Artefact Analysis
Code: 106857 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Archaeology | OB | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Francisco Javier Clop Garcia
- Email:
- xavier.clop@uab.cat
Teachers
- Frank Robert Risch
- Sara Díaz Bonilla
- Marcello Peres Castellani
- Maria Beltran Querol
- Antonio Palomo Pérez
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
Have previously taken the subject of Introduction to Archeology.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The subject aims to introduce the basic concepts of the methodology and techniques of laboratory studies in Prehistoric Archaeology.It will introduce students to the Archaeometry of lithic materials, ceramics, metals, focusing particularly on how to plan and develop the study of primary materials, production techniques and consumption patterns.The continguts of this subject are aimed at donating to the students the basic instruments necessary to be able to work the archaeological materials in the category of historical documents.
Learning Outcomes
- CM09 (Competence) Plan the work processes of archaeology, specifically information processing in the field and laboratory analysis activities, organising work teams and distributing different tasks among their members to achieve the expected goals.
- KM12 (Knowledge) Analytically classify different movable and immovable archaeological materials and remains.
- KM13 (Knowledge) Apply multidisciplinary techniques and methods to the processing and analysis of archaeological records and materials in laboratory and off-site work: analysis of ceramics, industry, archaeozoology, archaeobotany and osteoarchaeology, digital processing and treatment of archaeological images and data, statistics and quantification.
- KM14 (Knowledge) Organise different laboratory activities in archaeology and the processing of archaeological information and images based on the characteristics and requirements of the proposed activity.
- SM13 (Skill) Apply the main typological classification systems to archaeological materials from different chronologies, taking into account their morphological characteristics, the materials used and the processes of taphonomic alteration and decay.
- SM14 (Skill) Apply the main methods, techniques and instruments of analysis in the field of archaeology (obtaining and processing images), and in off-site (digitisation of images, creation of databases) and laboratory work (analysis of different types of archaeological remains).
- SM15 (Skill) Use technological equipment in field and laboratory work: total stations, binocular loupes and microscopes and imaging equipment.
- SM16 (Skill) Employ the basic procedures for consolidation and preservation of archaeological materials in the laboratory, assessing their suitability and their impact on future analyses of the same materials.
- SM17 (Skill) Use the typical digital and computer equipment and tools for research and professional practice in archaeology in order to represent and order archaeological records (total stations, cameras, specialised software) and to perform analyses of different types of materials (binocular loupes and microscopes, calipers and digital scales, specialised software).
Content
BLOCK A. GEOARCHEOLOGY I ARCHEOMETALURGY (Roberto Risch)
A.1.- SOME NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY
1.1.- The structure of the land
1.2.- The formation of rocks and dipsits
1.3.- Identification of minerals and rocks
A.2.- METAL·LÚRGIA I THE STUDY OF METALS (Marcelo Peres)
2.1. Metal mining
2.2. Reduction and air inflation
2.3. Pit, finish, us and maintenance
2.4. Archaeometric analysis techniques
BLOCK B.- STUDY OF LITICAL MATERIALS TALLATS (Antoni Palomo)
1.- Introduction: What explains the lithic materials?
2.- Technology (Origins, technological analysis and “operational chain”)
3.- Technical modes (Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4)
4.- Remuntatges and retouched artifacts
BLOC C.- POTTERY TECHNOLOGY (Xavier Clop)
1.- The study of ceramics: why and for what?
2.- Forms and typologies: what are they? what are they for?
3.- Raw materials: selection, procurement, treatment
4.- Modeling techniques
5.- Surface treatment
6.- Structural analysis of decorations
7.- Drying and firing
8.- Function and social use
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classes | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Practica lesson | 30 | 1.2 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Commentary and discussion of practical dossiers (individually or in small groups) | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Tutorials | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Practical preparation | 25 | 1 | |
| Reading and documentation | 20 | 0.8 |
Directed activities
The subject focuses on the learning of the study of different types of archaeological materials based on theoretical-practical sessions carried out at the Laboratory.
