- Docente: Antonio Curci
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ANT/10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Antonio Curci (Modulo 1) Eugenio Bortolini (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage (cod. 8616)
Learning outcomes
The course provides an introduction to archaeological field methods and techniques. Topics will include: methods of archaeological survey, techniques of excavation; analysis of archaeological and bioarchaeological materials as sources for the study and understanding of past societies.
After completing the course the student is able to deal with an archaeological excavation. She/He is able to record archaeological sites, to understand the potential of the different classes of archaeological materials.
Course contents
The course will focus on the main issues of archaeological field research.
Readings/Bibliography
Renfrew C., Bahn P., L'essenziale di Archeologia, Zanichelli, 2009.
Tronchetti C., Metodo e strategie dello scavo archeologico, Carocci 2003.
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures dealing with the program topics.
Assessment methods
The evaluation consists of an oral exam on the course program. The student must show that he/she has acquired adequate general and systematic knowledge of the various topics and has mastered the scientific and methodological tools necessary for a reasoned analysis of the program subjects.
Teaching tools
Lectures will be illustrated with powerpoint presentations
Office hours
See the website of Antonio Curci
See the website of Eugenio Bortolini