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

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

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

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

Teaching Methods

Field classes: excavation, recording and drawing field
Laboratory classes: material processing, reporting, production of texts.
The assessment, continuous, shall be held by participating in fieldwork (archaeological) and the elaboration of a theoretical and practical work (report)