Master Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (801 [4] - Version 2019)

• 060038 OV ( OV ) Information-event for students studying Prehistory and Early History

Group of elective modules: Seminars of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (24 ECTS)

WM 1 Theory and Methodology Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060079 SE The Sediment as Material Culture in Landscape Archaeology

WM 2 Prehistory Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060081 SE News from the prehistoric past

WM 3 Protohistory and Historical Archaeology Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060082 SE Viking Age

WM 4 Cultural History of Archaeology Seminar (8 ECTS)

PM 1 Applied Academic Research and Writing (15 ECTS)

• 060083 VU Scientific Practice
• 060084 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 060085 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 060088 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar

PM 2 Excavation Techniques (15 ECTS)

• 060049 LP Excavation Practice Ratzersdorf
• 060051 LP [ en ] Excavation Grub-Kranawetberg (Upper Palaeolithic)
• 060052 LP Excavation Mont Lassois (France)
• 060053 LP [ en ] Excavation Százhalombatta-Földvár
• 060054 LP Excavation Practice Müllendorf
• 060055 LP Practical Fieldwork: Kammern-Grubgraben
• 060056 LP Training excavation Tieschen
• 060057 LP [ en ] Practical fieldwork Bistricioara-Lutarie
• 060058 LP [ en ] Practical fieldwork Svinjaricka Cuka
• 060089 KU Theory and Practice of Archaeological Stratigraphy + Advanced Surveying
• 060091 UE Advanced Field Archaeology: Excavation Management

PM 3 Interdisciplinary and Disciplinary Special Topics in Cultural Studies and Natural Sciences (12 ECTS)

• 060092 VO Hunter-Gatherer and Social Evolution
• 060095 VO Principles of economic archaeozoology
• 060098 VO Basic Concepts of Osteology and Taphonomy
• 060099 VO Introduction to Archaeometallurgy - Metal Technologies and Cultural Development in Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology
• 060110 VO Glyptics in ancient Western Asia
• 060112 VO Archaeological prospection using ground-penetrating radar

PM 4 Interdisciplinary and Disciplinary Methods in Cultural Studies and Natural Sciences (17 ECTS)

• 060100 UE Palaeolithic evaluation methods I
• 060101 UE [ de en ] Historical maps - preparation and interpretation for archaeological investigations
• 060102 VU [ en ] Iberian Prehistory and the Archaeology of Death: 10 cutting-edge findings of the last two decades
• 060103 UE Basic Concepts of Osteology and Taphonomy
• 060104 UE Fotografic documentation
• 060105 VU [ en ] Studying human behaviours through soils and sediments - an introduction to Geoarchaeology
• 060106 VU [ en ] Raw material economy in the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
• 060109 VU The Middle Neolithic Kreisgrabenanlagen (circular enclosures) in Austria
• 060111 UE Seals and sealing practices: branding, administration and magic
• 060113 UE [ de en ] Viking Age insights - Geoarchaeological and geophysical settlement prospection in North Frisia (Island of Amrum)

Alternative compulsory module of Practice and Specialisation (7 ECTS)

APM 1 Prospection and Landscape Archaeology (7 ECTS)

• 060112 VO Archaeological prospection using ground-penetrating radar
• 060113 UE [ de en ] Viking Age insights - Geoarchaeological and geophysical settlement prospection in North Frisia (Island of Amrum)

APM 2 Museology and Collection Studies (7 ECTS)

APM 3 Archaeological Monument Preservation (7 ECTS)

APM 4 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology (7 ECTS)

• 060110 VO Glyptics in ancient Western Asia
• 060111 UE Seals and sealing practices: branding, administration and magic

PM 5 Field Trip: International Cultural Area (5 ECTS)