Academic Year 2020/2021
- Docente: Antonio Curci
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ANT/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in History, preservation and enhancement of artistic and archaeological heritage and landscape (cod. 9218)
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.
GROMA 2, 2009. In profondità senza scavare. Metodologie di indagine non invasiva e diagnostica in archeologia.
Manacorda D., Il sito archeologico: fra ricerca e valorizzazione, Carocci 20007.
The program is the same also for non-attending students.
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