Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (601 [6] - Version 2024)

Orientation Course

• 060086 OV ( MIXED OV ) Information event for prehistory and historical archaeology students - Bachelor

Introductory and Orientation Period STEOP (20 ECTS)

BC PM 1 Principles of Thinking in Historical and Cultural Studies (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP Module examination "Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking"
• 070138 VO ( MIXED ) StEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking

BC PM 2 Principles of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (15 ECTS)

• EXAM PM2 Principles of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
• 060004 VO ( STEOP ) StEOP: Concepts and Methods of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
• 060006 VO ( STEOP ) StEOP: Introduction to Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
• 060009 VO ( STEOP ) StEOP: Introduction to archaeological prospection methods
• 060010 UE ( STEOP ) StEOP: Basics of Scientific Working

BC PM 3 Theories and Methods in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (12 ECTS)

• 060012 VO Interpretations and theories in prehistoric and historical archaeology
• 060013 VO Archaeometry

Epochs of Prehistory (24 ECTS from three elective modules)

BC WM 1 Palaeolithic and Mesolithic (8 ECTS)

BC WM 2 Neolithic and Copper Age (8 ECTS)

• 060019 VO Introduction Neolithic Period and Copper Age
• 060024 KU Course Neolithic Period and Copper Age

BC WM 3 Bronze Age (8 ECTS)

BC WM 4 Iron Age (8 ECTS)

Epochs of Historical Archaeology (24 ECTS from three elective modules)

BC WM 5 Roman Empire and Late Antiquity (8 ECTS)

BC WM 6 Early Middle Ages (8 ECTS)

• 060027 VO Introduction Early Middle Ages
• 060029 KU Course Early Middle Ages

BC WM 7 Medieval Archaeology (8 ECTS)

BC WM 8 Archaeology of Modern Times and Contemporary History (8 ECTS)

BC PM 4 Excavation Techniques (14 ECTS)

• 060001 LP Field School Qurayyah
• 060030 LP [ de en ] Basics of surveying and stratigraphy in archaeology

BC PM 5 Basic Qualifications in Archaeology (18 ECTS)

• 060031 UE Methods in graphic documentation - artefacts
• 060033 UE AutoCAD for Archaeology
• 060034 UE GIS-applications for archaeologists
• 060035 UE Practical application of aerial archaeology
• 060038 UE [ de en ] 2-day excursion - Scenes from the 1809 battles of Aspern and Wagram
• 060039 UE [ de en ] Field Trip: Austria (2 days)
• 060040 UE [ de en ] 2-day excursion on the subject of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
• 060111 VU Bioarchaeological methods and their application in european prehistory

BC PM 6 Bachelor’s Thesis (8 ECTS)

• 060041 SE Seminar Bachelor Thesis
• 060042 SE Seminar: Historical Archaeology: Medieval and post-medieval archaeology
• 060113 SE [ de en ] Seminar Bachelor Thesis: Prehistoric Archaeology