Curricola Training Activity

14-03-10

CURRICULA TRAINING ACTIVITIES’ OBJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES’ TRAINING CONTENT

Prehistory – the main objective is to provide appropriate knowledge for man’s biological and evolutionary reconstruction within his environment and culture. The aim of study is to define and interpret behaviors and sustenance strategies during our complex evolutionary process. 

Biologic and cultural evolution; prehistoric ecology; chronology and cultures of Early, medium and late Paleolithic, of the Mesolithic, of Neolithic up to the age of metals; inorganic rough materials supply  and circulation; Prehistory in Europe, Asia, Oceania, America and Africa; lithic technology, ethnology and archeology, symbolic behavior archeology

Paleo-anthropology – the necessary interdisciplinary approach to anthropological aspects of man’s evolution will be provided within curricula. A sort of continuity between our species’ early and present behavior will be established.

Human paleontology and paleo-anthropology; genetics of populations; language evolution; human skeleton’s  biology; human genetics; genetics evolution; human language and animal communication; knowledge processes’ psychology; Primates and environment; human paleontology and ecology; central nervous system evolution in anthropology.

Procedures for research on prehistory and archeology – the objective is to provide the necessary practical and theoretical skills for archeological evidences management and interpretation. The field of prehistoric archeology is extremely wide and needs an interdisciplinary and well balanced kind of approach and in order to collect all necessary data for the documentation and the consequent interpretation of archeological evidences.

Archeo-zoology and taphonomy (?) of animals’ hard materials; anthropoid and paleontology deposits’ genesis and evolution; functional lab analysis of lithic material; Technology and lithic technology lab; dating radiometric; archeological excavation methods and techniques lab; laboratory for the ecology and the tassonomy of the malacofauna; vertebrate anatomy lab; birds and mammals paleontology lab; archeo-zoology experimental lab; informatics and statistics applied to archeology; on site archeology lab; info elaboration and 3D; experimental archeology; GIS.

Geology and Paleontology of Quaternary – the objective is to provide necessary knowledge on the interpretation of geologic/environmental context  within prehistoric settlements. The multidisciplinary approach including geological, paleontological and biological aspects will allow to draw a complete scene of the study on prehistory and Quaternary.

Vertebrate evolution; Quaternary’s fauna evolution; Quaternary’s vegetable evolution; geo-archeology of prehistoric archives; geology and stratigraphy of continental formation; vertebrate zoology; ethology.

Heritage preservation and revaluation - the objective  to provide all necessary practical and theoretical knowledge for the preservation of our archeological heritage. The revaluation process is a very important opening for work opportunities. The aim is to enable doctors to recognize, study and interpret the cultural heritage always in the attempt to preserve, to revaluate and to disclose it.

Paleontological restoration; biology of preservation; microclimate for the preservation; legal system and cultural heritage; epistemology and science history; prehistoric heritage revaluation and management.

Stage

Operational and planning activity on the subjects of the master degree in collaboration with lecturers at state and private companies.

Thesis with final report

Individual research agreed with the Teachers Board supported by a tutor; the exam has to highlight synthesis’ ability, comprehension of the subject and the planning aspects of the study carried out.