1.-Activitats al Laboratori. Theoretical-practical sessions will be carried out to combine the presentation of theoretical concepts, study and analysis systems, study variables, etc. with the realization of practical activities that allow us to put into practice and evaluate the capacity to obtain significant data of the acquired concepts. The practical activities will consist of the presentation and discussion of study cases, analysis of archaeological materials, etc.
2. Autonomous activity. From the introductory theoretical sessions and the subject dossiers, the students will work on the expansion and assimilation of the basic concepts involved in the study of archaeological materials. The application during the practices will facilitate the acquisition of the necessary skills required for the study of the different types of archaeological tract materials.
Activitats formative concretes
1. Laboratory practice (microscopy): Macro and microscopic identification of minerals and rocks
Additional documentation: Virtual campus: Rafael Sánchez López et al.:How to make the identification of minerals and rocks easier
2. Laboratory practice (microscopy): Macroscopic identification of metallic minerals and metallic remains
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
3. Laboratory practice: Description and macroscopic analysis of useful substances related to metallurgy
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
4.- Laboratory practice (microscopy): Analysis of production traces in lithic artifacts
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
5.- Laboratory practice: presentation and discussion of study cases
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
6.-Laboratory practice (microscopy): Identification of minerals, rocks and degreixants afegits
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
7.- Technological analysis of lithic materials (Artifacts corresponding to technical modes)
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
8.- Laboratory practice: description and macroscopic analysis of prehistoric ceramic materials
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
9.- Laboratory practice: drawing of ceramic materials
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
10.- Laboratory practice: identification of modeling techniques
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
11.- Laboratory practice: identification of surface tractaments in ceramics to me.
Additional documentation: Virtual Campus
Note: 15 minutes of a class will be reserved, within the calendar established by the centre/degree, for the complementation by the students of the questionnaires for the evaluation of the professor's performance and the evaluation of the subject/module.
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.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance and participation in theoretical-practical classes | 10% | 5 | 0.2 | CM09 |
| Course work | 60% | 20 | 0.8 | SM13, SM14, SM15, SM16, SM17 |
| Practice dossier | 30% | 15 | 0.6 | KM12, KM13, KM14 |
Competencies will be assessed through: assignments and evaluation of practical activities (work with geological materials and reproduced and/or archaeological objects, discussion of practical cases, commentary on articles...)
The evaluation system is organized as follows: Thematic block A: 20%; Thematic block B: 40%; Thematic block C: 40%.
The contents of this subject are developed in theoretical-practical classes in which objects are described, analyzed and manipulated using geological materials and reproduced and/or archaeological objects. From this classroom work, the practice dossiers and participation in classes are derived; and obviously the work or partial tests with which theoretical and practical contents are evaluated. To achieve the learning of the contents, attendance at classes is essential. Attendance at least 85% of the sessions of each block is required. Otherwise, the evaluation of the Block will be graded 0.
Each of the thematic modules will be evaluated as follows:
Attendance and participation in theoretical-practical classes (10% overall weight).
Module of delivery of practice dossiers (30% overall weight).
Coursework or final exam (theoretical and practical content) (60% overall weight).
The final grade will be the average of the weighted grade out of 100 obtained in the different blocks
To pass the subject, an overall score of 5 on a scale of 10 must be achieved.
At the time of completion/delivery of each assessable activity, the teaching staff will inform (Moodle, SIA,...) of the procedure and date of review of the grades.
To pass the subject, it is essential to pass all three thematic blocks, either for the continuous assessment or for the remedial test. Not passing one of the blocks means not passing the subject.
Students who do not submit the practices and/or the corresponding assignments for 2 thematic blocks will be considered non-evaluable.
Remedial: students who have not achieved a grade of 5 in any of the thematic blocks, and provided that they have had the required attendance at the sessions of the different blocks, may take the remedial test for the thematic block or blocks they have failed. The remedial test will consist of a written test.
