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Degree of Archeology at Universidade De Lisboa

It is intended to enable the licensees to the performance of archaeological work, properly framed in teams of archaeologists led by higher education (master’s and doctorate or the future 2 and 3 courses), participate actively in all routines of the fieldwork, and in all the tasks of registration, inventory and production reports. Provide a training that will ensure the basic tasks of identification and characterization of archaeological occurrences, based on a general knowledge of sites and artefacts and their integration in space and time.
The course aims to open routes to archaeological research, without neglecting other aspects such as integrated management of archaeological heritage, its inventory, whether in the business or the central government or the autonomous regions, municipalities and museums. The basic training that this curriculum design also enables licensees to integrate the market of “cultural industries”, while opening space for other perspectives that the student understands microtemáticas tested in their basic training.

MA in landscape archaeology at National University of Ireland Galway

The history of landscape archaeology is explored, as are contemporary philosophical treatments of the concept of landscape. Various issues surrounding the protection, management, and presentation of archaeological landscapes are considered and case-studies are used to examine the wide range of such landscapes and their components. There is emphasis on fieldwork train-ing and a critical understanding of the range of sources used. Students are provided with a basic foundation in GIS and its applications in archaeology and are introduced to electronic survey and digital mapping, geophysical prospection, and data processing. Practical demonstrations and field exercises are an important element of the programme.
Programme aims and objectives

The aim of this programme is to introduce graduates to the theory and methodologies of landscape archaeology and to provide them with a good introduction to the wide range of
survey techniques used in archaeology today.