Course: Fieldwork practice

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Course title Fieldwork practice
Course code KAR/1TEPA
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 12
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vaněk František, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Černý Radek, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Participation in a field research, formulation of research aims, suggestion of methods, management of the research, individual field activity and documentation, site report.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Field trip
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 150 hours per semester
  • E-learning (given by an e-learning course) - 120 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 45 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
Students will be able to solve and plan an archaeological field project in all its phases. The course is oriented on the practical aspects, students will realize their own research projects and they will elaborate their own documentation of their excavation. Students will master all of the methods of an archaeological research which they will be able to use further.
teaching methods
Field trip
assessment methods
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Collis, John. Digging up the past : an introduction to archaeological excavation. Gloucestershire : Sutton Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2737-2.
  • Edward C. Harris. Principles of archaeological stratigraphy. London, 1997.
  • Renfrew, Colin; Bahn, Paul G. Archaeology : theories methods and practice. London : Thames & Hudson, 2000. ISBN 0-500-28147-5.


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