Universität Wien

090110 UE Zooarchaeology: Human-Animal Interaction in Antiquity (2022S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

It is planned to conduct the course in presence. Depending on the current situation of the COVID 19 pandemic, it may be possible to switch to the digital mode or to reduce the number of face-to-face units. The dates listed will be kept independently, and as indicated in u:find, the exact schedule will be presented in the first session and available on Moodle. You will be informed in time about how the course will be held throughout the semester.

  • Wednesday 09.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 16.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 23.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 30.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 27.04. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 04.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 11.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 18.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 25.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 01.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 08.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 15.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 22.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The term zooarchaeology refers to the study of animal remains that come to light at archaeological sites, usually during excavations. As a sub-field of bioarchaeology, zooarchaeology deals with elementary topics of human history, whereby cultural-historical questions about human-animal relations of past cultures play a central role.

Aims
The course aims to give a first introduction to the research field of bioarchaeology with a focus on zooarchaeology. The focus is on acquiring a basic knowledge of human-animal relations in antiquity. On the basis of a presentation of various topics and applied methods in bioarchaeological research, basic knowledge in dealing with animal remains in an archaeological context is to be acquired: this includes practical knowledge in the processing of animal bone material as well as the handling of bioarchaeological finds during fieldwork.

The exercise is divided into three parts:
- Theoretical introduction to zooarchaeology
- Independent and joint elaboration of the contents of current researches
- Practical processing of zooarchaeological material.

Contents
The contents of the course include the basics of zooarchaeology as well as in-depth study of selected chapters (oriented towards the interests of the course participants). In addition, the sources on the human-animal relationship in antiquity as well as the handling of animal remains (bioarchaeological finds) during fieldwork are dealt with.
The focus is on the scientific significance and information content of bioarchaeological finds. The practical processing of zooarchaeological finds in the course of the exercise is an important part of the course.

Methods
The methods include topic-related reading as well as independent work on individual topics and guided practical work on finds.

Assessment and permitted materials

The assessment is carried out through the evaluation of three partial performances:

– Short presentation on a selected topic of zooarchaeology - presentation topics will be announced in the first session of the course (30%)
– Independent individual and group exercises on zooarchaeological material under supervision within the framework of the course, followed by a final report (40%)
– Journal Club: short oral presentation on the joint reading of topic-related scientific articles/book chapters (30%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In addition to regular and active attendance, the following partial performances will be taken into account:

- Giving a short presentation on a zooarchaeological topic (30%, requirements will be presented in the course).
- Submission of the final report on the zooarchaeological work (40%, requirements will be presented in the course)
- Short presentation of a scientific article/book chapter in the course of a journal club (30%, requirements will be presented in the course)

Examination topics

The UE is a continuous assessment course. The examination material includes all topics of the course covered in the theoretical and practical part. The course material is available on Moodle.

Reading list

U. Albarella (Hrsg.), The Oxford handbook of zooarchaeology (New York 2017)
N. Benecke, Der Mensch und seine Haustiere. Die Geschichte einer jahrtausendealten Beziehung (Stuttgart 1994)
G. L. Campbell (Hrsg.), The Oxford handbook of animals in classical thought and life (Oxford 2014)
D. Gifford-Gonzalez, An Introduction to Zooarchaeology (Cham 2018)
C. M. Giovas – M. J. LeFebvre (Hrsg.), Zooarchaeology in Practice. Case Studies in Methodology and Interpretation in Archaeofaunal Analysis (Cham 2017)
S. Lepetz, L'animal dans la société gallo-romaine de la France du nord, Revue archéologique de Picardie 12 (Amiens 1996)
T. O'Connor, The Archaeology of Animal Bones (New York 2013)
T. P. O'Connor, The analysis of urban animal bone assemblages. A handbook for archaeologists, The Archaeology of York 19/2 (Walmgate 2003)
J. Peters, Römische Tierhaltung und Tierzucht. Eine Synthese aus archäozoologischer Untersuchung und schriftlich-bildlicher Überlieferung, Passauer Universitätsschriften zur Archäologie 5 (Rahden 1998)
E. Schmid, Atlas of Animal Bones. For Prehistorians, Archaeologists and Quaternary Geologists (Amsterdam 1972)
M. C. Toynbee - M. R. Alföldi - D. Misslbeck, Tierwelt der Antike, Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt 17 (Mainz am Rhein 1983)

Association in the course directory

Anrechenbar: im Fachbereich Materielle Kultur:
im BA: M11, M13;
im BA alt: kl. Vertiefung;
im MA: PM3;
im EC 597;

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