Geoarchaeology
Semester: 7th | Optional | ECTS: 5.0
Module leader:The module is not available for the current academic year
Module Objectives
Geoarchaeology has defined as the application of earth science methods to solve archaeological problems. The goal is to reveal aspects of the intersection of the environmental matrix and past socio-economic systems and thus understand the past geography of an area. The methods involved are diverse, and field applications include geomorphology, climatology, geochronology, stratigraphy, pedology, sedimentology, and geoecology. This course is intended to provide an introduction to some of these methods with emphasis given upon the reconstruction of ancient landscapes. The objective is to integrate all this methods and provide the students with the skills to study palaeoenvironments and particularly man-land interactions during antiquity.
Course Contents
Introductory concepts: the domain of geoarchaeology – the archaeological science. Paleoclimatology: glacial cycles – Quaternary climate. Dating techniques. Geoarchaeological foundations: natural sediments – paleosols – anthropogenic sediments – site formation processes – stratigraphy. Man and environment in prehistory. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction: evidence for palaeoenvironmental changes – glacial and periglacial environments – aeolian environments – lakes – alluvial environments – coastal environments – caves and rockshelters.
Teaching and Assessment
The teaching method is consisting of 3 hours attending lectures including 3 exercise courses in the following themes: field description of natural and anthropogenic sediments – field description of soils – microscopic techniques in sediment analysis. The basic assessment type of the course is the written examination at the end of the semester (3 hours).
Undergraduate Program of Studies
1st Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
1st Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Physical Geography | C | 5
- Historical Geography | C | 5
- Elementary Economics for Geographers | C | 5
- Introduction to Informatics | C | 5
- Introduction to Human Geography | C | 5
- Foreign Language Ι | FL | 5
2st Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Statistical Analysis for Geographers | C | 5
- Social Geography | C | 5
- Introduction to Cartography | C | 5
- Environment and Humankind | C | 5
- Academic skills and methodology of scientific writing | C | 5
- Foreign Language ΙΙ | FL | 5
2nd Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
3rd Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Environmental Management | C | 5
- Thematic Cartography | C | 5
- Qualitative Methods of Analysis in Geography | C | 5
- Economic Geography | C | 5
- Population Geography & Demography | C | 5
- Meteorology-Climatology | C | 5
4th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Political Geography | C | 5
- Urban Geography | C | 5
- Rural Geography | C | 5
- Photointerpretation-Remote Sensing | C | 5
- Hydrology – Water Resources management | C | 5
- Environmental Impact Assessment | C | 5
3rd Year
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
5th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- Regional Development | C | 5
- Cultural Geography | C | 5
- Spatial Analysis | C | 5
- Geographical Information Systems I | C | 5
- Regional Planning | C | 5
- Oceanography | C | 5
SECOND STUDY CYCLE
6th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- Geographical Project | C | 5
- Geomorphology | C | 5
- 4 Elective Modules | Ε | 4x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Climate Change | Ε | 5
- Coastal Geomorphology | Ε | 5
- Biogeography | Ε | 5
- Quaternary Geology | Ε | 5
- Environmental Management Tools | Ε | 5
- Management of Natural Disasters | Ε | 5
- Geomorphological Mapping | Ε | 5
- Renewable Energy Sources | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Spatial Economics | Ε | 5
- Inequality, Discrimination and Sociospatial Hierarchies | Ε | 5
- Location Applications | Ε | 5
- Geographies of Poverty and Social Exclusion | Ε | 5
- Historical Geography of Ancient and Modern Times | Ε | 5
- Population: Economy and Politics | Ε | 5
- International Migration | Ε | 5
- The Economic History of a Globalized World | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Economic Geography | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Sustainable Urban Development | Ε | 5
- Safe Cities | E | 5
- Urban-Spatial Planning | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Geographical Information Systems ΙΙ | 5
- Geoinformatics Applications Development | Ε | 5
- GNSS Technology and Navigation | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Analysis | Ε | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Geography Didactics | Ε | 5
- Themes in Geography | Ε | 5
- Didactic Proposals and Assessment Designing for Geography Teaching/Learning at School | Ε | 5
- Foreign Language Elective Ι | Ε | 5
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4th Year
SECOND STUDY CYCLE
7th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
- 6 Εlective Modules | Ε | 6x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Environmental Policy | E | 5
- Waste Management in the Circular Economy | E | 5
- Geoarchaeology | E | 5
- Fluvial Geomorphology | E | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Geography of Globalised Production Networks | E | 5
- Geography of the European Union | E | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Economic Analysis | E | 5
- Geopolitics | E | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Land Policy | E | 5
- Geography of Transport and Infrastructure | E | 5
- Spatial Analysis Application in Real Estate Management | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Remote Sensing Applications | E | 5
- Applied GIS | E | 5
- Statistical and Numerical Methods | E | 5
- Geoinformation in Environmental Managment | E | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Themes in Geography | Ε | 5
- Foreign Language Elective IΙ | Ε | 5
8th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
- 2 Εlective modules | Ε | 2x5
- Dissertation | Ε | 20
or alternatively
- 6 Εlective Modules | Ε | 6x5
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
- Climate Change | Ε | 5
- Coastal Geomorphology | Ε | 5
- Biogeography | Ε | 5
- Quaternary Geology | Ε | 5
- Environmental Management Tools | Ε | 5
- Management of Natural Disasters | Ε | 5
- Geomorphological Mapping | Ε | 5
- Renewable Energy Sources | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
- Spatial Economics | Ε | 5
- Inequality, Discrimination and Sociospatial Hierarchies | Ε | 5
- Location Applications | Ε | 5
- Geographies of Poverty and Social Exclusion | Ε | 5
- Historical Geography of Ancient and Modern Times | Ε | 5
- Population: Economy and Politics | Ε | 5
- International Migration | Ε | 5
- The Economic History of a Globalized World | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Economic Geography | Ε | 5
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
- Sustainable Urban Development | Ε | 5
- Safe Cities | E | 5
- Urban-Spatial Planning | E | 5
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
- Geographical Information Systems ΙΙ | 5
- Geoinformatics Applications Development | Ε | 5
- GNSS Technology and Navigation | Ε | 5
- Special Topics in Spatial Analysis | Ε | 5
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Additional Modules
- Placement | Ε | 10
- Geography Didactics | Ε | 5
- Themes in Geography | Ε | 5
- Didactic Proposals and Assessment Designing for Geography Teaching/Learning at School | Ε | 5
- Foreign Language Elective Ι | Ε | 5
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