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| Semester | spring semester 2026 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Dorota Wojtczak (dorota.wojtczak@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The site of Tor Sadaf is a rock shelter located in the Wadi al-Hasa, west of the Jordan Rift Valley. It was discovered in 1992 by Clark et al. during the Wadi al-Hasa North Bank Survey and excavated in 1997 and 1998 by Coinman and Olszewski as part of the Eastern Hasa Late Pleistocene Project. Tor Sadaf contains evidence of a gradual transition from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic. The excavations recovered over 25,000 stone-chipped artefacts and some bone material from more than one meter of cultural deposits. The work in the site of Tor Sadaf has been stopped for more than 20 years, in Wadi Hasa for almost a decade and publications are scarce. The site was only partly excavated and still retains large amount of well-preserved Pleistocene deposits. |
| Learning objectives | - Feldmethoden anwenden: grundlegende Techniken der archäologischen Ausgrabung im Paläolithikum sicher durchführen (Dokumentation, Profilaufnahme, Fundbergung, Vermessung). - Kontext erfassen: stratigraphische Zusammenhänge erkennen und die Bedeutung von Fundkontexten für die Interpretation prähistorischer Lebensweisen erläutern. - Materialkompetenz entwickeln: lithische Artefakte und andere relevante Funde bestimmen, beschreiben und erste analytische Einordnungen vornehmen. |
| Bibliography | Fox J. The rockshelter of Tor Sadaf: a Middle to Upper Paleolithic transitional site in the Wadi al-Hasa, west-central Jordan. Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 21206.: Iowa State University 2000. Fox J, Coinman N. Emergence of the Levantine Upper Paleolithic: Evidence from the Wadi al-Hasa.;10.1525/9780520930094-0092019. p. 97-112. Olszewski D, Coinman NR, Schuldenrein J, Clausen T, Cooper J, Fox J, et al. The Eastern Hasa Late Pleistocene Project: preliminary report on the 1997 season. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. 1998;42:53-74. |
| Comments | Die Ausgrabung wird im September/Oktober 2026 stattfinden. |
| Weblink | Studium PNA - Semester |
| Admission requirements | Für Studierende der Archäologie (Bachelor/Master PNA oder Altertumswissenschaften/Schwerpunkt Naturwiss. Archäologie bzw. UFG). Die Teilnehmendenzahl ist begrenzt! Gute Englischkenntnisse und die Bereitschaft sich auf einermehrsprachigen Grabung aktiv einzubringen sind Voraussetzung. |
| Course application | Persönliche Anmeldung mit kurzem Motivationsschreiben und CV per E-Mail an: dorota.wojtczak@unibas.ch (ersetzt nicht die Belegung). |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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| Comments | Block im Zwischensemester (Termin folgt) |
No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Praxis der Naturwissenschaftlichen Archäologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Praxis der Naturwissenschaftlichen Archäologie (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) Module: Practical Archaeology (Bachelor's Studies: Prehistory and Archaeological Science) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Integrative Biologie |