Field and Laboratory Archaeology
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Archaeology |
Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
ARQU |
45 |
ARQU - Study Plan |
1 |
- |
6 |
41 |
162 |
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português
Objectives
General.
Teach the student the excavation methods advocated by the protocols of field archaeology.
Specific.
The student should know :a) how to critically discuss an excavation report within the framework of multidisciplinary knowledge applied in intrusive archaeology; b) how to carry out an excavation report; c) how to do the first treatment of the different "materials" in the laboratory; d) how to organize the materials collected in the field, particularly artefacts and samples.
Learning outcomes and competences
The student will be able to participate in archaeological excavation work/programmes, as a licensed technician, directed by a professional (archaeologist). He/she will be able to collaborate in the preparation of an excavation report.
Working method
Presencial
Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
not applicable
Program
1. Basic notions about the process(es) of formation and conservation of the materialities.
2. Excavation: why and for what?
a)The purposes and the social/cultural function of Archaeology, with emphasis on intrusive archaeology.
b) The laws of cultural heritage, with emphasis on those that govern the archaeological activity and also on the registration (conservation by record), the types of conservation and heritage classification of archaeological sites.
3. Framework of the excavation in the context of the History of Archaeology, with emphasis on its main paradigms.
4. Different methodologies of excavation, recording and sampling.
4.1 Preparatory procedures for the excavation.
4.2 Procedures of excavation and recording of structures and stratigraphy
4.3. Most common relative and absolute dating methods used in archaeology and discussion of the question: how to date a particular site?
4.4. processes and strategies for collecting artefacts, micro and macrorest samples and laboratorial treatment
5. Organization and systematization of all documentation collected in an excavation site in order to create the "history" of the site in its spatial and chronological-cultural context — the Excavation Report and the Publication of results.
6.Monitoring, supervision and evaluation, in class, of each student's critical report.
Mandatory literature
Lucas, G.M.; Critical Approaches to Fieldwork.Historical and Contemporary Archaeological Practice, Routledge, 2001
Carandini, A.; Historias en la Tierra. Masnual de excavación arqueológica, Critica, 1997. ISBN: 84-7423-764-5
Bicho Nuno Ferreira 1965-;
Manual de arqueologia pré-histórica. ISBN: 978-972-44-1345-7
Colin Renfrew;
Archaeology. ISBN: 0-500-28147-5
Comments from the literature
Other documents (texts, papers, books, etc.), will be placed in the documents of this UC (Moodle) or timely indicated in class, especially those which refer to the list of works for the critique of an excavation monograph.
Teaching methods and learning activities
The lessons will be of expositive nature
but the debate is also raised.
The most practical work is based on the handling of archaeological materials/artefacts.
keywords
Humanities > History
Humanities
Humanities > History > Archaeology
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Trabalho escrito |
75,00 |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
25,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
87,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
41,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
33,00 |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
1,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
The frequency is achieved with the student's presence in 75% of classesCalculation formula of final grade
The assessment is distributed without a final exam. It consists of the presentation and discussion of the student's case-study (worth 25%), and a written test — the critical analysis of an excavation monograph (75%) — which must cover all the subjects taught, and may include compulsory questions, previously distributed (according to the specificity of each project).
The two assessments are joint and complementary and the student cannot have a negative assessment in any of them. The project must be submitted through Moodle (submissions by email are not accepted), on a date set by the teacher and that will never go beyond the end of the first week of the examination period of the normal period.
Examinations or Special Assignments
not applicable
Internship work/project
not applicable
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Submission of a Written work, that worth 75% (15 val), being added to this the evaluation, already obtained, from the oral presentation, in classropom (25%; 2,5 val).The two assessments are joint and complementary and the student cannot have a negative assessment in any of them. Classification improvement
Submission of a Written work, that worth 75% (15 val), being added to this the evaluation, already obtained, from the oral presentation(25%; 5 val).The student must have completed the continuous assessment and have obtained a positive evaluation (equal to or greater than 2.5 val.)