ARCHAEOMETRY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2017/2018
- Teacher
- CARMELA VACCARO
- Credits
- 6
- Curriculum
- ARCHEOLOGIA E ARTI
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- GEO/09
Training objectives
- knowledge of structural and textural characteristics of rocks used in prehistoric times to the Renaissance. Prepare experts who are able to analyze the behavior of the workability of rocks. Expertise on methods of analysis and recognition of the composition of the rocks. Expertise on reconstructive techniques through the analysis of materials with petrographic methods
Prerequisites
- Basis of applied mineralogy and petrography and also basis of chemistry
Course programme
- Principles of applied mineralogy and petrography, classification of minerals in igneous rocks wirh Streckeisen (1967) diagram; sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. Ceramics characterisationHistorical glasses, their classification and characterisation. Environments of deposition radiolarites CCD carbonate compensation depth. Working for the lithic industry of acid igneous rocks, petrologic criteria for their characterization. Obsidian and distribution in the Mediterranean. Metamorphic rocks used in prehistoric times, soapstone, quartz veins of the stone industry and eclogites in the funeral. tombstones: the case of the necropolis of Marzabotto and Spina. Main analytical techniques.
Didactic methods
- classes and example classes
Learning assessment procedures
- oral exam
Reference texts
- Le scienze della terra e l''archeometria
di D''Amico Claudio, Livadie Claude A.
Archaeological chemistry A. M. Pollard, Carl Heron - 2008 - Social Science
