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Lecturer(s)
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Lisá Lenka, Doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1.The general types environments versus the general type sof deposits 2.The base of stratigraphy, the Quaternary climatic cycle 3.Environmental conditions, climate, civlisations and their collapses - an overview 4.The introduction to pedology, the main types of soil, the factors and the origin 5.The methodology - theoretical part (field, laboratory, reporting) 6.The non-traditional approaches, case studies 7.The methodology - practical part 8.The fieldtrip, personal projects
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 26 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| To summarize the importance of archaeology for understanding the past |
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| To understand a scientific text in English/German |
| To use adequate terminology in Czech |
| To understand a scientifically-structured lecture |
| learning outcomes |
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| To summarize the methodology of geology |
| To summarize the basics of sedimentology, stratigraphy, pedology and the characteristics of individual environment types |
| To describe and to identify basic sediment and soil categories |
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| To interpret landscape types from which the specific sediment or soil originated |
| To be capable of professional sampling and further processing |
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Recommended literature
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Goldberg P. - Macphail R. Practical and theoretical geoarchaeology. 2006.
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Ložek, V. Zrcadlo minulosti. Česká a slovenská krajina v kvartéru. Praha, 2007.
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Růžičková, Eliška. Kvartérní klastické sedimenty České republiky : struktury a textury hlavních genetických typů. Praha : Česká geologická služba, 2003. ISBN 80-7075-600-4.
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Tomášek, Milan. Půdy České republiky. Praha : Český geologický ústav, 2000. ISBN 80-7075-403-6.
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