Master
2023/2024
Research Seminar Natural Science Methods in Archaelogy
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Classical and Oriental Archaeology)
Area of studies:
History
Delivered by:
Centre of Classical and Oriental Archaeology
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Античная и восточная археология
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
36
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Modem archeology cannot be imagined without methods used in natural sciences - from
mathematics and statistics to geophysics. The subject of the discipline is issues related
to the application of natural sciences at all stages of archaeological research, from
exploration and excavation to restoration and analysis of the source.
Learning Objectives
- Acquisition of basic knowledge and skills in the application of natural science methods in archaeology by second-year students specializing in history and archaeology.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Best practice approaches for sustainable restoration of archaeological heritage will be discussed, namely 1) approach each site/region on a case-by-case basis, 2) define the heritage values: natural, historical, architectural, traditional, etc., i.e. what are we actually trying to preserve and why - then act accordingly, 3) sensitively combine modern technologies with ancient ways of life in agriculture, energy and architecture, 4) people-centred approach: people first – architecture second.
- History of heritage conservation strategies will be discussed - French Historicism, British Idealism and Italian Pragmatism.
- Students discuss how social context may influence methods of archaeological studies and theories in Classical Studies in general.
Course Contents
- Archaeology and society
- Archaeology and chronology. Determining the time of a site in archaeology. Chronological indications given by the monuments themselves.
- Archaeology as a science. The content of the archaeological site and the principles of its study.Before discussing the methodology of field archaeology, it will not be superfluous to remember the provisions on which this methodology is based, as well as to understand the basic categories with which the archaeologist deals in the process of research, as it make a basis of a science.
Assessment Elements
- ExamПо усмотрению преподавателя и по результатам исключительной и активной работы студента на семинарах в форме: дискуссий на заданные темы на основе материалов, освоенных в ходе самостоятельной работы, устных выступлениях на семинарах при демонстрации знания основной проблематики курса, содержания вопросов лекционных и семинарских занятий, историографической традиции, выступления с докладами, сопровождаемыми презентациями, успешное прохождение контроля знаний в виде письменных работ по пройденному материалу, студенту может быть выставлена высшая оценка автоматически.
- Essay
- Seminar
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.3 * Essay + 0.3 * Essay + 0.5 * Exam + 0.5 * Exam + 0.2 * Seminar + 0.2 * Seminar
- 2024/2025 3rd module1 * Essay + 1 * Essay
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Shnirel’man, V. A. (2013). Archeology and Society-A Complicated Relationship. Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, 52(2), 5–12. https://doi.org/10.2753/AAE1061-1959520201
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Brandherm, D. (2014). Heinrich Härke (ed.): Archaeology, Ideology and Society: The German Experience. Gesellschaften und Staaten im Epochenwandel 7, 2002. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.658CE605
- Bruce G. Trigger. (2001). Archaeology, Ideology and Society: The German Experience, edited by Heinrich Harke. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2000. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F11D7365
- Trigger, B. G. (2001). Archaeology, Ideology and Society: The German Experience, edited by Heinrich Harke. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2000. https://doi.org/10.5334/bha.11204