In the event that the student carries out any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instructed. In the event that several irregularities occur in the assessment acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
This subject allows the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies exclusively in bibliographic search tasks, text correction or translations. Other situations may be considered, always with the approval of the teacher.
The student must (i) identify the parts that have been generated with AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity.
The lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and will result in the activity being assessed with a 0 and not being able to be recovered, or major sanctions in serious cases.
This subject does not provide for the single assessment system.
Bibliography
BLOCK A. GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOMETALLURGY
1. Notions of geology.
Bauer, J. (1981). Guía básica de los minerales. Omega, Barcelona.
Bayly, B. Introducción a la petrología. (1982). Ed. Paraninfo, 2ª ed. Madrid.
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Klein, C.(1982). Manual de Mineralogía de Dana. Reverté, Barcelona.
Maresch, W., Medenbach, O.,Trochim, H.D. (1990):Rocas. 287 páginas, Blume (editorial).
Melendez,B.,Fuster, J.(2003): Geología.-911 páginas; 9º edición; Thomson Editores, Madrid, España.
Pozo Rodríguez, M. et al. "Geología Práctica. Introducción al reconocimiento de materiales y análisis de mapas". (2004). Ed. Pearson Educación. Madrid.
Rogers, J. W.; Adams,A. S. (1969). Fundamentos de la geología. 446 páginas, Ediciones Omega (Barcelona).
Simons Robinson, E. (1990). Geología Física Básica. 699páginas, Editorial Limusa (México).
Strahler, A. (1992). Geología Física.-629 páginas; Omega Ediciones, Barcelona.
Tarbuck Edward J , Lutgens Frederick K "Ciencias de la Tierra. Una introducción a la GeologíaFísica". (2005). Ed. Pearson-Prentice Hall, 8ª ed. Madrid.
Watt, A. (1986): Diccionario Ilustrado de la Geología Everest. 208 páginas; Editorial Everest, Madrid.
2. Study of macrolithic materials.
2.1.General works
AA.VV. (1996),La vie della pietra verde-L’industria litica levigata nella preistoria dell’Italia settentrionale.Omega, Turín.
ADAMS, J.L. (1999), “Refocusing the role of food-grinding tools as correlates for subsistencestrategies in the U.S. Southwest”,American Antiquity, 64(3), pp. 475-498.
ADAMS, J. L. (2002), Ground stone analysis, A technological approach, University of Utah Press.
ADAMS, J., DELGADO, S., DUBREUIL, L., HAMON, C., PLISSON, H. y RISCH, R. (2009), “Functional analysis of macro-lithic artefacts: a focus on working surfaces”, en Farina Sternke, Lotte Eigeland y Laurent-Jacques Costa (eds),Non-Flint Raw Material Use in Prehistory:Old prejudicesand new directions.BAR International Series 1939, Oxford, pp. 43-66.
BEAUNE, S.A. de (2000), Pour une Archéologie du geste, CNRS Editions, Paris.
BRADLEY, R. y EDMONDS, M. (1993),Interpreting the axe trade: production and exchange inNeolithic Britain, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
CASTRO, P., CHAPMAN, R., GILI, S., LULL, V., MICÓ, R., RIHUETE, C., RISCH, R. y SANAHUJA,M.E. (1999),Proyecto Gatas 2. La dinámica arqueoecológica de la ocupación prehistórica, Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Cultura, Sevilla.
DELGADO RAACK, S. y RISCH, R. (2009), “Towards a systematic analysis of grain processingtechnologies”. In Araujo, M. de& Clemente, N. (eds), Recent Functional Studies on Non-flint StoneTools: Methodological Improvements and Archaeological inferences, Lisboa (http://www.workshop-traceologia-lisboa2008.com/)
HAYDEN, B. (ed.) (1987), Lithic studies among the contemporary Highland Maya, The University ofArizona Press, Tucson.
