EVOLUTION OF LANDSCAPE
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- MARCO PERESANI
- Credits
- 6
- Curriculum
- ARCHEOLOGIA E ARTI
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- L-ANT/10
Training objectives
- The course proposes two educational objectives.
1) KNOWLEDGE - The knowledge that the course aims to give to students are related to the action of the main geological and geomoprhological factors (tectonic activity, volcanism, glacial and fluvial activity, etc) responsible of the formation of the landscape and its evolution.
2) SKILLS - Such knowledge will enable the graduate to interact, using a common language, with the professional who will be responsible for the geo-archaeological survey of the archaeological site. Prerequisites
- Basic notions of geography, geology, ecology chronology and archaeology.
Course programme
- The course will be held in three blocks of different contents.
In the first block, the geological processes that lead to the formation of land masses (earthquakes and volcanoes) and the rocks that form them, will be treated. These topics will be treated in about 8 hours.
In the second block, the interactions between the atmospheric processes and the land masses will be described by treating the erosion and deposition of the main atmospheric agents. These topics will be treated in about 12 hours.
The third block will concern the evolution of the landscape taking as examples different parts of the world and different periods. This topic will be treated in about 8 hours.
Specifically, the topics discussed will be the following:
Element of Plate Tectonics
Geomorphological processes
Alluvial soils
Degradation of rocks
Slopes modelling
Wind action
Water Action
Action of glaciers
Coastline modeling
Karst
Landslides Didactic methods
- The course is held with theoretical frontal lectures by the teacher.
Videoconferencing is foreseen for students unable to attend. The lessons will also be recorded and available on the Se @ platform. Learning assessment procedures
- The exam mode will be the same for both attending and non-attending students.
Reference texts
- MInutes from the lessons.
For in-depth information:
- Landscapes and Geomorphology: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2010
Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018
- Glaciation: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018
- Geology: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018
