Learning Outcomes
• 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
Course Content (Syllabus)
The seminar will give an account of the archaeometric studies which contribute to the better understanding of archaeological materials and help interpreting the past. These studies among others include the analysis of environmental data, architectural remains, geoarchaeological evidence, petrographic and chemical analyses of material items, stable isotope and ancient DNA analyses of organic materials and micromorphology.
Keywords
archaeological materials, sciences, archaeometry, archaeological interpretation
Additional bibliography for study
• 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.
• Hunt, Α. M. W. (επιμ.) 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Καρκάνας, Π. 2010. Εισαγωγή στη Γεωαρχαιολογία. Νεφέλη
Λυριτζής, Ι και Ν. Ζαχαριάς (επιμ) 2010. Αρχαιο-Υλικά. Εκδ. Παπαζήση. Αθήνα
• Sarris, Α. (επιμ.). 2015. Best Practices of GeoInformatic Technologies for the Mapping of Archaeolandscapes. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ldt.
• 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.