AEA_07 Laboratory Practice

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Kuča (seminar tutor)
Kateřina Kepáková, DiS. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Timetable
Wed 8:20–11:35 laboratoř
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
AEA_07/A: No timetable has been entered into IS.
AEA_07/B: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Požadavky k zápočtu: - numerické zpracování menších keramických souborů prostřednictvím kódu - samostatné zhotovení jednoduchých odlitků archeologických artefaktů - praktická znalost postupu laboratorního zpracovávání archeologických nálezů z příslušných objektů - zásady inventarizace
Course Enrolment Limitations
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 enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Course description: Training in practical techniques of cleaning, conservation and restoration of archaeological artefacts, especially ceramics, but also including metals and organic materials. The basics of drawing.
Syllabus
  • 1. Types of archaeological relics and materials these were made of. Methods of dealing with archaeological finds and their preservation prior to conservation. Characteristics of organic and inorganic materials. 2. Methods of conservation of individual materials (stone, clay, pottery, metal, bone, wood, textile, leather, glass etc.). An outline of new experimental methods of conservation and restoration. 3.-7. Laboratory practice: washing and drying of pottery fragments, sticking together, completing and painting of pottery. 8.-9. Laboratory practice: casting of small items, preparation of mould and plaster, casting itself. 10.-12. Laboratory practice: principles of primeval finds processing, their classification and recording within settlement features. 13.-15. Utilization of numeric description and practical processing of minor find complexes by means of a code.
Literature
  • PODBORSKÝ, Vladimír. Numerický kód moravské malované keramiky : problémy deskripce v archeologii. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Brně, 1977, 299 s., [4. info
Teaching methods
practical work with archeological material in lab
Assessment methods
Teaching: 2 hours seminar per week Assessment: Field work
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Dvě seminární skupiny po max. 12 studentech.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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