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

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

WM 1 Theory and Methodology Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060077 SE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Selected topics an landscape and settlement archaeology in Northern Europe
• 060115 SE [ de en ] Advanced Topics in Archaeological Prospection and Landscape Archaeology

WM 2 Prehistory Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060078 SE ( ON-SITE ) Prehistoric Art: figurines in context

WM 3 Protohistory and Historical Archaeology Seminar (8 ECTS)

• 060079 SE Function and Interpretation in Archaeology of the Middle Ages

WM 4 Cultural History of Archaeology Seminar (8 ECTS)

PM 1 Applied Academic Research and Writing (15 ECTS)

• 060080 VU Scientific practice: Interdisciplinary work - Interdisziplinäres Arbeiten
• 060083 SE Thesis Seminar
• 060084 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 060085 SE Thesis Seminar

PM 2 Excavation Techniques (15 ECTS)

• 060049 LP Excavation practice Ratzersdorf
• 060051 LP Excavation practice 1 and 2: late antique hilltop settlement Müllendorf
• 060052 LP [ de en ] Practical fieldwork (4 weeks) 1/2: Kammern-Grubgraben - palaeolithic open air site - paläolithischer Freilandfundplatz
• 060053 LP [ en ] Excavation Grub-Kranawetberg (Upper Palaeolithic) BA & MA
• 060054 LP [ de en ] Excavation practice in Keszthely-Fenékpuszta
• 060055 LP Training excavation Königsberg, Tieschen
• 060056 LP [ de en ] Százhalombatta-Földvár - a Bronze Age tell settlement at the danube - eine bronzezeitliche Tellsiedlung an der Donau
• 060057 LP Practical fieldwork 1/2 (20 days of work): Bistricioara-Lutarie III (East Carpathians/ Romania) - multi-layered Upper Palaeolithic open air site (Gravettian - Epigravettian - Late Palaeolithic)
• 060088 UE Advanced Field Archaeology: Excavation management
• 060089 LP Theory and Practice of Archaeological Stratigraphy and Advanced Surveying
• 060119 LP Field School Hallstatt Settlement Mitterkirchen (OÖ)

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

• 060091 VO Underwater Photography in Archaeological Prospection
• 060101 VO [ de en ] Principles of economic archaeozoology

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

• 010095 VU [ en ] Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion
• 060028 KU A Glimpse into Purses from the Past? The Post-Ancient Coin Finds from St. Pölten
• 060030 KU Coins in a Museum: Building an Exhibition and Creating an Audio
• 060037 KU Sacra Moneta: Late Roman Coinage from 294 to 313 CE
• 060092 VU [ de en ] Cultural history of the horse (from Prehistory to the Middle Ages) - Von der Urgeschichte bis ins Mittelalter
• 060103 UE Internship Palaeolithic faunal remains
• 060104 UE Zooarchaeology for Archaeologists
• 060105 UE [ de en ] Exposure, recovery and preparation of Ice Age megafaunal remains on archaeological sites - Langmannersdorf (Lower Austria) Upper Palaeolithic open air site of the LGM (Last Glacial Maximum)

Alternative compulsory module of Practice and Specialisation (7 ECTS)

APM 1 Prospection and Landscape Archaeology (7 ECTS)

• 060093 UE [ de en ] Practical archaeological prospection with ground-penetrating radar
• 060095 VO [ de en ] Underwater archaeological prospection and documentation

APM 2 Museology and Collection Studies (7 ECTS)

• 060097 VO The Ordering Gaze: Museums‘ and Collection-(hi)stories
• 060098 UE Museums as stages for knowledge - between dramaturgy, authenticity and inclusion - Zwischen Dramaturgie, Authentizität und Inklusion
• 060099 UE [ de en ] Exhibition Design - Communication techniques and concepts - Techniken und Konzepte der Vermittlung

APM 3 Archaeological Monument Preservation (7 ECTS)

APM 4 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology (7 ECTS)

• 060100 UE [ de en ] The archaeology of Jordan
• 060102 VU [ de en ] Ceramics in Focus. Theory and Analytical Methods.

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