2023
Pre- and Proto-Historical Archaeological Settlements
Name: Pre- and Proto-Historical Archaeological Settlements
Code: HIS14675M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Archeology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, French
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
Curricular unit designed to give specific training to students of Archaeology and Environment.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Understand the strategies of settlement of pre and proto historic communities in southwestern iberian peninsula. It is intended that the students can identify the main features of different habitats, from the Paleolithic Age to the Metal depending on the geomorphological characteristics of the landscape.
Contents
1. Deployment
a) The intricacies of water lines
b) Natural shelters
c) The hills
d) The plains
2. Defensibility of some places, supported or not, by defensive systems marked the landscape especially after the Neolithic period.
3. Housing structures
4. Materials and cronologys
Understanding the various types of habitat and estates taking into account their chronology and the landscape in which they belong is the essence of the program of this discipline.
a) The intricacies of water lines
b) Natural shelters
c) The hills
d) The plains
2. Defensibility of some places, supported or not, by defensive systems marked the landscape especially after the Neolithic period.
3. Housing structures
4. Materials and cronologys
Understanding the various types of habitat and estates taking into account their chronology and the landscape in which they belong is the essence of the program of this discipline.
Teaching Methods
The Classes will be taught through an expository component which will be followed by discussion with students. Whenever possible, classes will be based on the projection of images of archaeological sites and their implantation in the landscape interpreted through the use of different cartography. The study of materals will be carried out in the laboratory.
The evaluation will be carried out through the appreciation of two individual assignments (50% +50%) and participation in the class. Final exame.
The evaluation will be carried out through the appreciation of two individual assignments (50% +50%) and participation in the class. Final exame.
Teaching Staff
- Leonor Maria Pereira Rocha [responsible]
- Nelson José Oliveira de Almeida