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53628-01 - Internship: After the harvest: the study of cereal crop processing, storage and grinding in Archaeology (1 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Natàlia Alonso (natalia.alonso@unibas.ch)
Ferran Antolin (ferran.antolin@unibas.ch, Assessor) Georgina Prats Ferrando (georgina.pratsferrando@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Agricultural practices, economic models and the social sphere - Types of agriculture - The importance of agriculture in the economy - The importance of agriculture in traditional societies Threshing and dehusking - Free-threshing and non-free-threshing cereals: threshing and dehusking - Experimental work Grinding: querns - Lithology, quern production - Typologies - Ethnography Grinding: products and by-products - Production chain of different cereals: an ethnoarchaeological perspective - Case study: Tunis - Types of products and by-products - Scale and ownership of grinding stones and their social implications Storage practices - Types of storage: experimental and ethnographic information - Silo pits: their quantitative analysis and potential social implications - Practical work (calculating storage capacity) Cereal food products - Bulgur, bread and beer - Practical work |
| Learning objectives | You will learn how to study agricultural processes taking place after the harvest: threshing, dehusking, grinding, storing and cooking from an integrated point of view, with an emphasis on archaeobotanical remains. |
| Comments | Bring your own laptops for the last day of the practicum |
| Weblink | Studium PNA, FS 19 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Module: Practical Archaeology (Bachelor's Studies: Prehistory and Archaeological Science) Module: Specialisation (Master's Studies: Prehistory and Archaeological Science) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Aktive Teilnahme |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Integrative Biologie |