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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea in Beni culturali - Enrollment from 2025/2026COMPETENZE TRASVERSALI
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | FAI Activities | F |
Edoardo Bianchi
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Series of conferences Don Nicola Mazza University College | F |
Alessandra Zangrandi
(Coordinator)
|
1° 2° 3° | Business English for everybody | F |
Serena Dal Maso
(Coordinator)
|
1° 2° 3° | Russian for everybody | F |
Serena Dal Maso
(Coordinator)
|
1° 2° 3° | Training days for landscape administrators | F |
Fabio Saggioro
(Coordinator)
|
1° 2° 3° | Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages | F |
Alessandra Zangrandi
(Coordinator)
|
1° 2° 3° | Worlds of Fashion: Themes and Actors | F |
Alessandra Zamperini
(Coordinator)
|
1° 2° 3° | Music in History | F |
Vincenzo Borghetti
(Coordinator)
|
1° 2° 3° | Discovery and re-discovery of a city: Verona in the heart of the Roman Empire | F |
Riccardo Bertolazzi
(Coordinator)
|
Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S011047
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
3
Also offered in courses:
- Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources of the course Master's degree in History of the Arts
- Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
NN - -
Period
2 A, 2 B
Learning objectives
The course on Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources aims to direct the students into the set of problems relevant to archaeological documentation in order to demonstrate the capability to do an inventory, a catalogue and a documentation of archaeological finds, to be improved additionally by practical exercises during laboratory practices.
KNOWLEDEGS:
1. To be familiar with interdisciplinary methods and approaches in Archaeology in order to read and understand the material culture data correctly.
2. To be aware of particular archaeological terminology of the field.
SKILLS:
1. To understand the principal techniques and strategies in the management of the archaeological finds.
2. To register correctly different classes of materials.
3. To learn the variety of graphic and photographic approaches that are commonly used in the archaeological research (as traditional one using paper and pencil and the digital one, based on open source).
Prerequisites and basic notions
None
Program
The course aims to illustrate methods and approaches commonly used during the graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological finds. In particular, the course will be structured into series of workshops and practical exercises that will address a variety of themes, as:
1. To illustrate different methods of collecting, quantification and documentation of the archaeological finds.
2. What to do with the artefacts in the lab: notes on preliminary classification, parameters of classification and analytical study of the pottery finds recovered during archaeological investigations.
3. How to record and catalogue different types of archaeological materials.
4. How to register graphically the recovered finds:
- the use of traditional drawings with paper and pencil
- the use of digital sources in the archaeological documentation: get some vectoral programmes experience
5. How to register photographically the recovered finds:
- the use of camera: which are the basic elements for making a good photo?
- the use of programmes to change and improve images
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The meetings are structured as theoretical-practical workshops with practical activities to be conducted directly on the archaeological finds, currently preserved in the depot’s Lab of Archaeology in the University of Verona. Every participant will challenge himself by using different instruments and sources in order to record, catalogue and register graphically archaeological finds.
Learning assessment procedures
Every participant will challenge himself by using different instruments and sources in order to record, catalogue and register graphically archaeological finds.
Evaluation criteria
Active and constant participation in at least 80% of the scheduled meetings is also required.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The student's ability to produce a drawing and photograph of an archaeological find will be assessed.
Exam language
italiano