Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500241 Archaeology | OB | 3 | 2 |
2500501 History | OT | 4 | 2 |
Ability to read texts in Catalan and in Spanish. Skills in cartographic or drawing software.
-To discuss the state-of-the-art of archaeological studies on agrarian activities and landscapes
-To put into relationship archaeological research and the main historiographical questions on the agrarian practices, and the medieval and, in general, pre-industrial. peasantries.
-To know the general characteristics of medieval agricultures, as well as the related archaeological and textual records
-To make acquiantance of the techniques to study agrarian areas, mainly of the medieval period.
Theory
1. Why an archaeology of medieval peasants and agrarian practices? Agrarian archaeology and the medieval historiography
2. Peasants, agrarian practices and political powers during the High Middle Ages in the Ibeiran peninsula
3. Peasants and agricultural fields in al-Andalus
4. Archaeology and common pool resources in the medieval period
5. Diversifications and specializations in the archaeological record. Agrarian areas and practices before and after the European colonisations (13th-18th c.)
Classroom practices: Elaboration of an archaeological research project on medieval agricultural spaces and practices
Field practices
-Theory: lectures.
-Practical exercises on case-studies; text analysis.
-Work by students: assisting to the lectures; reading, research and analysis of information, assignments. The student must take into account the news and informations published on the Virtual Campus/Moodle. All activities have a deadline that must be met strictly, according to the proposed schedule.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Theory: lectures. Practical exercises on case-studies | 40.5 | 1.62 | 1, 6, 4, 2, 3, 10, 11, 21, 22, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 31, 30, 38, 39, 37 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorial seasons | 25 | 1 | 5, 6, 10, 12, 21, 23, 22, 14, 15, 25, 16, 24, 9, 33, 26, 29, 31, 30, 32, 38, 39 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Work by students: assisting to the lectures; reading, research and analysis of information, assignments; reports on practical exercises | 75 | 3 | 5, 6, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 11, 21, 22, 27, 28, 25, 17, 16, 18, 24, 33, 26, 13, 29, 31, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 35, 36, 37 |
1. One written test (theory): 40 % of the final grade each.
2. A practical project: 40% of the final grade.
3. A report on the fieldwork practices: 20% of the final grade.
To pass the course a minimum mark 5 will be required.The marks below 3,5 will not add in the calculation of the average nor will allow to participate in the re-avaluation.
To participate in the re-avaluation process students must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities whose weight equals to a minimum of 60% of the total grade.
Fieldwork practices cannot be re-avaluated.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Report fiedwork | 20% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 21, 23, 22, 27, 28, 25, 16, 18, 9, 33, 26, 13, 32, 34, 38, 39, 35, 36, 37 |
Test 1 (theory) | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 5, 6, 2, 3, 10, 11, 21, 22, 17, 19, 20, 18, 34, 38, 39 |
Test 2 (practical exercise) | 40% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 5, 6, 4, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 21, 23, 22, 14, 15, 25, 16, 19, 20, 18, 24, 33, 29, 31, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 37 |
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