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SoSe 23: Settlements & Urbanism in Archaeology. Theory and Digital Methods for Landscape Analysis

Nehemie Strupler

Information for students

For this course it is not possible to enrol via Campus Management. Please enrol via the form “Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung” when you decided to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals 150 hours: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 60 hours, exam 60 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program.” Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de close

Additional information / Pre-requisites

Students must bring their own computer (laptop) to each class

Comments

This course will introduce the ways in which archaeologists attempt to understand settlements and urbanism in ancient landscapes. We will focus on various strategies and techniques of fieldwork and data interpretation, both theoretical and applied. We will become familiar with archaeological survey and spatial analysis of archaeological evidence across landscapes and how archaeologists collect data to interpret regional settlement systems, land use and communication. The main topic of discussion will be how landscapes came to be and how we can try to understand them using the full variety of data and analysis methods available to us. Although Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will be part of the course, this course will not focus on the use of GIS in archaeology. The case studies include regional works about Western Asia and the Mediterranean Basin. close