2023-2024 / HAAR0071-1

Special questions of prehistoric archaeology

Duration

30h Th, 10d FT Exc.

Number of credits

 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5 crédits 

Lecturer

Veerle Rots

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course presents the range of methods that is available today for prehistoric archaeology. We start with raw data and through analysis, we give such data anthropological significance. Natural sciences, like those relating to technology and ethnography, are also presented in order to reconstruct the ways of life of prehistoric societies.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course consists of an introduction the methods of prehistoric archaeology (e.g., dating, typology, technology, use-wear analysis, archaeozoology).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Course with physical presence.
Duration and period: 30h + reading assignments, 1st term.
Classroom and schedule: Prehistory Museum(building A4), Tuesday, 2-4 pm.

Recommended or required readings

A bibliography of the main reference works is distributed at the beginning of the year.

Online oral examination. Exam session in January.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Professor Veerle ROTS TraceoLab, Département des Sciences historiques 7, Place du 20-Août bât A1, B-4000 Liège Tél.: 04.366.54.36 - Fax : 04.366.55.51 E-mail: veerle.rots@ulg.ac.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

Items online

see e-campus
Documentation is available on-line through the e-campus web platform