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Course: Postgraduate field research 2

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Course title Postgraduate field research 2
Course code KAR/TVM2
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Organization of archaeological field research 2) Selection of field research methods with emphasis on non-destructive and little destructive procedures 3) Management of a smaller research team (students of lower grades) under the supervision of the course teacher and the project leader 4) Creation and checking of field documentation 5) Performance and documentation of measurement works, including advanced methods (photogrammetry, drone imaging) 6) Assessment of a part of the field research in the form of a finding report.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 40 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To summarize the problems of archaeological methods
Skills
To work in the field under professional leadership
To recognize basic stratigraphic units
To determine basic stratigraphic relations within simple archaeological context
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To interpret archaeological situations within a single trench
To summarize standards of archaeological documentation
Skills
To be able to decide on the strategies of trench excavation independently
To choose the method and procedure of excavation
To choose the method of field documentation
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practicum
Cooperative instruction
Skills
Task-based study method
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Test
Skills
Project
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • BOZÓKI-ERNYEY, K. European Preventive Archaeology. Papers of Papers of the EPAC Meeting. Budapest, 2004.
  • Bureš, Michal. Management archeologického dědictví. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-261-0378-3.
  • Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn (edd.). Archaeology - The Key Concepts. London and New York: Routledge, 2005.
  • Gersbach, Egon. Ausgrabung heute : Methoden und Techniken der Feldgrabung. Stuttgart : Theiss, 1998. ISBN 3-8062-1379-8.
  • GOJDA, M. - JOHN, J. A KOL. Archeologie a letecké skenování krajiny. 2013.
  • Harris, Edward C. Principles of archaeological stratigraphy. London : Academic Press, 1997. ISBN 0-12-326651-3.
  • KAWECKI, J - KONCZEWSKI, P. - SZWAGRZYK, K. - TRZCIŃSKI, M. Archeologia sądowa w teorii i praktyke. Warszawa, 2013.
  • KOBYLYŃSKI, Z. Metodyka ratowniczych badań archeologicznych. Warszawa, 1999.
  • Kuna, M.; Černý, V.; Dreslerová, D.; Vařeka, P. Metody archeologického výzkumu, in: Kuna, M. (ed.), Archeologie pravěkých Čech 1. Pravěký svět a jeho poznání, 89-106.. Praha. Academia, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86124-75-9.
  • Kuna, M.; Tomášek, M. Pravidla archeologického výzkumu.
  • Kuna, Martin. Nedestruktivní archeologie : teorie, metody a cíle = Non-destructive archaeology : theory, methods and goals. Praha : Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-200-1216-8.
  • Procházka, Rudolf; Vařeka, Pavel. Manuál terénního archeologického výzkumu odkryvem : popis stratigrafických jednotek. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita. Fakulta filozofická, 2005.
  • Renfrew, C. - Bahn, P. Archaeology. Theories, Methods and Practice. Thames and Hudsons, London, 2016.
  • Sayer, Duncan. Ethics and burial archaeology. London : Bristol Classical Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-7156-3893-4.


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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 23.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026