Study Programmes 2015-2016
HAAR0162-1  
Methods of datation and chronoligical modelling
Duration :
15h Th
Number of credits :
Master in history of art and archaeology : archeometrics (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Sophie Blain, Philippe Lanos
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
 
Radiocarbon dating (C14)               4h (Sophie BLAIN)
The radiocarbon atom & notions of radioactivity
The principle of the radiocarbon dating method
Sampling & measurements in the lab
Calibration
Presentation & interpretation of the results
Archaeological applications
 

Datations par luminescence  (TL/OSL)                   3h (Sophie BLAIN)
Irradiation & luminescence phenomena
The principle of the luminescence dating method
Sampling & measurements in the lab and in the site
Presentation & interpretation of the results
Archaeological applications
 
Archaeomagnetism dating (AM)                  4h (Philippe LANOS)
Principle of the archaeomagnetism of the ceramics
The Earth Magnetic Field and the reference curves of the inclination, declination and intensity in Europe and the world
The magnetization properties of the ceramics
Sampling methods on the archaeological structures
The measurements in the lab
Reading and interpretation of the AM analysis reports
Calculation & interpretation of the AM dates
Archaeological applications : in situ structures & ceramic building materials.
  
Chronological modeling                                   4h (Philippe LANOS)
The Bayesian statistical principle of the dates' calculation : application to the calibration of C14 ages. Notion of calendar date distribution.
Initiation to the Bayesian reasoning applied to archaeology.
Principles of the chronological modeling: how combining chronometric measurements with stratigraphic and archaeological information.  
Notions of informative contraints: stratigraphy, Fact, phase, correlation...
Archaeological study cases
Presentation of the software : OxCal, BCal & ChronoModel
 
 
 
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Ferdière A. (dir.), Les méthodes de datation en laboratoire, Collection « Archéologiques », Edition Errance, Paris
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