| Course title | Methods of interdisciplinary research |
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| Course code | KHI/3MIV |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | 2 |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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1. Introduction characteristics of interdisciplinary cooperation 2. Anthropology 3. Archaeobotanics 4. Archaeozoology 5. Pedology 6. Geology 7. Petroarchaeology 8. Paleometallurgy 9. Traceology 10. Chemistry 11. Non-destructive methods of archaeological research 12. Methods of absolute dating
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The contemporary archaeology can not manage without help and cooperation of other, usually nature science disciplines, whose range is nowadays sufficiently wide and it widens gradually. A part of the lecture is an establishing of an ideal composition of a multidisciplinary research team that contains, eventually presents only the most important, eventually the most used (and practically applicable) disciplines for archaeology. These disciplines can nowadays be divided to bio-archaeometric group and geo-archaeometric group, allowing the researcher not only to analyse the positively recorded immovable and movable objects or artefacts, but also to outline a relatively detailed and ample reconstruction of the natural environment of human life (environmental archaeology), with the analysis using the taking of samples, for instance sediments, their flotation, chemical analysis etc. Here belong anthropology, including paleopathology (incl. parasitology) and traces of stress and burdens on human skeletons, traces of nutritional behavior, of questions of migration, paleogenetics (aDNA) and affinity. In a similar way, it is possible to examine the osteologic material of animals (paleozoology), using once again the isotope analysis. Paleoecologic (environmental) research includes a vast area of archaeobotanics, palynology, anthracology, xylotomy, including chemical analysis (phosphate analysis and others) of sediments. From among the geo-archaeometric disciplines, archaeology uses geology, geochemistry, micromorphology, petroarchaeology, paleometallurgy, study of products of metal corrosion etc.. The non-destructive methods, such as geophysics and remote sensing, including aerial archaeology, belong inherently to the interdisciplinary research nowadays, as well as the methods of absolute dating (radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology). The subject is directly followed by the "Odborná praxe na interdisciplinárním výzkumu" (Academic practice in interdisciplinary research) subject.
Good orientation in the interdisciplinary cooperation methods. This knowledge is subsequently used in the compulsory Academic practice in interdisciplinary research. |
| Prerequisites |
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Basic orientation in archaeologic sub-disciplines and boundary disciplines and in possibilities of interdisciplinary cooperation in archaeology that is acquired in the "Úvod do studia archeologie" (Introduction to archaeology), "Teorie archeologického výzkumu" (Theories of archaeologic research) and "Výběrové přednášky z interdisciplinárních oborů" (Selected lectures on interdisciplinary studies) subjects of the bachelor study.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam, Seminar Work
participation on the lessons (24 hours=1 credit); individual studying of information sources and exam preparation (25 hours=1 credit); heuristics and writing an academic essay on appointed topic (50 hours=2 credits) |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Archeology (2016) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |