Semester A (October - January)
A1 Landscape Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management. Introduction to Landscape Archaeology, Natural and Cultural Landscape Formation Processes, Procedures and Methods, Interpreting Cultural Landscape, Excavating Space and Place, Anthropology and Management of Cultural Goods, Senses Revisited: Touch, Tactility, Haptics, Physical Catastrophe and the Archaeology
of the Present, Sustainable Heritage Management, Interpreting Heritage
A2 Archaeometry I: Approaches for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Studies on Archaeological and Geo-Archaeological Materials (Pottery, Glasses, Stones, Mortars, Metals, Organics): Production, Technology, Use and Provenance. Absolute Dating in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Statistical Evaluation of Analytical Data / Chemometrics. A3 Archaeometry II: Non-Destructive and Innovative Methodologies for Cultural Heritage. X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis, Portable and Handheld XRF Analyzers, Micro-XRF Analysis of Ancient Metal Alloys, In-situ XRF Analysis of Ancient Pigments and Wall Paintings, Synchrotron Radiation Techniques, Analytical Applications and Advanced Topics to Ion Beam Technology, Spectroscopic and Laser Analytical Techniques in CΗ Materials Analysis, UV-Vis-IR, Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques. A4 Laboratory Practices: Use of Laboratory and Portable Instrumentation. Stereo Microscope, FOM, Petrography Microscopy, RAMAN, SEM, XRF. Semester B (February – May)
B1 Environmental and Remote Studies for Cultural Heritage. Geoarchaeology and Geochronology, Isotopic Studies, basics of environmental Chemistry and Physics, societal and cultural dimension of climate variability, impacts of air pollution on cultural heritage, introduction to environmental measurements and techniques, climate change, vulnerability of cultural heritage to climate change impacts, climate and weather. B2 Information Communication Technologies for Cultural Heritage. Overview, Cyber Archaeology/Archaeometry, Enhancement of Visitor Experience, Visitor Requirements, Digital Presence, Multimedia Applications, Digitalization and Management, E-Research, Synergies, Cultural Heritage in the City, Building on Existing Technologies. B3 Field Prospection and Computing Technologies for Cultural Heritage. Field Prospection Techniques, Procedures and Applications, GIS, UAV for CH, Monitoring Cultural Heritage from Space, Data, Information Visualization for the Environment, Reconstructing Archaeological Objects and Sites,Structural Modelling of Archaeological Materials. B4 Computing Practices: GIS, Statistical Analysis and Computing Aided Applications. GIS, Statistical Evaluation of Analytical Data, Designing Multimedia Applications, E-Research and Management, Visualisation and Modelling Practices. Thesis (June – September)
