| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Common | ||
| AC1 | To evaluate the updated information in the different fields of research. | |
| AC2 | Have analytical decision capability. | |
| AC3 | To perform technical analysis protocols. | |
| AC4 | To evaluate fossil remains and decide on preventive archaeological interventions. | |
| AC5 | Plan the archeological exploration and excavation intervention. | |
| AC6 | To lead archaeological interventions. | |
| AC7 | To train yourself in the treatment and registration of data. | |
| AC9 | To plan research projects. | |
| AC10 | To organize research teams. | |
| AC11 | To have research capacity, generation of paradigm and demonstration. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Common | ||
| BC1 | Learning to learn. | |
| BC2 | Effective solutions to complex problems. | |
| BC3 | Critical, logical and creative thinking, and an ability to innovate | |
| BC4 | Autonomy, responsibility and initiative. | |
| BC5 | Teamwork, collaboration and sharing of responsibility. | |
| BC6 | Clear and effective communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in public or a specific technical field. | |
| BC7 | Sensitivity to environmental issues. | |
| BC8 | Management of complex technical or professional projects. | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Common | ||
| CC1 | Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English. | |
| CC3 | Be able to manage information and knowledge. | |
| CC4 | Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV. | |
| CC5 | Be committed to ethics and social responsibility as citizens and professionals. | |
| CC6 | Be able to define and develop their academic and professional project. | |
| Learning aims |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| Understand the relationship between hominin species and climate. | A1 A2 A5 A6 A7 A9 A10 A11 AC1 AC2 AC3 AC5 AC6 AC7 AC9 AC10 AC11 |
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| Understand climate theories. | A1 A2 A7 A9 A11 AC1 AC2 AC4 AC7 |
B1 B2 B3 B8 B12 B13 B16 BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC7 |
C1 C2 C3 C4 CC1 CC3 |
| To project a palaeoenvironmental research. | A1 A2 A3 A5 A7 A9 A11 A12 AC1 AC2 AC3 AC7 AC9 AC11 |
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B10 B11 B14 B15 B16 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC5 BC6 BC7 BC8 |
C1 C2 CC1 CC4 CC5 CC6 |
| To evaluate the material resources necessary to carry out the projected research. | A1 A2 A3 A7 A9 A10 A11 AC1 AC2 AC3 AC7 |
B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 BC2 BC3 |
C1 CC1 CC3 CC4 |
| To interpret the paleoambiental analytical results, as a result of the different disciplines involved and the projected research. | A1 A2 A11 AC1 AC2 AC7 AC11 |
B2 B4 B5 B6 B7 B11 BC2 BC3 BC4 |
C1 C4 CC1 CC3 CC4 |
| Assess the adequacy of the analytical technique used in the research to the type of expected results. | A1 A2 A11 AC1 AC2 AC7 |
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B12 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC5 |
C1 C4 CC1 CC3 CC4 CC5 |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| I. General concepts about the climate. | I.1. What determines the environment. I.2. How the species of hominins can change the environment. I.3. How and where to get samples for palaeoenvironmental analysis. |
| II. Sciences, techniques, methods, disciplines, ... involved on Palaeoenvironmental Restitution. | II.1. Geoarchaeology II.2. Archaeozoology II.3. Anthracology II.4. Palynology II.5. Carpology and diatoms. II.6. Fitòlits and Dendrology II.7. Isotopes. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Introductory activities |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Assignments |
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5 | 55 | 60 | |||||
| Lecture |
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30 | 5 | 35 | |||||
| Personal attention |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Extended-answer tests |
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3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Presentation of the program, adapting it to the research interests of the students, whenever possible. |
| Assignments | To guide students on how to find information about the course, how to write and present a project on public paleoenvironmental practical work and carry it out, write it and present it in public. |
