METHODOLOGY FOR THE ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

GE232

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF EARTH AND PLANETS

Disciplinary Sector:

Archeological Research Methodologies

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

AGOSTINI SILVANO

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

none

Objectives

The students will be able: i) know and choose remote sensing methods and analyzes, methods and geophysical analyzes ii) to perform a field geological survey focused on an territory and on an archaeological site; to understand the genesis and evolution of an archaeological site and its relationships with the evolution of the coeval landscape; iii) to deal with the most common topics and problems of an archaeological excavation; iv) to choose the most appropriate analysis for diagnostic and archaeometric applied to heritage stones, pottery and mortars ; v) to interact with the arcaeologist and researchers involved in the cultural heritage.

Contents

Relations between geology and archeology. Quaternary. The accessory disciplines and methods of prospecting for archeology. Stratigraphy of an anthropogenic domain. Diagnostics and archaeometry.

Extended Syllabus

Relations between geology and archeology. Quaternary chronostratigraphy. The accessory disciplines: geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, pedology and paleosols; soil micromorphology. Palaeoclimatologia. The accessory disciplines: methods of remote sensing and geophysical prospecting for archeology. Chronology: some dating methods. Stratigraphy of an anthropogenic domain: US characters (stratigraphic units); post-depositional changes. Archaeological materials: diagnostics and archaeometry (mineralogical-petrographic characterization and technology) of natural stones, ceramics and mortars. Field and laboratory analysis; critical and statistical analysis of data.

Recommended Bibliography

AA.VV. (1958) - Archaeometry. Vol.1, Issue 1. Wiley Online Library, 22 pp.
AA.VV. (2014) - Archaeology: reconstructing our early history. Journal of the European Federation of Geologist n. 38, 80 pp.
Castellano A. , Martini M. , Sibilia E. (a cura di), 2002. Elementi di archeometria. Metodi fisici per i beni culturali. Egea, 374 pp.
Cremaschi M., 2000. Manuale di Geoarcheologia. Laterza, 386 pp.
Goldberg P., Macphail R. I., 2006. Practical and theoretical geoarchaeology. Blackwell, 455 pp.
Miskovsky J. C. (a cura di), 1987. Géologie de la Prehistoire: methodes, techniques, applications. Association pour l'étude de l'environnement de la préhistoire. Paris1297 pp.
Cremaschi M., Rodolfi G., 1991. Il suolo: pedologia nelle Scienze della Terra. Nuova Italia Scientifica, 427 pp.
Lazzarini L. (a cura di), 2004. Pietre e marmi antichi. CEDAM, 194 pp.
Polland A.M. (a cura di), 1999. Geoarcheology exploration, environments and resource. Geological Society.Special pubblication 165.
Goodman D., Piro S. (2013) – GPR Remote Sensing in Archaeology. Springer, 233 pp.
Leucci G. (2015) – Geofisica applicata all’archeologia e ai beni monumentali. Ibam – Flaccovio. 363 pp.
In addition personal notes and the teaching materials (PPT); specific papers (within the limits set by copyright laws).

Teaching Methods

Frontal and laboratory lessons, fieldtrips.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final examination consists in two papers illustrated as PPT by the student and a discussion on the topics covered in class and aims to assess the achievement of the main learning objectives of the course.

Contacts/More Information

Monographies to be agreed with the teacher.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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