The Kent/UCLA Field School on Late Roman Ostia
Italy
Summer 2010
Curriculum
Prerequisites: None
Required Course:
Archaeology C159 (Undergraduates): 12 quarter units
or
Archaeology C259 (Graduate Students): 12 quarter units
Please note that to receive graduate credit you must currently be a graduate student seeking either an MA or Ph.D. degree. If you are currently an undergraduate student, or holding a BA/BS degree, you may enroll in the graduate level course work with instructor consent. In addition to all other course requirements, students enrolled at the C259 level must submit a research paper in coordination with the project Faculty Director.
This course has two goals; 1) to introduce students to field methods in Roman, Late Antique and Early Medieval archaeology, and 2) to provide a practical working knowledge of survey, excavation, lab, and field cataloging methods. The course primary directive is to enable students to better understand how archaeology is practiced in the field.