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Lecturer(s)
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Pospíšil Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Analytical procedures of artefact description 2. Creation of a descriptive system and a relational database 3. Synthetic procedures in evaluating artefacts 4. Archaeometric methods of artefact research 5. Petrography of pottery 6. Typological methods of artefact dating (deductive and inductive) 7. Scientific methods of artefact dating (C14, dendrochronology, thermoluminescence) 8. Drawing documentation of movable artefacts 9. Photographic documentation of movable artefacts 10. 3D documentation of movable arfefacts
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 39 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| To characterize individual periods of prehistory and the Middle Ages |
| To summarize the importance of archaeology and history for understanding the past |
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| To understand a scientific text in English/German |
| To use adequate terminology in Czech and English |
| To understand a scientifically-structured lecture |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize the basic analytical methods of research of movable artifacts in archeology |
| To summarize the possibilities of interdisciplinary cooperation in the monitored area |
| To summarize the issue of description systems in archeology |
| To summarize the issue of scientific dating methods in archeology |
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| To perform independent drawing, photographic and three-dimensional documentation of movable archaeological artifacts |
| To design a description system for various types of archaeological artifacts |
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| assessment methods |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Adkins, Lesley; Adkins, Roy. Archaeological illustration. 2009. ISBN 0-521-35478-1.
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Carver, Martin. Archaeological investigation. London : Routledge, 2009. ISBN 978-0-415-48919-5.
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Čapek, Ladislav; Těsnohlídková, Kateřina; Slavíček, Lubomír,; Všianský, Dalibor; Pracný, Pavel. Technologie výroby a archeometrické studium středověké keramiky. 2018. ISBN 978-80-261-0811-5.
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GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava a kol. Petroarcheologie keramiky v historické minulosti Moravy a Slezska.
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Hložek, Martin. Encyklopedie moderních metod v archeologii : archeometrie. Praha : Libri, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7277-230-8.
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HUNT, Alice. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis. Oxford, 2017.
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QUINN, Sean Patrick. The Interpretation of Archaeological Pottery and Related Artefacts in Thin Section. Oxford, 2013.
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