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Course: Archaeobotanical summerschool

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Course title Archaeobotanical summerschool
Course code KBO/011
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in winter and summer semester.
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kovárník Jaromír, Ing.
  • Beneš Jaromír, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Atanasoska Vrhel Nevenka, Mgr.
  • Ardjanlev Pero, Mgr.
Course content
Content of lectures: 1. Introduction in the Neolithic of South-Eastern Balkans 2. Material culture and the Neolithic tells 3. Environmental Archaeology in Neolithic Balkans 4. Sampling strategy in field micro-remain and macro-remain analyses Content of practicals: 1. Sampling strategy in field archaeobotany of the Neolithic tell 2. Flotation in field expedition 3. Separation of macro-remains in field expedition 4. Taking in situ samples 5. Sampling for micro-remains 6. Starch analysis and sampling from archaeological artefacts 7. Phytolites in the archaeological context 8. Post-excavation processes in field archaeobotany

Learning activities and teaching methods
Practical training
  • Class attendance - 80 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Archaeobotanical summer school is organized in collaboration with archaeological institutions of Northern Macedonia and University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice. Aim of summer school is to offer theoretical and practical competence in field archaeobotany, where are the best conditions for preservation of abundant archaeobotanical material, important in European context. Students will be trained to acquire and process samples both botanical micro and macro-remains in area of archaeological site. Number of students is limited to 8 people.
Students will acquire competitions in archaeobotany and bioarchaeology during field research of chosen archaeologacal sites.
Prerequisites
Course introduces to relevant topics. It is suitable rather for mag. and doct. students of botany and archaeology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment

Direct presence in summer archaeobotanical school.
Recommended literature
  • Beneš, J., Vondrovský, V., Šída, P., Divišová, M., Kovačiková, L., Kovárník, J., Vavrečka, P. 2015: The rare deposition of the Neolithic (SBK) grinding tools and longhouse 8 from Hrdlovka (Czech Republic): analysis and 3D virtual reconstruction, InterdisciplinariaArchaeologica. Natural Sciences in Archaeology 6.2, 161-179..
  • Jacomet, S - Kreuz, S. Archäobotanik. Aufgaben, MethodenundErgebnissevegetations-undagrargeschichtlicherForschung. Stuttgart, 1999..
  • Kitanoski, B., Simoska, D. and Jovanović, B. 1990. Der kultplatz auf der fundstatte Vrbjanska Cuka bei Prilep. In Srejović, D. and Tasić, N. (eds.) Vinča and its World. International Symposium The Danubian Region from 6000-3000 BC: 107-112. Beograd: SASA. Bigz..
  • Mitkoski, A. and Naumov, G. 2007. Neolithic Structure of possible ritual significance from The Republic of Macedonia. PAST 58: 8-9. London..
  • Naumov, G. and Tomaz, A. 2015. The Excavation of Neolithic Tell in Mogila, Pelagonia. Patrimonium 13. Skopje..
  • Naumov, G., Fidanoski, L., and Tolevski, I. 2009. Neolithic Communities in the Republic of Macedonia. Skopje: Dante..
  • Naumov, G. 2013: Embodied houses: the social and symbolic agency of Neolithic architecture in the Republic of Macedonia. In D. Hofmann and J. Smyth (eds), Tracking the Neolithic house in Europe, 65-94. New York: Springer..
  • Naumov, G. 2015. Early Neolithic Communities in the Republic of Macedonia. Archeologické Rozhledy LXVII (2015/3): 331-355. Prague..
  • Piperno, D. R. Phytoliths: A ComprehensiveGuideforArchaeologists and Paleoecologists. 2006..
  • Zohary, D. - Hofp, M. DomesticationofPlants in the OldWorld. Oxford, 2000..


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 10.05.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2023/2024