GA261 Geoarchaeology in practise

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Petřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Katarína Adameková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jan Petřík, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/14, only registered: 2/14, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 2/14
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course includes field trips to archaeological sites or important outcrops of quarternary sediments in the Brno city and sorroundings. Students will be introduced with geology of sites and with the basics of soil and sediments description relevant for archaeological practice. Deposits from selected sites will be analysed during laboratory practice.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, student will be able to use the methodology of sediment and soil description in the investigation of archaeological sites.
Syllabus
  • 1.Field trip to selected site and introduction to methodology
  • 2.Field trip to selected site and sampling of deposits
  • 3.Laboratory methods introduction and sample analysis
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Eidt, R. C. (1973): A rapid chemical field test for archaeological site surveying, American Antiquity 38: 206-210.
  • Ernée, M. (2005): Využití fosfátové půdní analýzy při interpretaci kulturního souvrství a zahloubených objektů z mladší a pozdní doby bronzové v Praze 10 - Záběhlicích, Archeologické rozhledy 57/2, 303-330.
  • Lisá, L., Peška, M., Merta, D., Bajer, A., Zůbek, A. (2007): Aplikace geoarcheologie při interpretaci pleistocenních and holocenních sedimentů v prostoru Náměstí Svobody v Brně. Ve službách archeologie, ISSN 1802-5463, ISBN 80-7275-060-7, 2007, (1), p. 1
  • W. Matthews, C.A.I. French, T. Lawrence, D.F. Cutler, M.K. Jones (1997): Microstratigraphic traces of site formation processes and human activities, World Archaeology 29 (2), 281–308.
Teaching methods
Excursion, laboratory practice
Assessment methods
Field trips and laboratory practice
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2024/2025.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2023.
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