RISCH, R. (1998), “Análisis paleoeconómico y medios de producción líticos: el caso de FuenteAlamo”, en Delibes, G. (ed.),Minerales y metales en la prehistoria reciente. Algunos testimonios de su explotación y laboreo en la península ibérica, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid: 105-154.
RISCH, R. (2002), Recursos naturales, medios de producción y explotaciónsocial. Un análisiseconómico de la industrialítica de Fuente Alamo (Almería), 2250-1400 ANE, P. von Zabern, Mainz.
RISCH, R. (2008) “Grain processing technologies and economic organisation: a case study from thesouth-east of the Iberian Peninsula during the Copper Age”,The Arkeotek Journal, vol.2, n°2(www.thearkeotekjournal.org).
RISCH, R. (2011) “Social and economic organisation of stone axe production and distribution in the western Mediterranean”, en V. Davis y M. Edmonds (eds),Stone Axe Studies III, Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 99-118.
RISCH, R., BOIVIN, N., PETRAGLIA, GÓMEZ-GRAS, D., KORISETTAR, R. y FULLER, D.(2011)“The prehistoric axe factory at Sanganakallu-Kugal (Bellary District), southern India”, en V. Davis y M. Edmonds (eds), Stone Axe Studies III, Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 189-202.
PETREQUIN, P. y JEUNESSE, C. (1995), La hache de pierre. Carrières vosgiennes et échanges de lames polies pendant le Néolithique (5400-2100 a.J.C.), Editions Errance, Parés.
PETREQUIN, P. y PETREQUIN, A.-M. (1993), Ecologie dun outil: la hache de pierre en Irian Jaya (Indonésie). CNRS, Monographie du CRA 12, París.
SEMENOV, S.A. (1981),Tecnología prehistórica. Estudio de las herramientas y objetos antiguos a través de las huellas de uso, Akal, Madrid.
ZIMMERMANN, A. (1988), “Steine”, en U. Boelicke et al.,Der bandkeramische Siedlungsplatz Langweiler 8, Gemeinde Aldenhoven, Kr. Düren, Rhein.Ausgrab. 28, Bonn.
2.2. Characterization studies
BARRERA MORATE, J.L., MARTINEZ NAVARRETE, M.I., SAN NICOLAS DEL TORO, M. y VICENT GARCIA, J.M. (1987), “El instrumental lítico pulimetado calcolítico de la comarca noroeste de Murcia: algunas implicaciones socio-económicas del estudio estadístico de su petrología ymorfología”,Trabajos de Prehistoria,44: 87-146.
COONEY, G. y MAUDAL, S. (1995), “Getting to the core of the problem: petrological results from the Irish Stone Axe project”,Antiquity, 69: 969-980.
DELGADO RAACK, S.; GÓMEZ-GRAS, D.; RISCH, R. (2008),“Las propiedades mecánicas de los artefactos macrolíticos: una base metodológica para el análisis funcional”, en Rovira S., Montero Ruiz I. & García Heras M. (eds.),Actas del VII CongresoIbérico de Arqueometría(Madrid, 8-10 octubre de 2007). Madrid, Digital publication of the CSIC:330-345.
MARTINEZ, F. y RISCH, R. (1999),“Caracterización y procedencia de los recursos líticos deGatas”, en Castroet al., “PROYECTO GATAS, 2”, Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Cultura,Sevilla: 326-337.
OROZCO-KÖHLER, T. (2000), Aprovisionamiento e intercambio: análisis patrológico del utillaje pulimentado en la Prehistoria Reciente del País Valenciano (España), B.A.R. Int.Ser., Oxford.
RICQ-DE BOUARD, M. (1996), Pétrographie et societés néolithiques en France mediterranéenne. L’outillage en pierre polie, Monographies du CRA, 16, Editions du CRNS, Paris.
RICQ-DE BOUARD, M. y FEDELE, F.G. (1993), "Neolithic rock resources across the western Alps: circulation data and models", Geoarchaeology, 8,1: 1-22.
RISCH, R. & MARTÍNEZ FERNÁNDEZ, F. (2008) “Dimensiones naturales y sociales de laproducción de hachas en el noreste de la península Ibérica”,Trabajos de Prehistoria,vol. 65,1, pp.47-71.4.3. Análisis funcional:
ADAMS, J.L. (1989), “Methods for improving ground stone artifacts analysis: experiments in manowear patterns”, en D.S. Amick y R.P. Mauldin (eds),Experiments in Lithic Technology, B.A.R., Int.Ser., 528, Oxford: 259-281.
ADAMS, J.L. (1993), “Mechanisms of wear of ground stone surfaces”,Pacific Coast ArchaeologicalSociety Journal, Quarterly, 29(4): 60-73.
CLEMENTE, I., RISCH, R. y ZURRO, D. (2002), “Complementariedad entre el uso de residuos y rastros de uso para la determinación de los instrumentos de producción: su aplicación a un ejemplo etnográfico del país Dogón (Mali), en CLEMENTE, I., RISCH, R. y GIBAJA, F. (eds.), Análisis funcional: su aportación al conocimiento de las sociedades prehistóricas.British ArchaeologicalReports, 1073, Archaeopress, Oxford: 87-96.
DELGADO RAACK, S. y RISCH, R. (2006b) “Lithic perspectives on metallurgy: an example from Copper and Bronze Age south-east Iberia”, en
L. Longo y N. Skakun(eds), “Prehistoric Technology” 40 years later: Functional Studies and the Russian Legacy. Proceedings of the International Congress, Verona (20th-23rd April 2005), B.A.R. IS1783,Archeopress, Oxford (2008), pp. 235-251.
IBÁÑEZ, J.J. y GONZÁLEZ, J.E. (1995), "Utilización de algunos cantos rodados en el yacimiento magdaleniense de Laminak II (Berriatua, Bizkaia)", Kobie, 21: 172-193.
MENASANCH, M., RISCH, R. y SOLDEVILLA, J.A. (2002), Las tecnologías del procesado de cereal en el sudeste de la Península Ibérica durante el III y II milenio ANE, en Procopiou, H. y Treuil, R.(ed.),Mouldre et Broyer, Publicacions du C.R.N.S., Paris: 81-110.
RISCH, R. (2008), “From production traces to social organisation: towards an epistemology of Functional Analysis”, en L. Longo y N. Skakun (eds), “Prehistoric Technology” 40 years later: Functional Studies and the Russian Legacy. Proceedings of the International Congress, Verona (20th-23rd April 2005), B.A.R., IS 1783, Archeopress, Oxford (2008), pp. 513-521.
RISCH, R. (2003), “Los artefactosmacrolíticos del yacimiento talayótico y postalayótico de Son Ferragut (Sineu, Mallorca)”, en P.Castro, T. Escoriza y M.-E. Sanahuja (eds), Mujeres y hombres en espacios domésticos: trabajo y vida social en la Prehistoria de Mallorca (c. 700-500 cal ANE),B.A.R., Oxford: 306-319.
3. Metallurgy and study of metals
3.1.-General works
Frére-Sautot, M-Ch. (dir.) (1998). Paléometallurgie des cuivres. Actes du colloque de Bourg-en-Bresse et Beaune 17-18 octobre 1997. Éditions Monique Mergoil, Monographies Instrumentum 5, Montagnac.
Hauptmann, A. (2020). Archaeometallurgy – Materials Science Aspects. Springer, Natural Science in Archaeology, Cham.
Mohen, J.P. (1992). Metalurgia prehistórica. Introducción a la paleometalurgia. Masson, Barcelona.
Montero Ruiz, I. (coord.) (2010). Manual de arqueometalurgia. Comunidad del Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.
