Earth Sciences Applied to Archaeology

The course aims to provide students with introductory knowledge relating to Earth Sciences and their applications to Archeology, in particular using geomorphological and mineralogical methods to describe archaeological contexts and geo-materials.
In particular, knowledge will be provided about:
- procedures for describing and sampling stratigraphic sequences;
- basic tools for the investigation of ancient landscapes;
- basic protocols for the identification of natural materials (minerals and rocks);
- basic knowledge of the main mineralogical-petrographic investigation methodologies.

It is expected that students, at the end of the course, will be able to use protocols, usually used in the Earth Sciences, to describe archaeological materials, sequences and landscapes.