Teaching Workshop: Archeozoology
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The archeozoology workshop is intented to strengthen professionalizing skills of students enrolled in the degree course in Cultural Heritage Sciences, so that at the end of the training course he can find employment on archaeological excavation sites as a specialized worker, and this also thanks to the knowledge of a particular class of archaeological documents such as animal remains.
Expected learning outcomes
The workshop is thought to be an introduction to the knowledge of animal remains from archaeological excavations. Its main goal is to provide students with basic tools to critically evaluate the contribution of animals to the historical, cultural and economic evolution of ancient human communities. Crucial attention is paid to the methodological and procedural aspects of archaeozoology.
Lesson period: First semester
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The Zooarchaeology laboratory provides an introduction to the identification of animal bone remains from archaeological sites. The scope of the laboratory and the activities here carried out is to provide students with the basic knowlege and tools to be able to critically evaluate the contribution animals had to the historic, cultural and economic evolution of ancient human communities. Particolar attention will be put on methodological and procedural issues related to zooarchaeology research.
Main topics covered are: identification of the main domestic species, age at death and kill-off patterns, height at the withers and osteometry.
Main topics covered are: identification of the main domestic species, age at death and kill-off patterns, height at the withers and osteometry.
Prerequisites for admission
No prior knowledge is required. Priority will be given to students taking the course in Pre-Protohistoric Archaeology.
Teaching methods
Face-to face lectures coupled with practical sessions.
Teaching Resources
De Grossi Mazzorin J., 2008, Archeozoologia, Lo studio dei resti animali in archeologia,
Laterza, Roma - Bari.
Laterza, Roma - Bari.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Final assessment
Professor(s)