2025
Excavation Methods, Culture and Contexts in Archaeology
Name: Excavation Methods, Culture and Contexts in Archaeology
Code: HIS13482M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Archeology
Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Objectives:
Provide students of the Master ARCHMAT coming from a Science academic background with theoretical and practical basic knowledge and skills to:
- Grasp and understand the past through its material culture;
- Develop ability to perceive the physical space;
- Ability to identify the main material and cultural features of different archaeological periods.
- Understand basic archaeological excavation principles and techniques in theory and in the field.
Skills:
Capacity to organize and promote archaeological interventions;
Capacity to produce entire record field.
Capacity to interpret and discuss estratigrafias and contexts
Capacity to prepare technical and scientific reports
Capacity to produce articles synthesis
Provide students of the Master ARCHMAT coming from a Science academic background with theoretical and practical basic knowledge and skills to:
- Grasp and understand the past through its material culture;
- Develop ability to perceive the physical space;
- Ability to identify the main material and cultural features of different archaeological periods.
- Understand basic archaeological excavation principles and techniques in theory and in the field.
Skills:
Capacity to organize and promote archaeological interventions;
Capacity to produce entire record field.
Capacity to interpret and discuss estratigrafias and contexts
Capacity to prepare technical and scientific reports
Capacity to produce articles synthesis
Contents
1) The different excavation methods in archeology;
2) The archaeological record (drawing, photographs, 3D surveys);
3) Material processing in the laboratory;
4) Report Writing;
5) The revealing traits of human activity over time;
6) Scientific articles
2) The archaeological record (drawing, photographs, 3D surveys);
3) Material processing in the laboratory;
4) Report Writing;
5) The revealing traits of human activity over time;
6) Scientific articles
Teaching Methods
Field classes: excavation, recording and drawing. Laboratory classes: material processing, reporting, and production of texts.
Assessment
Continuous assessment should be carried out through participation in fieldwork (attendance and performance in archaeological excavation - 60%) and the preparation of theoretical-practical work (report - 40%).
Teaching Staff
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