ABSOLUTE DATING METHODS
- Academic year
- 2022/2023 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- METODI DI DATAZIONE ASSOLUTA
- Course code
- FM0479 (AF:378495 AR:216634)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 2 out of 16 of ARCHAEOLOGY WORKSHOP
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Educational sector code
- NN
- Period
- 4th Term
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
The course includes theoretical and practical lectures:
1. Introducation to dating methods in archaeology and for cultural heritage
2. Radiocarbon dating: principle and applications
3. Calibration of radiocarbon dates and exercises
4. Organic and iorganic material for 14C dating. pre-treatment for dating
5. Reservoir age for water system
6. the archaeological context and when is it suitable for radiocarbon dating
7. building a chronology with high time resolution: from prehistory to historical sites.
8 examples of dating and chronology with exercises on case studies
1. Introducation to dating methods in archaeology and for cultural heritage
2. Radiocarbon dating: principle and applications
3. Calibration of radiocarbon dates and exercises
4. Organic and iorganic material for 14C dating. pre-treatment for dating
5. Reservoir age for water system
6. the archaeological context and when is it suitable for radiocarbon dating
7. building a chronology with high time resolution: from prehistory to historical sites.
8 examples of dating and chronology with exercises on case studies
Expected learning outcomes
The students will learn about the dating principle in archaeology, in particular radiocarbon dating. Students will learn how to build a chronology from the site (context selection and sample material selection) to the measurement with the accelerator.
Pre-requirements
no prerequisites are required
Contents
The course will provide a wide presentation of the dating methods in particular od dating with radiocarbon
Referral texts
Books will be provided to the students writing to elisabetta.boaretto@weizmann.ac.il
Few articles are listed below and can be downloaded from http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Sci-Arch/Boaretto/publications
. Passerini, L. Regev, E. Rova and E. Boaretto,” New Radiocarbon Dates for the Kura-Araxes Occupation at Aradetis Orgora, Georgia” Radiocarbon 58(3), (2016), 649-677
B. Alex, O. Barzilai, I. Hershkovitz, O. Marder, F. Berna, V. Caracuta, T. Abulafia, L. Davis, M. Goder-Goldberger, R. Lavi, E. Mintz, L. Regev, D. Bar-Yosef Mayer, J.-M. Tejero, R. Yeshurun, A. Ayalon, M. Bar-Matthews, G. Yasur, A. Frumkin, B. Latimer, M. G. Hans and E. Boaretto, “Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals” Science Advances, Vol. 3, no. 11, (2017) e1701450 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701450
J. Regev, J. Uziel, T. Lieberman, A. Solomon, Y. Gadot, D. Ben-Ami, L. Regev and E. Boaretto, “Radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology untangle the history of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount: A view from Wilson’s Arch”, PlosOne 15(6) (2020): e0233307. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233307
Y. Ehrlich, L. Regev, E. Boaretto “Discovery of annual growth in a modern olive branch based on carbon isotopes and implications for the Bronze Age volcanic eruption of Santorini” Nature Scientific Reports Scientific Reports 11 (2021) 1–11
V. Caracuta, M. Weinstein-Evron, R. Yeshurun, D. Kaufman, A. Tsatskin and E. Boaretto, “Charred wood remains in the Natufian sequence of El-Wad terrace 1 (Israel): New insights into the climatic, environmental and cultural changes at the end of the Pleistocene” Quaternary Science Reviews 131 (A), (2016), 20-32
Few articles are listed below and can be downloaded from http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Sci-Arch/Boaretto/publications
. Passerini, L. Regev, E. Rova and E. Boaretto,” New Radiocarbon Dates for the Kura-Araxes Occupation at Aradetis Orgora, Georgia” Radiocarbon 58(3), (2016), 649-677
B. Alex, O. Barzilai, I. Hershkovitz, O. Marder, F. Berna, V. Caracuta, T. Abulafia, L. Davis, M. Goder-Goldberger, R. Lavi, E. Mintz, L. Regev, D. Bar-Yosef Mayer, J.-M. Tejero, R. Yeshurun, A. Ayalon, M. Bar-Matthews, G. Yasur, A. Frumkin, B. Latimer, M. G. Hans and E. Boaretto, “Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals” Science Advances, Vol. 3, no. 11, (2017) e1701450 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701450
J. Regev, J. Uziel, T. Lieberman, A. Solomon, Y. Gadot, D. Ben-Ami, L. Regev and E. Boaretto, “Radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology untangle the history of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount: A view from Wilson’s Arch”, PlosOne 15(6) (2020): e0233307. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233307
Y. Ehrlich, L. Regev, E. Boaretto “Discovery of annual growth in a modern olive branch based on carbon isotopes and implications for the Bronze Age volcanic eruption of Santorini” Nature Scientific Reports Scientific Reports 11 (2021) 1–11
V. Caracuta, M. Weinstein-Evron, R. Yeshurun, D. Kaufman, A. Tsatskin and E. Boaretto, “Charred wood remains in the Natufian sequence of El-Wad terrace 1 (Israel): New insights into the climatic, environmental and cultural changes at the end of the Pleistocene” Quaternary Science Reviews 131 (A), (2016), 20-32
Assessment methods
During the course, several case studies will be discussed in relation to the quality of the research. Students will be required to read the article and give a review of the research.
Teaching methods
Lectures in class with ppt
Teaching language
Italian
Type of exam
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 09/03/2023