Universität Wien

060081 VU Geoarchaeology: Rocks and Sediments as resource and archive (2019W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 6 - Ägyptologie, Judaistik, Urgeschichte und Historische Archäologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 01.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 08.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 15.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 22.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 29.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 05.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 12.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 19.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 26.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 03.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 10.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 17.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 07.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 14.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 21.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Dienstag 28.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG

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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Summary
This lecture series presents an overview and synthesis of the geoarchaeology of rocks and sediments as resources and archives. We will examine the uses of rocks and sediments in past societies (e.g., for construction, tools, etc.), and the archaeological uses of rocks and sediments to learn about past human behaviors such as trade, economy, settlement activities, production (e.g. ceramics, stone tools), waste disposal, and formation processes, among others. We will also consider sediments as an archive of past human activity. Students will be introduced to both field and laboratory methods for examining rocks and sediments, including rock identification, stratigraphy, sediment sampling, thin-section analysis, absolute dating, and various sedimentological and geochemical methods (e.g., grain-size analyses, pXRF, Mass Spectrometry, colorimetry, etc.).

Students will be expected to:
- Select an individual topic of research from criteria provided by the instructors
- Perform independent research on the selected topic

Methods
Lecture, readings, summaries, written paper.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Seminar will be entirely in English

- 2 article summaries (chosen by student under guidance by instructors and covering 2 separate methods or concepts)
- Abstract and Reading List of their research topic
- Final paper

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students are expected to attend all lectures and do weekly readings.
Participation and Completion of Assignments: 40%
Written summaries: 20%
Individual Written Assignment (ca. 3000 words, 7 pages): 40%

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Required readings for the course will come from journal articles and book chapters.

Key sources will be:
French, C. 2015. A Handbook of geoarchaeological approaches to settlement sites and landscapes. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 1, Oxford, Oxbow.

Goldberg, P. & Macphail, R. I. 2006. Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Oxford, Blackwell.

Karkanas, P. & Goldberg, P. 2018. Reconstructing Archaeological Sites: Understanding the Geoarchaeological Matrix, Oxford, Wiley.

Schiffer, M. B. 1987. Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record, Albuquerque, University of New Mexico.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 21.03.2024 00:10