Educational guide Faculty of Arts |
english |
Quaternary Archaeology and Human Evolution (Erasmus Mundus) (2012) |
Subjects |
LITHIC TECHNOLOGY |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2017_18 |
Subject | LITHIC TECHNOLOGY | Code | 12785211 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
4 | Optional | AN |
Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
I. Lithic Technology and Prehistory. Elementary concepts, history of the discipline and main theoretical and methodological trends. |
(unit 1). |
II. Lithic raw materials. Mechanics of flaking and techniques and methods for lithic production. |
(units 2 and 3). |
III. Analysis and classification of stone tools. | (units 4 and 5). |
IV. Historical development of lithic technology. The Technological Modes. |
(units 6 to 12). |
V. Analysis of archaeological assemblages. Research protocols, specific disciplines and interrpetation of human occupations. | (unit 13). |