Module 1 (6 weeks)
16 May - 24 June 2011
18 ECTS / 9 Semester Academic Credits Awarded
Course fees includes tuition, accommodation in our superior, fully equipped self-catering building, materials, local transport, lectures and seminars as well as academic credit.
SU 409: Introduction to Archaeology of Ireland
On site work during the first element of the course introduces the student to the basic techniques of archaeological excavation, including laying out trenches, removing overburden, and excavating archaeological deposits with a variety of hand tools. Lectures introduce the Irish Archaeological Chronology whilst a series of workshops develop the students understanding of the principals of excavation.
SU410: Archaeological Field Studies
On site work during the second element introduces the student to the methods of on site recording of archaeological features and deposits, including section drawing, elevation drawing, horizontal planning, establishing a site grid, surveying, using an auto level and the EDM, and site photography. Lectures complete the Irish Archaeological Chronology whilst workshops focus on post excavation skills such as managing site archives, writing stratigraphic reports preparing AutoCad drawings and using Photoshop and Illustrator to manipulate images.
SU413: Data Analysis
On site work during the final element sees the completion of the excavation and its restoration and then introduces the student to a broad range of subjects involving archaeological sites and their setting in the landscape, such as upland surveys, identifying new sites, recording standing monuments and analysing inter-site relationships and morphological settings. Lectures review the development of the discipline of Archaeology in Ireland and the ethical challenges facing the archaeological profession in the early 3rd Millennium whilst workshops focus on preparing the work so far undertaken for final publication.
Week 1
Introduction to the Course and Deserted Village site. Lectures, Seminars, Preliminary Fieldwork & Field Trips.
Fieldwork (survey & excavation), building & landscape survey, architectural survey, EDM / Total Station, Theodolite & Level, planning, context sheet recording, section drawing & draughtsmanship, finds processing and cataloguing, Field Trip.
Fieldwork (survey & excavation), architectural survey, EDM / Total Station, Theodolite & Level, lectures, seminars, finds processing and cataloguing, context sheet recording, artefact identification & Field Trip.
Fieldwork (survey & excavation), architectural survey. Paleoenvironmental studies.
Planning, section drawing and draughtsmanship, context sheet recording, EDM / Total Station, Theodolite & Level, lectures, seminars, finds processing and cataloguing, artefact identification & Field Trip
Fieldwork (survey & excavation), architectural survey. Draughtsmanship, lectures, finds processing and cataloguing, context sheet recording, EDM / Total Station, Theodolite & Level, & Field Trip. Report writing.
Fieldwork (survey & excavation), architectural survey, EDM / Total Station, Theodolite & Level, CAD/GIS.
Finds processing & cataloguing, analysis of finds. Preparing plans for publication.
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