Compulsory attendance
Yes.
Admission requirements
Attendance of the BA3 Botany/Zoology specialisation class deemed to be necessary by the instructor.
Description
This is a practical course where students apply the knowledge of archaeo-/palaeobotany or zoology they gained in the second and third years of the BA-programme to the investigation of plant or mammalian remains from an archaeological or archaeologically relevant site.
The exact nature of the investigation will be discussed by individual students with the instructor and depend on the student’s interest and the material available for investigation.
Course objectives
Ability to determine and differentiate fossil plant or zoological material while unsupervised;
Ability to use scientific equipment, reference collections and literature to identify plant or mammalian fossils;
Ability to present archaeo-/palaeobotanical or zoological data;
Ability to interpret assemblages and reconstruct past vegetation, faunal community, palaeoenvironment and draw conclusions about human/hominin activity.
Ects distribution
The course load will be distributed as follows:
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Mode of instruction
One-on-one consultations between instructor and student;
Student-directed questions.
Assessment method
Scientific report.
Assessment deadline
All analyses and the report must be completed by the end of block 3.
Reading list
Depends on the chosed field of investigation.
Registration
Register for this course via uSis.
Instructions for registration can be found in the uSis manual.
Contact information
For more information about this course, please contact dr M.H. Field or prof. dr M. van Kolfschoten.