Roberts, B.W., Thornton, Ch.P. (ed.). (2014). Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective. Methods and Syntheses. Springer, New York.
Tylecote, R.F. (1986). The prehistory of metallurgy in the British Isles. The Institute of Metals, London.
Tylecote, R.F. (1992). A history of metallurgy (2nd ed.). Maney for the Institute of Materials, London.
3.2 The first metallurgies of copper and bronze
Ambert, P., Vaquer, J. (dir.) (2005). La première métallurgie en France et dans les pays limitrophes. Actes du colloque international, Carcassone 28-30 septembre 2002. Mémoire XXXVII de la Société Préhistorique Française.
Chernykh, E.N. (1992). Ancient metallurgy in the USSR: the Early Metal Age, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Craddock, P.T. (1995). Early metal mining and production. Edinburgh. University Press,Edinburgh.
Delibes de Castro, G., Montero Ruiz, I. (coord.) (1999). Las primeras etapas metalúrgicas en la Península Ibérica II. Estudios regionales. Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset, Madrid.
O’Brien, W. (2015). Prehistoric copper mining in Europe: 5500-500 BC. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Radivojević, M., Rehren, Th. (2016). Paint It Black: The Rise of Metallurgy in the Balkans. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 23, 200-237.
Roberts, B.W., Thornton, Ch.P. (ed.). (2014). Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective. Methods and Syntheses. Springer, New York.
3.3 Archaeometric analyses
AAVV. (2009). Lead isotopes and archaeometallurgy. Edited by F. Cattin, B. Guénette-Beck, M. Besse and V. Serneels. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Special Issue 1(3)
Dolfini, A., Crellin, R.J. (2016). Metalwork wear analysis: The loss of innocence. Journal of Archaeological Science 66, 78-87.
Junghans, S., Sangmeister, E., Schröder, M. (1968). Kupfer und Bronze in der frühen Metallzeit Europas. Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Studien zu den Anfangen der Metallurgie 2, Berlin.
Radivojević, M., Roberts, B.W., Pernicka, E., Stos-Gales, Z., Martinón-Torres, M., Rehren, T., Bray, P., Brandherm, D., Ling, J., Mei, J., Vandkilde, H., Kristiansen, K., Shennan, S.J., Broodbank, C. (2019). The provenance, use, and circulation of metals in the European Bronze Age: The state of debate. Journal of Archaeological Research 27, 131-185.
Rovira Llorens, S., Gómez Ramos, P. (2005). Las primeras etapas metalúrgicas en la Península Ibérica III. Estudios metalográficos. Madrid.
Rovira Llorens, S., Montero Ruiz, I., Consuegra Rodríguez, S. (1997). Las primeras etapas metalúrgicas en la Península Ibérica I. Análisis de materiales. Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset, Madrid.
Scott, D.A., Schwab,R. (2019). Metallography in Archaeology and Art. Springer, Cultural Heritage Science, Cham.
Wang, Q., Ottaway, B.S. (2004). Casting experiments and microstructure of archaeological relevant bronzes. BAR International Series 1331, Oxford.
BLOCK B. Study of flint materials.
Andrefsky jr, W. (2007). "The application and misapplication of mass analysis in lithic debitage studies." Journal of Archaeological Science 34: 302-402.
Andrefsky jr, W., Ed. (2008). Lithic Technology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Andrefsky jr, W. (2009). "The Analysis of Stone Tool Procurement, Production, and Maintenance." J Archaeol Res 17: 65-103.
Andrefsky, J. W. (2000). Lithics. Macroscopic approaches to analysis, Cambridge University Press.
Williams, J. P. y Andrefsky Jr, W. (2011). "Debitage variability among multiple flint knappers." Journal of Archaeological Science 38(4): 865-872.
Boëda, E., J. M. Geneste, et al. (1990). “Identification des chaînes Operatoires lithiques du Paléolithique Ancien et Moyen.” Paleo 2: 43-80.
