The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrollment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24
Fields of study the course is directly associated with
Course description: Practice with the operating system Windows and with the word processing programme Word. Introduction to working with archaeological databases (the programmes Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel).
Syllabus
1. Introduction to computer aid in archaeology.
2. Theoretical bases of computer aid in archaeology.
3. Computer aid and archaeological method.
4. Archaeological analysis. Definitions of entities and qualities.
5. Archaeological descriptive systems.
6. Work with a database. Definition of database systems. Information on main database programmes.
7. Starting and closing of the Microsoft Access programme. Creating and opening of a database.
8. Database design. Database design process. Determination of required fields purposes.
9. Data types. Creation of database tables.
10. Adding on records. Modification of records. Copying, shifting or removal of data.
11. Searching and sequencing of data. Filtering of records in a simple database.
12. Creation of simple database forms.
13. More complex database forms. Form controls – inventory, field with inventory.
14. Practising of the studied issues.
15. Summation and test.
Literature
Počítačová podpora v archeologii. Edited by Jiří Macháček. 1. vyd. Brno, 1997. 258 s. ISBN 80-210-1562-4. info
Počítačová podpora v archeologii 2. Edited by Jiří Macháček. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Ústav archeologie a muzeologie, 2008. 281 s. ISBN 978-80-86124-88. info
Teaching methods
active work in the seminar, group projects
Assessment methods
Requirements for the course-unit credit:
-Active participation at the seminar
- Coping with Word 6.0 text editor; printing of a text; work with diskettes; usage of graphics.
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Pro získání zápočtu je třeba aktivní účast na semináři a prokázání základních znalostí o odpřednášených metodách.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrollment limitations: Předmět není určen pro studenty I. ročníku.
Studijní literatura:
Macháček, J. (ed.). Počítačová podpora v archeologii 2. Brno - Praha - Plzeň. 2008.
Macháček, J. (ed). Počítačová podpora v archeologii. Brno. Masarykova univerzita v Brně. 1997.
Neustupný, E. Metoda archeologie. Katedra archeologie - FF ZČU. Plzeň. 2007
Neustupný, E. 1994. Role databází v archeologii. Archeologické rozhledy 46, 121-128.