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Selected bibliography
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ||||
| Seminars | 15 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 96 | ||||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 60 | ||||
| Project | 120 | ||||
| Written assigments | 120 | ||||
| Total | 450 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students will have to study and present weekly selected articles from the Greek or foreign literature in order to develop in a critical way their arguments and get involved in a thorough discussion. In addition, students will have to prepare the oral presentation of a topic which will be selected from a proposed list and will be submitted in written form by the end of the semester.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Bintliff, J. L. 1977. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece. Oxford.
Brothwell, D.R. και A. M. Pollard (επιμ.). 2001. Handbook of Archaeological Sciences. Chichester, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
Facorellis, Y., N. Zacharias και K. Polikreti (επιμ.). 2008. Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, 28-31 May, 2003. BAR-IS 1746. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Foster, K. και R. Laffineur (επιμ.). 2003. Metron: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 9th International Aegean Conference / 9e Rencontre égéenne internationale, New Haven, Yale University, 18-21 April 2002, Belgium, Université de Liège, Histoire de l’art et archéologie de la Grèce antique and University of Texas at Austin, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory, Laffineur, R. and Th. G. Palaima, eds., Aegaeum 24.
Halstead P. και C. Frederick (επιμ.). 2000. Landscape and Land Use in Postglacial Greece. Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 3. Sheffield.
Horejs, B., R. Jung και P. Pavuk (επιμ.). 2010. Analysing Pottery: Processing – Classification – Publication. Bratislava.
Hunt, Α. M. W. (επιμ.) 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Καρκάνας, Π. 2010. Εισαγωγή στη Γεωαρχαιολογία. Νεφέλη
Krahtopoulou, A. 2010. The Geoarchaeology of Northern Pieria. Athens
Lazzarini, L. (επιμ.) Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone. ASMOSIA VI: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of The "Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity" Venice, June 15-18 2000, Padova, Bottega d'Erasmo Aldo Ausilio Editore.
Papathanasiou, Α. 2001. A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave, Greece. Oxford: John and Erica Hedges Ltd. BAR-IS 961.
Papathanasiou, A, M. P. Richards και S. C. Fox (επιμ.) 2015. Archaeodiet in the Greek World: Dietary Reconstruction from Stable Isotope Analysis, Hesperia Supplement 49, Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Sarris, Α. (επιμ.). 2015. Best Practices of GeoInformatic Technologies for the Mapping of Archaeolandscapes. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ldt.
Sinclair, A., E. Slater και J. Gowlett (επιμ.) 1997. Archaeological Sciences 1995. Proceedings of a conference on the application of scientific techniques to the study of archaeology, Liverpool, July 1995. Oxford, Oxbow Books, Oxbow Monograph 64,
Touchais, G., R. Laffineur και F. Rougemont (επιμ.) 2014. Physis: l'environnement naturel et la relation homme-milieu dans le monde égéen protohistorique. Actes de la 14e Rencontre égéenne internationale, Paris, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA), 11-14 décembre 2012, Aegaeum 37. Leuven and Liege: Peeters.
Triantaphyllou, Sevi. 2001. A Bioarchaeological Approach to Prehistoric Cemetery Populations from Central and Western Greek Macedonia. Oxford: John and Erica Hedges Ltd. BAR-IS 976. 1-84171-185-3.
Tzedakis, Y, H. Martlew και M. K. Jones (επιμ.). 2008. Archaeology Meets Science: Biomolecular Investigations in Bronze Age Greece. The Primary Scientific Evidence 1997-2003, Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Ζαχαριάς, Ν. (επιμ.). 2012 Πρακτικά 2ου Συμποσίου ARC-RNT: Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Νέες Τεχνολογίες. Καλαμάτα: Έκδοση Εργαστήριο Αρχαιομετρίας Τμήμα: Ιστορίας, Αρχαιολογίας και Διαχείρισης Πολιτισμικών Αγαθών, Πανεπιστημιακή Σχολή Καλαμάτας.
Last Update
28-09-2018