Boëda, E. (1994). Le concept Levallois: Variabilité des mèthodes. Paris, CNRS.
Brezillon, M. (1977). La denomination des objects de pierre taillee. Materiaux pour un vocabulaire des préhistoriens de langue française. Paris, CNRS.
Debénath, A. and H. Dibble (1994). Paleolithic Typology. Lower and Middle
Paleolithic of Europe. Philadelphia, University of Pennyslvania.
Demars, P.-Y. and P. Laurent (1992). Types d'outils lithiques du Paleolithique superieur en Europe. Paris, CNRS Plus.
Gibson, K. R. and T. Ingold (1993). Tools, language and cognition in human evolution. Cambridge, University Press.
Inizan, M. L., M. Reduron, et al. (1995). Technologie de la pierre taillèe. Prehistoire de la pierre taille. Meudon, Cercle de recherches et d'etudes préhistoriques.
Inizan, M.-L., M. Reduron, et al. (1995). Technologie de la pierre taillée. Meudon Cedex. France, Cercle de Recherches et d'Etudes Préhistoriques.CNRS.
Karlin, C., Ed. (1992). Connaissances et savoir faire: Comment analyser un processus technique en Prehistoire: Introduction. Tecnologia y Cadenas Operativas líticas. Bellaterra, UAB.
Laplace, G. (1972). “La typologie analytique et structurale: Base rationnelle d'étude des industries lithiques et osseuses.”.
Laplace, G. (1974). “De la dynamique de l'analyse structurale ou la typologie analytique.”.
Leakey, M. D. (1971). Olduvai Gorge. Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963.
Merino, J. M. (1994). Tipologia Lítica. San Sebastian, Munibe.
Mora, R., X. Terradas, et al. (1992). Tecnologia y Cadenas Operativas Líticas. Bellaterra, UAB.
Mora, R., J. Martínez-Moreno and J. Casanova (2008). "Abordando la noción de "variabilidad musteriense" en Roca dels Bous (Prepirineo suroriental, Lleida)." Trabajos de Prehistoria 65(2): 13-28.
Piel-Desruisseaux, J. L. (1989). Instrumental Prehistórico. Forma, fabricación, utilización. Paris, Masson. Revillion, S. and A. Tuffreau (1994). Les industries laminaires au Palèolithique moyen. Paris, CNRS-CRA.
Sonneville-Bordes, D. and J. Perrot (1955). “Lexic typologique du Paléolithique Superieur.” B. S. P. F. L-LI-LII.
Tixier, J., M. L. Inizan, et al. (1980). Préhistoire de la pierre taillée. Terminologie et technologie. Valbonne.
Tixier, J. (1984). Prehistoire de la Pierre Taillee. Economie du débitage laminaire. Valbonne, Cercle de recherches et d'études préhistoriques.
Tixier, J. (1988). Technologie Prehistorique. Journée d'etudes technologiques en préhistoire, CNRS.
Van Peer, P. (1992). The Levallois reduction strategy. Madison, Prehistory Press.
BLOCK C. Pottery Technology
1. The analysis of pottery: general works
ARNOLD, D.E. 1985. Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
BALFET, H.; FAUVET, M. F.; MONZON, S. (1989). Lexique et typologie des poteries. Presses du CNRS; 1ª ed.; París.
CLOP GARCÍA, X.; GARCÍA ROSELLÓ, J. (eds.) (2019). Ceràmica prehistòrica. Del fragment a les societats humanes, una investigació global. Servei de Publicacions; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Bellaterra; https://revistes.uab.cat/treballsarqueologia/issue/view/v23
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2. Raw Material
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MIDDLETON, A.; FREESTONE (eds) 1991. Recent developments in ceramic petrology, British Museum Laboratory, London.
