Methods and Techniques of Archaeological Prospecting and Analysis of Territory

Code: HIS14682M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Archeology

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

Curricular unit designed to give specific training to students of Archaeology and Environment.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Proteger a vida terrestre - Proteger, recuperar e promover o uso sustentável dos ecossistemas terrestres, gerir de forma sustentável as florestas, combater a desertificação, deter e reverter a degradação da Terra e deter a perda da biodiversidade.

Parcerias para a implementação dos objetivos - Fortalecer os meios de implementação e revitalizar a parceria global para o desenvolvimento sustentável.

Learning Goals

Objectives: Give the students the capacity to identify structures and archaeological materials, the ground; understand and learn to properly use the methods and techniques of analysis and exploration of the territory.
Skills: Ability to understand and evaluate the territory, diachronically; cartographic use of the means available for landscape analysis and recording of archaeological information, ability to identify and evaluate archaeological remains; ability to design and conduct archaeological surveys for different types of projects.

1. The different types of cartography;
2. The different techniques and methods of archaeological prospection;
3. The gaps, problems and / or effectiveness of archaeological surveys.
4. Territories and landscapes
5. Sites, deployments and chronologies

Teaching Methods

Practical classes in the field, covering different types of sites, chronologies and landscapes.
Some theoretical classes will be held to study cartography and analyse the different methodologies that can be used.

Assessment

Continuous assessment will be carried out through the preparation of a practical assignment, preferably on the subject of the dissertation to be completed (90 per cent) and student participation in lectures (10 per cent).
Examination in accordance with article 50 of the RAUE.