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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023 A.A. 2021/2022 A.A. 2020/2021 A.A. 2019/2020 A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale interateneo in Quaternario, preistoria e archeologia - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

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B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
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Landscape Archaeology  (2022/2023)

Teaching code

4S003306

Teacher

Nicola Mancassola

Coordinator

Nicola Mancassola

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-ANT/10 - METHODS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Period

1 A, 1 B

Location

VERONA

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic historical and archaeological knowledge

Program

The course deals with issues related to the study of the landscape in archeology. It is structured in some thematic subsections that will allow to develop general aspects (which will concern both theoretical approaches to the study of landscape in archeology), as well as case studies and applications, providing a framework of the scientific debate on the topic.

1) The archeology of landscapes: theory and methods
2) Central landscapes, marginal landscapes: the contribution of archaeological research from the protohistoric to the medieval age
3) The study of the landscape and environmental archeology
4) Preventive archeology
5) IT tools for landscape study

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Didactic methods

Lectures and seminars. Educational outings may be provided.
The course includes a practical laboratory exercise on the use of cartographic tools, GIS and the use of aerial images.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam includes an oral interview.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

During the exam the student's degree of learning of the topics covered, the critical ability to make their own and re-elaborate the aforementioned topics and the property of language in presenting the contents will be assessed.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The first part of the interview, in which the student presents an in-depth study of his/her choice, will be evaluated 15/30; the questions in the second part will be evaluated 15/30. Actual participation in the proposed workshops and visits, if the student is attending, and the ability to reason about them, will be a significantly positive element for the assessment.

Exam language

Italiano Inglese se necessario.