| Lecture | Theoretical course, displaying didactic material. These presentations will be available through Moodle. |
| Personal attention | - Know the technical language and the basic concepts of scientific work in the field of palaeoenvironment, basically applied to Archaeology. - Introduction to analytical techniques and their problems. - To obtain basic knowledge, necessary to be able to participate in interdisciplinary and / or own research projects. |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Assignments | 1.- Project of some palaeoenvironmental discipline in archaeological site, written (20% of the note) and exposed in class (10% of the note). 2.- Practical work of some palaeoenvironmental discipline in archaeological site, written (30% of the note) and exposed in class (10% of the note). |
70% | |
| Extended-answer tests | Written test. | 30% | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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Los estudiantes matriculados en la URV siguen el sistema ECTS y tienen derecho a las convocatorias de evaluación indicadas en la normativa académica de grado y máster vigente. Criteria: The participation of the student will be valued in the discussions in the theoretical and practical classroom, their critical capacity and reasoning in the work to be presented and in the written test, the use of materials not provided by the teacher (Library , Internet, other resources), theoretical knowledge acquired in classroom, writing and correct structuring of the scientific work, as well as the attendance in class. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Lézine, A.-M., Le pollen. Outil d'étude de l'environnement et du clima au Quaternaire, 2009, Société Géologique de France - Vuibert
García-Díez, M.; Zapata, L., Métodos y técnicas de análisis y estudio en arqueología prehistórica. De lo técnico a la reconstrucción de los grupos humanos, 2013, Euskal Erriko Unibertsitateko Argitalpen Zerbitzua
Rotaru, M.; Gaillardet, J.; Steinberg, M.; Trichet, J., Les climats passés de la Terre, 2006, Société Géologique de France / Vuibert
Uriarte-Cantolla, A., Historia del clima de la Tierra. https://www.academia.edu/, 2003, Servicio Central de Publicaciones del País Vasco,
Bradley, R.S., Quaternary Paleoclimatology. Methods of Paleoclimatic Reconstruction, 1985, Allen & Unwin. Boston
Dawson, A.G., Ice Age Earth. Late Quaternary Geology and Climate, 1992, reprinted 1994, Routledge. London, New York. |
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- Projection of subjects through computer presentation program of talks. - All the work material will be available in the Moodle of the subject. Bibliografia GENERAL BOOKS AADD (1986). Gran Louvre. Fouilles Archéologiques Cour Napoleon. Direction Régionale des Antiquités Historiques d'Ile-de-France. Paris. AADD (1988). Mètodes científics aplicats a la reconstrucció paleoambiental de la Prehistòria. Cota Zero, 4. AADD (1995). La catàstrofe i el catastrofisme. Generalitat de Catalunya / Departament de Cultura. Barcelona. (Comissió per a l'estimul de la Cultura Científica). Berger, A. (1992). Le Climat de la Terre. Un passé pour quel avenir? De Boeck?Wesmael, Bruxelles. Berglund, B.E. (Ed.) (1986). Handbook of Holocene Palaeoecology and Palaeohydrology. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. Bradley, R.S. (1985). Quaternary Paleoclimatology. Methods of Paleoclimatic Reconstruction. Allen & Unwin. Boston. Buxó, R. (1997). Arqueología de las plantas. Ed. Crítica. Barcelona. Chaline, J. (1985). Histoire de l'homme et des climats au Quaternaire. Doin. Paris. Crowley, T.J. & North, G.R. (1991). Paleoclimatology. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Dawson, A.G. (1992, reprinted 1994). Ice Age Earth. Late Quaternary Geology and Climate. Routledge. London/New York. Eddy, J.A. & Oeschger, H. (Eds.) (1993). Global Changes in the Perspective of the Past. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Chichester. Fullola, J.M. & Juan, J. (Eds.): Paleo?etnobotànica aplicada a l'Arqueologia Prehistòrica: 52?61. Dossier editat per la Societat Catalana d'Arqueologia. Barcelona. Goudie, A.S. (1983). Environmental Change. Clarendon Press. 