Educational objectives This course is aimed to introduce and discuss the science of reconstructing the relationships between past societies and the significance of “experiment, experimental, reference collection through experiments” in archaeology, as well as the interactions between humans and their environment in the archaeological and historical past.
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Educational objectives General objectives
This modume on experimental archaeology is aimed to introduce and discuss the significance of “experiment, experimental, reference collection through experiments” in archaeology. In recent times, new analyses have complemented the classical and well-established framework defined as archaeometry. These analyses focus on how material culture discovered in the archaeological sites was produced and used. They are defined as technological analysis, use-wear analysis, residues analysis. Their approach is both qualitative and quantitative and is based on the reproduction of and uses of replicas of the archaeological artefacts that form the “reference collection” that allows to the archaeological interpretation.
Specific objectives
- Knowledge and understanding: The course will present the state of the art of these three analyses through the discussion of cases studies related to different archaeological questions.
- The course will be characterized by a broad practical part aimed to organize and carried out experimental sessions for reproducing replicas to be observed and discussed through the observation with optical and digital equipment. Having successfully completed this module, students will be able to demonstrate:
- General knowledge of the technological, use-wear analysis and residues analyses;
- General knowledge of the experimental approach needed to create reference collection.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: General knowledge of how and when to organize an experimental protocol. Basic knowledge of the use of OLM and SEM for technological, use-wear and residues analyses
- Critical and judgmental capacities: Skill to document an experimental protocol and to critically evaluate the obtained results in terms of technology, use-wear and residues applied to archaeological contexts.
Communication skills
- Skill to clearly communicate the results of the analysis of an archaeological context or assemblage through experimental and archaeometric approaches
- Skill to communicate the results of the analysis to people not trained in archaeology
- Learning skills
- Skill to organize and realize an experimental protocols
- Skill to apply a preliminary technological and functional analysis of archeological items or replicas of them.
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Educational objectives Objectives
The aim of the module on Environmental archaeology is to present and discuss the interactions between humans and their environment in the archaeological and historical past. This broad scope embraces a range of environmental specialisms within archaeology, such as archaeobotany, archaeozoology (both vertebrate and invertebrate), palynology, palaeoclimate reconstructions as well as more synthetic and theoretical approaches to the past human environment.
Specific objectives
- Knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the knowledge and understanding of theoretical issues in environmental archaeology as well as criteria for selecting the most appropriate methods for the various applications.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the ability to apply environmental issues to support archaeological case studies.
- Critical and judgmental capacities: The student will develop critical and judgmental skills by analysing case studies and defining appropriate methods to reconstruct palaeoenvironmental conditions from archaeological contexts. These skills will be developed through interaction with the lecturer during the course and through the preparation of a review.
- Communication skills: The student will be asked to interact in the analysis of case studies and during the lectures to identify the appropriate palaeoenvironmental methods for archaeological studies.
- Learning skills: The student will acquire the theoretical and practical ability to apply the palaeoenvironmental methods to archaeological studies so as to be able to replicate it to real case studies and for the formulation of project proposals.
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Educational objectives General objectives
The aim of the madule is to introduce the student to the analysis of archaeological materials using the methods typical of condensed-matter physics and material science. The course includes both lectures and lab sessions.
Specific objectives
- Knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the knowledge of basic concepts in condensed matter physics and how these relate to specific analysis techniques.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the ability to interpret microscopy, imaging, x-ray, and radioactivity data from archeological materials.
- Critical and judgmental capacities: The student will develop critical and judgmental skills by analysing case studies and defining appropriate physical methods for archaeological studies. These skills will be developed through interaction with the lecturer during the course.
- Communication skills: The student will be asked to interact in the analysis of study materials and during the lectures to identify the appropriate physical methods in archaeological studies.
- Learning skills: The student will acquire the theoretical and practical ability to apply physical methods to the identification and dating of archeological materials.
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Educational objectives General objectives
The aim of the madule is to introduce the student to the analysis of archaeological materials using the methods typical of condensed-matter physics and material science. The course includes both lectures and lab sessions.
Specific objectives
- Knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the knowledge of basic concepts in condensed matter physics and how these relate to specific analysis techniques.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the ability to interpret microscopy, imaging, x-ray, and radioactivity data from archeological materials.
- Critical and judgmental capacities: The student will develop critical and judgmental skills by analysing case studies and defining appropriate physical methods for archaeological studies. These skills will be developed through interaction with the lecturer during the course.
- Communication skills: The student will be asked to interact in the analysis of study materials and during the lectures to identify the appropriate physical methods in archaeological studies.
- Learning skills: The student will acquire the theoretical and practical ability to apply physical methods to the identification and dating of archeological materials.
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Educational objectives Objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the study of different types of biological remains from archaeological contexts, through extensive sessions of laboratory work under stereo- and light microscopes.
Specific objectives
- Knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the knowledge of fossilization processes and identification methods of plant and animal remains, as well as criteria for selecting the most appropriate methods for the various applications.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will acquire the ability to identify biological remains to support archaeological case studies.
- Critical and judgmental capacities: The student will develop critical and judgmental skills by analysing case studies and defining appropriate biological methods for archaeological studies. These skills will be developed through interaction with the lecturer during the course.
- Communication skills: The student will be asked to interact in the analysis of study materials and during the lectures to identify the appropriate biological methods in archaeological studies.
- Learning skills: The student will acquire the theoretical and practical ability to apply the identification of fossil remains to archaeological interpretations so as to be able to replicate it to real case studies and for the formulation of project proposals.
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Educational objectives The course is aimed at giving a general overview of Roman archaeology, being focused on the main artistic, architectural and urban topics of Rome and of the Roman Empire. It is expected that the students can acquire autonomous competences in evaluating and interpreting Roman art and architecture, through the analysis of selected and paradigmatic examples. The possibility of visiting, during the course, some main sites and monuments at Rome will give the opportunity for interactive activities and seminars, which will improve the critical capacities of the students, useful for their future career.
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Educational objectives The final exam consists of the discussion of a Master's thesis, comprising a written document, in English, which presents the results of an original study on a problem of an applicative, experimental or research nature. The preparation of the thesis is carried out under the guidance of an advisor during the fourth semester.
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