HKAK03211U KL. ARK Klassisk arkæologisk tema 1 - Introduction to Maritime Archaeology in the Mediterranean
KL. ARK Classical Archaeology - Introduction to Maritime Archaeology in the Mediterranean
Klassisk Arkæologi
Aim is to present up-to-date theories, methods, research agendas, and issues within maritime archaeology, using the Greco-Roman Mediterranean as a basis. This region provides very detailed source material as it is one of the key starting points for the field, and has since been a proving ground for a majority of its developments.
Module A: Introduction
1. Introduction to Maritime Archaeology (definitions, general practice, course overview)
2. History of the practice in the Mediterranean (how do we know what we know? How the field has changes since its inception? Why, what, when, who, where)
Module B: Methods
3. Theory: Approaches to different site types, materials, resulting datasets
4. Coastal survey, diving, and remote sensing (marine, aerial, terrestrial)
5. Geomorphology and hydrology (understanding marine and coastal processes, archaeological and biological proxies, relative sea level, impacts of Climate Change on sites)
Module C: Finds/Datasets
6. Ship technology / sail technology
7. Ports / harbours / anchorages
8. Rivers, lakes and other types of coastal sites (resource extraction, resource processing, villae, shipsheds)
Module D: Analyses
9. Photogrammetry, dendrochronology, petrography, OSL, Pb isotopes, etc.
10. Experimental archaeology
11. Social Network Analysis, viewsheds, maritime cultural landscapes, ‘island mentality’, etc.
12. Identity politics: ethnicity and gender / gendering of finds
Module E: Management
13. Heritage management: laws, UNESCO conventions, At-risk heritage, cultural-natural heritage, best practice, MarEA
14. Reporting and publishing: requirements, considerations, best practice
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Kursusinformation
- Sprog
- Dansk
- Kursuskode
- HKAK03211U
- Point
- 15 ECTS
- Niveau
- Kandidat
- Varighed
- 1 semester
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- Skemagruppe
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Studienævn
- Studienævnet for Saxo-Instituttet
Udbydende institut
- Saxo-Instituttet - Arkæologi, Etnologi, Historie og Græsk og Latin
Udbydende fakultet
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet
Kursusansvarlige
- Kristina Winther-Jacobsen (10-6d796c63657164756770426a776f306d7730666d)
Undervisere
Athena Trakadas