060077 UE Geoarchaeological Prospection of North Frisian Medieval Settlement Patterns (2022W)
using Geophysical Methods
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 10.08.2022 10:00 to Th 25.08.2022 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2022 23:59
Details
max. 10 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Fieldwork in Friesland August 28th to September 3nd 2022.
Online lecture: 31.10.2022 until 5.12.2022
Preparation of posters by students: 15.12.2022-1.3.2023
Sunday, 28-8-2022: Travel to and arrival at Tönning, Friesland, Germany.
Monday, 29-8-2022: Group formation, introduction to fieldwork locations, possibly startup survey
Tuesday, 30-8-2022: Fieldwork: Group 1-MAG1, Group 2-MAG2, Group 3-EMI1, Group 4-EMI2
Wednesday, 31-8-2022: Fieldwork: Group 1-EMI1, Group 2-EMI2, Group 3-MAG1, Group 4-MAG2
Thursday, 1-9-2022: Fieldwork: Group 1-PROFILE1(ERT>SEISM), Group 2-Profile 2(SEISM; ERT; GPR), Group 3-Sampling 1(direct push>coring), Group 4-Sampling 2 (coring>direct push)
Friday, 2-9-2022 Fieldwork: Group 1-Sampling 1(direct push>coring), Group 2-Sampling 2 (coring>direct push) , Group 3-PROFILE1(ERT>SEISM), Group 4-Profile 2(SEISM>ERT)+ data processing
Saturday, 3-9-2022 Departure and travel back (optional excursion to Wadden Sea)Online course:
3/10/2022-7/10/2022 (exact date for 3-hour lecture to be confirmed): Philippe De Smedt,
Lecture+virtual excercise: EMI data processing, analysis & interpretationMonday 24-10-2022, 9AM - 12AM: Tina Wunderlich,
Lecture+virtual excercise: ERT data processing, analysis & interpretation11/11/2022, 9AM - 12AM: Immo Trinks
Lecture+virtual excercise: GPR data processing, analysis & interpretation
14/11/2022-18/11/2022 (exact date for 3-hour lecture to be confirmed): Dennis Wilken
Lecture+virtual excercise: MAG data processing, analysis & interpretation21/11/2022-25/11/2022 (exact date for 3-hour lecture to be confirmed): Dennis Wilken/Wolfgang Rabbel Lecture+virtual excercise: SEISM data processing, analysis & interpretationMonday, 5/12/2022, 9AM - 12AM Bente Majchczack, Jeroen Verhegge
Lecture+virtual excercise: integration with coring data, archaeological interpretationMonday, 5/12/2022 Philippe De Smedt, Jeroen Verhegge
Instructions+introduction to scientific poster assessment after last lecture15/12/2022-1/3/2023 Poster preparation
28/3/2023-1/4/2023 Wolfgang Rabbel : Poster presentations at ICAP2023
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The students will work in groups for fieldwork, data processing and analysis. The student groups will have to prepare posters, presenting the outcome of their work. These posters will be evaluated by the lecturers. The posters shall be presented at the International Conference on Archaeological Prospection to be held at Kiel 28/3/2023-1/4/2023.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Participation in both online and practical parts are required for successful completion of the course, as well as for obtaining funding. Failing to participate in both practical and online course parts will require students to return any obtained funding.
Examination topics
The subject taught during the course.
Reading list
The reading list and corresponding articles can be found under
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cZc2eeFiuydbDAX6nJIZ6g2gZBTj1z5-?usp=sharing
See as well: ReadingList_Archaeology_Remarks.txt
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cZc2eeFiuydbDAX6nJIZ6g2gZBTj1z5-?usp=sharing
See as well: ReadingList_Archaeology_Remarks.txt
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Th 21.03.2024 00:10
The investigated sites are located in a clay and peat district, which was colonized in several waves, transforming the natural landscape in different ways. Settlers of the Roman Iron Age as well as the Early Middle Ages favored elevated river embankments and formed large village terps. In the High Medieval Period, new settlers claimed the large peat bog areas. Starting from straight chains of small farm terps, they transformed the landscape significantly. In this course, we aim to investigate both an early village terp and a younger chain of small terps. The prospections will look into the different settlement layouts and the way the settlers took possession of the landscape.
The field-course will be held from August 28th to September 3rd 2022 in the marsh landscape of the German North Sea coast near the small town of Tönning in Schleswig-Holstein.
The course comprises an introduction to the specific local archaeological situation and landscape development, archaeological research questions, and practicing ways to solving them through geophysical measurements. In the field course, state-of-the-art instrumentation including magnetics, electromagnetics, geoelectrics, ground penetrating radar, seismics and geophysical downhole measurements will be applied. The field component will be complemented by a compulsory online component during fall 2022 dedicated to data processing, analysis, and interpretation.
Successful course participation will be rewarded with 3 ECTS credit points.
The course is directed towards BSc, MSc and PhD students of geophysics, geosciences, and archaeology with a basic knowledge of geophysical prospection methods. The number of participants is restricted to 20.
Travel and accommodation are organized by the respective universities. Travel costs will be covered up to 70 EUR per day through ERASMUS+ funding. Fundig is subject to successful participation in both the field course as well as the virtual online course.