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| Semester | fall semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Ferran Antolin (ferran.antolin@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Héctor Martínez Grau (hector.martinezgrau@unibas.ch) |
| Content | 9.09.2020: 8.00-9.00 Introduction to dating What is dating? Relative dating Absolute dating Dating Methods Other dating methods available Radiocarbon dating Radiocarbon measurement Its beginning Nowadays Calibration process Introduction to Carbon Origin and composition of carbon Carbon in the Earth Ways to measure it: atmospheric and marine archives The carbon cycle: from the atmosphere to its measurement 9.00-10.00 Archaeological applications Archaeological questions What to date? Sample selection Simulating and validating the results Evaluating large datasets: archaeological and statistical filtering criteria 10.30-12.00 Modelling calibrated dates Bayesian chronomodelling Bayes theorem Bayesian application in archaeology. A review Bayesian theory applied to radiocarbon information – OxCal possibilities Examples of application of Bayesian chronomodelling 11.09.2020: 08.00-09.30 Calibration process How to do it? OxCal, CalPal, Calib, ChronoModel, … OxCal as a tool Calibrating a single date Calibrating multiple dates KDE statistics 10.00-11.30 Practical exercises 11.30 Make it beautiful Inkscape - Edit your graphs to make them more appealing and understandable Upon agreement with students: Visit to the Laboratory of IonBeam Physics of the ETH Zürich (Irka Hajdas) |
| Admission requirements | Für fortgeschrittene Bachelor- und für Masterstudierende, begrenzte Teilnehmendenzahl |
| Course application | Bitte so rasch wie möglich über MOnA anmelden - die Teilnehmendenzahl ist begrenzt |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Integration naturwissenschaftlicher Methoden in archäologische Fragestellungen (Master's degree program: Archaeology and Archaeological Science) 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 | Praktische Übungen. |
| 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 |