Study in Ancient Art and Archaeology.

This course intends to introduce students to the techniques of archaeological fieldwork. Students will learn how to read stratigraphies, artifacts and building fragments in order to reconstruct the development of the site in time and place. The students will actively be part of the excavation process “from the pickaxe to the pencil,” learning to collect, describe, identify and draw archaeological evidence. They will be required to keep a journal in which they record their experiences and observations, and they will be provided with scholarly literature to contextualize the site. In preparation for the excavation, students will be expected to read an introduction to archaeological fieldwork. To complete their experience, short trips to other sites in the area will be organized. Depending on their experience, students will be given major responsibility for the coordination and overseeing of part of the excavation both on site and during the study of the material from it.