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3.- Molded
Calvo Trias, M. y García Rosselló, J. 2012: “Tradición técnica y contactos: un marco de reflexión centrado en la producción cerámica”. En M. Borrell, J. Borrell, J. Bosch, X. Clop, y M. Molist (eds.): Congrés Internacional Xarxes al Neolític - Networks in the Neolithic. Rubricatum. Revista del Museu de Gavà, 5.Gavà/Bellaterra: 393-401.
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Garcia Rosselló, J. i Calvo Trias, M. (2013), Making Pots: el modelado de la cerámica a mano y su potencial interpretativo. Oxford: Bar International Series 2540.
García Rosselló, J. y Calvo Trias, M. 2019ba: “Etnoarqueología como experimentación: propuesta para la interpretación de los patrones de fractura”. En X. Clop García y J. García Rosselló (eds.). Cerámica prehistórica. Del fragmento a las sociedades humanas, una investigación global. Treballs d’Arqueologia 23: 181-202. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/tda.108.
Gelbert, A. 2003: Traditions céramiques et emprunts techniques dans la vallée du fleuve Sénégal. Epistèmes, Ed. de la Maison des sciences de l’homme. Paris.
Gelbert, A. 2005: “Reconaissance des techniques et des méthodes de façonnage par l’analyse des macrotraces: étude ethnoarchéologique dans la vallée du Sénégal”. En A. Livingstone Smith, D. Bosquet, y R. Martineau (eds.): Pottery Manufacturing Processes: Reconstitution and Interpretation. BAR International Series, 1349. Archaeopress. Oxford: 67-78.
Gomart, L. 2014: Traditions techniques et production céramique au Néolithique ancien: Étude de huit sites rubanés du nord est de la France et de Belgique. Sidestone Press. Leiden.
Gomart, L. 2020: “De l’expérimentation à la micro-tomographie. Un exemple : les premières productions céramiques de Méditerranée occidentale”. En S. Beyries (ed.): Expérimentation en archéologie de la préhistoire. Editions des archives contemporaines, Coll. «Sciences archéologiques». France: 15-17.
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Livingstone Smith, A. (2007), Chaîne Opératoire de la poterie. Références ethnographiques, analyses et reconstitution, Royal Museum for Central Africa (MRAC-KMMA), Tervuren.
Livingstone Smith, A. (2010), ‘Reconstitution de la chaîne opératoire de la poterie. Bilan et perspectives en Afrique sub-saharienne’, a Les nouvelles de l’archéologie 119, pp. 9-12.
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4.- Decoration
BERNABEU AUBÁN, J.; GARCÍA BORJA, P.; GÓMEZ PÉREZ, O.; MOLINA BALAGUER, Ll. (2011). El componente decorativo en las producciones cerámicas. In Joan Bernabeu Aubán, Manuel A. Rojo Guerra & Lluís Molina Balaguer (coordinadores) Las primeras producciones cerámicas: el VI milenio cal AC en la península Ibérica; Saguntum Extra-12; pp. 17-34; Universitat de València.
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5. Function and use of pottery
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BRONITSKY, G.; HAMER, R. (1986). Experiments in ceramic technology: The effects of various tempering materials on impact and thermal-shock resistance. American Antiquity, 51, 1: pp 89-101.
EVERSHED, R.P. 1995. “Analysis of organic residues from ceramic vessels”, en Shennen, S.J., Bronze Age copper producers of the Eastern Alps - excavations at St.Veit-Klingberg, Rodolf Habelt, Bonn.
HENRICKSON, F.E.; McDONALD, M.M. 1983. “Ceramic form and function: an ethnographic search and anarchaeological application”, American Anthropologist, 85: 630-643.
JUHL, K. (1995). The Relation between Vessel Form and Vessel Function. A methodological Study. AmS-Skrifter 14; Arkeologisk museum i Stavanger.
LESURE, R.G. 1998. “Vessel form and function in an Early Formative ceramic assemblage from
SKIBO, J.M. 1992, Pottery Function: a use alteration perspective, Plenum Press, Nueva York.
Software
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Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 11 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 12 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |