Semester: | 5th |
Course Type: | Elective |
Course Code: | Ε5202 |
eClass URL | ➽ |
Hours per Week | |
- Lecturing: | 2 |
- Practical/Lab Exersices: | 1 |
Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice: | - |
ERASMUS: | ✔ |
ECTS: | 4 |
Teaching Units: | 3 |
Prerequisites: | - |
Expected Prior Knowlegde: | - |
The course is the students’ introduction to Quaternary geology topics in relation to archaeo-morphology. It focuses on the natural processes that shaped the relief during the most recent geological period of Quaternary and their contribution to geoarchaeology.
Quaternary climate change and its impact on environment and relief; Glacial - Interglacial periods and their relation to sea level changes; Holocene transgression and impacts on the coastal environment; Sea level changes and Sea level indicators: archaeological, biological, geomorphological. Accuracy of each category; Present-day trends of sea level change; Chronostratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of Quaternary deposits; Quaternary deposits in Greece and wider Mediterranean region and their particular characteristics; Sampling-analysis of sediments and geomorphological and environmental changes; Basic methods of geochronology; Karstic & coastal landforms and their role in Quaternary Geology; Contribution of geomorphological analysis to the understanding of the evolution of the landscape of the wider area of archaeological sites and determination of environmental - morphological changes in a) coastal environments, b) fluvial environments, c) desert environments, d) lakes etc.; Geoarchaeological analysis of ancient harbors of the Mediterranean and examples from Greece and internationally; Sea level changes and coastal geoarchaeology; Examples of archaeogeomorphological studies in Greece and the wider Mediterranean region; Problems of finding, promoting and protecting archaeological sites in relation to erosional or depositional processes; Use of modern methods and new technologies in locating archaeological sites.