258 pp. Oxford. Harding, A.F. (Ed.) (1982). Climatic Change in Later Prehistory. Edinburgh University Press. Edinburgh. Hardy, R.; Wright, P.; Gribbin, J. & Kington, J. (1983). El libro del Clima. Hermann Blume Ediciones. Madrid. Huggett, R.J. (1991). Climate, Earth Processes and Earth History. Springer?Verlag. Berlin?Heilderberg. Lamb, H.H. (1995). Climate, History and the Modern World. Routledge. New York. Lowe, J.J. & Walker, M.J.C. (1997). Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. Longman. Essex. 446 pp. Lumley, H. de (Ed.) (1976). La Préhistoire Française. CNRS. Paris. 3 volums. Magny, M. (1995). Une histoire du climat: des derniers mammouths au siecle de l'automobil. Editions Errance. Paris. Martín Chivelet, J. (1999). Cambios climáticos. Una aproximación al sistema Tierra. Ediciones Libertarias / Prodhufi. Madrid. Nilsson, T. (1983). The Pleistocene. Geology and Life in the Quaternary Ice Age. D.Reidel Publishing Company. Stuttgart. Peguy, P.C. (1970). Precis de Climatologie. Paris. Renault?Miskovsky, J. (1986). L'environnement au temps de la Préhistoire. Méthodes et modèles. Masson. Paris. Roberts, N. (1989). The Holocene. An Environmental History. Basil Blackwell. Oxford. Rodà, I. (Ed.): Ciencias, metodologías y técnicas aplicadas a la Arqueología. Col. Ciencia Oberta, 4. Fundació Caixa de Pensions / Publicacions de la UAB. Barcelona. Roy Ladurie, E. Le (1967). Histoire du climat depuis l'an mil. Flammarion. Paris. // Roy Ladurie, E. Le (1983). Historia del clima desde el año mil. Fondo de Cultura Económica. México. // Roy Ladurie, E. Le (1991). Times of feast, times of famine: a history of climate since the year 1000. George Allen and Unwin. London. Semah, A.-M. & Renault-Miskovsky, J. (eds.) (2004). L'évolution de la Végétation depuis deux millions d'années. Collection Paléoenvironnements. Éditions Artcom / Errance, Paris. (ISBN: 2.87772.278.3). Termier, H. et G. (1973). Trama geológica de la historia humana. Labor (Nueva Colección Labor, 23). Barcelona. Uriarte, A. (2003). Historia del clima de la Tierra. http://homepage.mac.com/uriarte/historia.html Vernet, J.?L. (1997). L'homme et la fôret méditerranéene de la Préhistoire à nos jours. Editions Errance. Paris. Williams, M.A.J.; Dunkerley, D.L.; De Deckker, P.; Kershaw, A.P. & Stokes, T. (1993). Quaternary environments. Edward Arnold. London. Proceedings with environmental subjects Bottema, S.; Entjes?Nieborg, G. & Zeist, V. van (Eds.) (1990). Man's role in the shaping of the eastern Mediterranean Landscape. A.A. Balkema. Rotterdam. Bravard, J.?P. & M. Prestreau (Eds.) (1997). Dynamique du paysage. Entretiens de Géoarchéologie. Ministère de la culture, Direction régionale des affaires culturelles, Service régional de l'archéologie. Lyon. Ramil Rego, P.; Fernández Rodríguez, C. & Rodríguez Guitián, M. (eds.) (1996): Biogeografía Pleistocena ? Holocena de la Península Ibérica. Xunta de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela.
Specific subjects AAVV (1992). Les charbons de bois, les anciens écosystèmes et le rôle de l'homme. Bulletin de la Sociéte Botanique de France. Actualités Botaniques, 139 (2/3/4). Athersuch, J.; Horne, D.J. & Whittaker, J.E. (1989). Marine and Brackish Water Ostracods (Superfamilies Cypridaceae and Cytheracea). Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 43). E.J. Brill. Leiden. Beaulieu, J.L. & Suc, J.P. (1985). Les pollens et l'histoire de la végétation. In: Histoire et Archéologie (Les Dossiers), 93: 67?73. Behre, K.E. (1986). Anthropogenic indicators in pollen diagrams. A.A. Balkema. Rotterdam. Brown, C.A. (1960). Palynological Techniques. La Baton Rouge. Burjachs, F. (1988). Aplicació de la Palinologia a l'Arqueologia. Cota Zero, 4: 24?30. Burjachs, F. (1992). Paleobotánica y análisis polínico. In: I. Rodà (Ed.): Ciencias, metodologías y técnicas aplicadas a la Arqueología. Col. Ciencia Oberta, 4: 31?46. Fundació Caixa de Pensions / Publicacions de la UAB. Barcelona. Buxó Capdevila, R. (1990). Metodología y técnicas para la recuperación de restos vegetales (en especial referencia a semillas y frutos) en yacimientos arqueológicos. Cahier Noir, 5. Ajuntament de Girona. 63 pp. Chaline, J. & Alcalde, G. (1983). Los roedores y la Prehistoria. Revista de Arqueología, 25 (año 4, 2ª época): 6?11. Chaline, J. & Mein, P. (1979). Les rongeurs et l'évolution. Doin Editeurs. Paris. |
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