AES_901 Practical microscopy in Archaeology

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2025
Rozsah
0/3/1. elerning preparation to practical lesson. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, Ph.D.
Ústav archeologie a muzeologie – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jitka Šibíčková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav archeologie a muzeologie – Filozofická fakulta
Předpoklady
Course is adequate for students of magister and higher studies. It required advanced knowledge of individual artefact classes, and understanding the debate of its archaeological analysis. The course is English version of the course AEB_A16e for foreign students.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 5 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/5, pouze zareg.: 0/5
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 15 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
The aim of the course is to practically educate students in operating of various types of microscopes for individual methods of analysis on the artefact surface.
Výstupy z učení
After the course will absolved, student will able self-sufficiently and securely operate various types of microscopes and realise analyses including documentation and report.
Osnova
  • 1. introduction to microscopy in archaeology, parts and construction of microscope, configuration of microscope for individual analytical aims, introduction to work in laboratory and microscope operating, sampling, sample manipulation, cleaning and setting into right position
  • 2. determination of lithic raw materials by water-immerse method - identification of microfossils in silicite mass
  • 3. analysis of ceramic paste and ceramic petrography by observation of polished-sections and thin-sections
  • 4. use-wear analysis on lithic knapped and ground artefacts, on bone and antler artefacts and byproducts - production, functional, transport, and hafting wear
  • 5. use-wear analysis on metal artefacts - copper, bronze, risks of conservation, manufacture and use traces
  • 6. residues on lithic and metal artefacts - identification in situ, risks of apriori mistake, basic types of residues observable in-situ, methods of sampling and identification in slides
Literatura
  • GEORGESCU, M. Dan. Microfossils through time : an introduction : first steps in micropaleontology. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart Science Publishers, 2018, xiii, 400. ISBN 9783510654130. info
  • MACGREGOR, Arthur. Bone, antler, ivory & horn : the technology of skeletal materials since the Roman period. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015, 245 stran. ISBN 9781138814172. info
  • QUINN, Patrick S. Ceramic petrography : the interpretation of archaeological pottery & related artefacts in thin section. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013, 251 s. ISBN 9781905739592. info
  • GIJN, A. L. van. Flint in focus : lithic biographies in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. Leiden: Sidestone, 2010, xxii, 288. ISBN 9789088900334. info
  • Prehension and hafting traces on flint toolsa methodology. Edited by Veerle Rots. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2010, xix, 273 p. ISBN 9789058678010. info
  • Microfossils. Edited by Howard Armstrong - M. D. Brasier. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub., 2005, viii,296 p. ISBN 0632052791. info
  • JUEL JENSEN, Helle. Flint tools and plant working : hidden traces of stone age technology. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1994, ix, 263. ISBN 8772884541. info
  • GIJN, A. L. van. The wear and tear of flint : principiles of functional analysis applied to dutch neolithic assemblages. [Leiden: Institute of prehistory, University of Leiden, 1990, 182 s. info
  • KEELEY, Lawrence H. Experimental determination of stone tool uses : a microwear analysis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980, xiii, 212. ISBN 0226428893. info
Výukové metody
Theoretical lectures are presented in e-learning. Students study them before the practical lesson in lab, to arrange as much time as possible for practice. Every lesson will start with short conclusion of theory and method.
Elf course: https://elf.phil.muni.cz/22-23/course/view.php?id=446
Practice of individual students with several samples will follow, while student is tutored by teacher.
Metody hodnocení
Student will present ability to
1. self-sufficiently choice right microscope and configuration for proposed sample.
2. identify proposed feature of the sample - damage, use-wear, technology, raw-material etc.
3. prepare analytical report
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
In Spring semester 2023, practice lessons will be realised in use-wear laboratory in number of persons 5+1.
Hygienic standard will be reached by combination of masks/respirators, obligatory use of nitril gloves (provided by lab), and effective airing, in case of bad epidemic situation.


Regarding the laboratory regime, own slippers are recommended; shoe covers are to dispose.

Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Výuka probíhá každý druhý týden.
The course is English version of the course AEB_A16e for foreign students.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2023, jaro 2024.