(in Polish) Ancient technologies: stone, pottery and glass

obligatory courses

Classroom

The main aim of the class is to present three categories of raw materials: lithics, ceramic, and glass. The course focuses on direct contact with the materials.

Description:

The main aim of the class is to present three categories of raw materials: lithics, ceramic, and glass. It includes information about: types, methods of production, and usage of objects made of mentioned materials; methods of their description and classification. The course focuses on direct contact with the materials. Students, after gaining the fundamental knowledge about lithics, ceramic, and glass materials should properly select and recognize these types of artifacts obtained during excavations.

Lithics:

Research methods of the lithic assemblages.

Localization and types of siliceous rocks.

Technology and usage of lithic artefacts.

Recognition of lithic materials originating from different periods.

Analysis of the selected lithic artefacts - practical classes.

Glass:

More lectures will be held in National Museum of Warsaw, into Gallery of Ancient Art!

Glass as an archaeological material

Glassware production technology

Techniques for decorating glass vessels

Terminology of the description of glassware

Glass beads and small finds

Pottery:

Pottery in archaeology

Pottery production techniques, part I

Pottery production techniques, part II

Documentation of pottery

Ceramic analysis

Lithics:

Andrefsky W. Jr. 2005 Lithics. Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis, Cambridge.

Balme J., Paterson A. 2006 (2013) Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses, Oxford.

Inizan M. L., Reduron-Ballinger M., Roche H., Tixier J. 1999 Technology of knapped stone, Meudon.

Marreiros J.M., Gibaja Bao J.F., Bicho N.F. 2014 Use-Wear and Residue Analysis in Archaeology (Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique Book 10), New York.

Odell G.H. 2003 Lithic Analysis, New York.

Glass:

Antonaras, 2013 Fire and Sand. Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University Art Museum.

Bray Ch., 2001 Dictionary of Glass, Materials and Techniques, 2nd ed., London-Philadelphia

Fleming St. J., 1999 Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Henderson J., 2000 The science and archaeology of materials. An investigation of inorganic materials, London-New York

Henderson J., 2016 Ancient Glass: An Interdisciplinary Exploration, Cambridge University Press,.

Stern M., 2001 Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval Glass 10 BCE-700CE, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Hatje Cantz Publishers.

Pottery:

Arnold D.E., 1988 Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process, Cambridge.

Barclay K., 2001 Scientific Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics: A Handbook of Resources, Oxford.

Peña I.T., 2010 Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record, Cambridge.

Rice P.M., 1987 Pottery Analysis: a Sourcebook, Chicago.

Shepard A.O., 1985 Ceramics for the Archaeologist, Washington.

Skibo J.M., 2012 Understanding Pottery Function, New York.

Student:

knows the basic concepts and terminology associated with the lithics, pottery and glass (K_W02)

has a basic knowledge of the documentation, analysis and interpretation of archaeological sources: lithics, pottery and glass (K_W03)

has an organized general knowledge of the methods and techniques of documentation of archaeological sources: lithics, pottery and glass (K_W10)

has a general knowledge of the properties of raw materials and ancient technologies of utilising them, with particular emphasis on lithics, pottery and glass (K_W15)

can independently interpret archaeological sources associated with the lithics, pottery and glass, selecting appropriate analytical methods, and present the obtained results in English (K_U03)

can recognize various types of products of material culture associated with the lithics, pottery and glass, including their context, and properly document them and carry out their critical analysis and interpretation in English (K_U10)

can identify, analyze, use and classify archaeological sources, with particular emphasis on lithics, pottery and glass (K_U12)

can discover simple relationships between artefacts and past cultural and social processes, with particular reference to the lithics, pottery and glass (K_U13)

can apply appropriate archaeological methods and techniques associated with the lithics, pottery and glass (K_U14)

is able to appreciate the unique value of archaeological sources (lithics, pottery and glass) and their role in recreating the human past (K_K03)

is able to critically evaluate the interpretation of archaeological and historical sources lithics, pottery and glass), with the awareness of the multifaceted nature of the interpretation (K_K04)

- oral practical exam

- discussion during the class

- students have to attend the class, read required publications