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Introduction à la pratique de l'archéologie
Course teacher(s)
Laurent BAVAY (Coordinator), Laurent THOLBECQ and Agnès VOKAERECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
The course provides an introduction to archaeology and its current methods, following the successive stages of excavation, data exploitation and interpretation, from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Introduction: Archaeology as a scientific discipline - Site discovery - Excavation and stratigraphy - Field data recording - Dating methods - Typologies and assemblages - Archaeology of buildings and architectural nomenclature - Materials: glass, metal - Material analysis - Pottery - Man in his environment: Archaeozoology and archaeobotany - Paleoanthropology and funeral archaeology - Conservation and site management - The main currents of archaeology - Looting and trafficking of archaeological goods
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Theoretical introduction to the practice of archaeological excavation.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Courses requiring this course
Teaching methods and learning activities
Ex cathedra
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
List of recommended readings available on the Virtual University environment (also including pdf documents and web-links)
Other information
Contacts
lbavay@ulb.ac.be
Laurent.Tholbecq@ulb.ac.be
Agnes.Vokaer@ulb.ac.be
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
30 questions, multiple choice test examination
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
60 points on the multiple choice test, distributed as follows:
2 points per correct answer
0 point for no answer
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0,5 points per wrong answer
Language(s) of evaluation
- french