2025
Archeozoology and Archeobotany
Name: Archeozoology and Archeobotany
Code: GEO10336M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/162 hours
Scientific Area:
Geology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The students will be familiar with the nature and characteristics of the faunal and floral materials occurring in archaeological sites, and will understand the importance of its study for the reconstitution of the functioning of the communities and the characteristics of the surrounding environment.
Notion of ecofact. Manipulation of several types of archeological materials (remains of vertebrates and malacofauna) and acquisition of rudiment of techniques for its study such as the determination of specific remains, the macroscopic and microscopic analysis. Integration of results from the archeozoological and archeofloristic information in archaeological studies: the importance of transdisciplinarity in the archeological speech.
Notion of ecofact. Manipulation of several types of archeological materials (remains of vertebrates and malacofauna) and acquisition of rudiment of techniques for its study such as the determination of specific remains, the macroscopic and microscopic analysis. Integration of results from the archeozoological and archeofloristic information in archaeological studies: the importance of transdisciplinarity in the archeological speech.
Contents
What is Archaeozoology. Wild and domestic fauna in archaeological sites. Methods of excavation, recovery and conservation.Cultural, economic and social meanings of the faunal associations in archaeological context from Early Palaeolithic to present times. Paleoecological incidences. Osteometry and domestication. Case-studies.
Morphology of Angiosperms, leaves, stems shoots, spores and pollen. Methods of study and preparation of samples.
Antracology. Dendrochronology. Plants and climate. Phytoecology and phytossociology. Main plant bioma.Vegetation evolution during the Cenozoic. The vegetation of European Quaternary. Present vegetation in Portugal.
Morphology of Angiosperms, leaves, stems shoots, spores and pollen. Methods of study and preparation of samples.
Antracology. Dendrochronology. Plants and climate. Phytoecology and phytossociology. Main plant bioma.Vegetation evolution during the Cenozoic. The vegetation of European Quaternary. Present vegetation in Portugal.
Teaching Methods
Theoretical classes, in the use of multimedia projections.
Practical classes.
Continuous assessment.
Practical classes.
Continuous assessment.
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