SIENA 

MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY

DSSBC

MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIENA Where you will experience the challenge of fieldwork in Tuscany, in Italy and around the Mediterranean.

Volubilis, Morocco. The Siena team at work on the excavation, conserva-tion and presentation of the palace of the Roman governor (third century BC).

Volubilis at Superquark, ONLINE AThttp://www.superquark.rai.it/dl/portali/site/puntata/ContentItem-4b702289-5a68-4259-9955-91e2219033b0.html

Bethlehem.

Archaeology at work: sur-vey and con-servation at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

‘Archaeologyand archi-tecture at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem’.

ONLINE ATwww.dssbc.unisi.it/it/didattica/lezio-ni-video

MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIENA Where you will experience the challenge of fieldwork in Tuscany, in Italy and around the Mediterranean.

Volubilis at Superquark, ONLINE AThttp://www.superquark.rai.it/dl/portali/site/puntata/ContentItem-4b702289-5a68-4259-9955-91e2219033b0.html

Bethlehem.

Archaeology at work: sur-vey and con-servation at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

‘Archaeologyand archi-tecture at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem’.

ONLINE ATwww.dssbc.unisi.it/it/didattica/lezio-ni-video

MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIENA where you will be brought face-to-face with the latest methods of research, excavation, artefact studies and of building conservation and reconstruction. Miranduolo, Siena.

Reconstruction drawing of the medieval castle.

Dionysias, Egypt. Pharaon’s head from the ancient temple.

Finds from Dionysias.

ONLINE AT

firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/01/14/foto/egitto_ il_tesoro_scoperto_dagli_archeologi-50526416/1/l#a1450

ONLINE ATwww.facebook.com/miranduolo/info/?tab=page_info

MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIENA Where you will be trained in a wide range of methodologies, techniques, new approaches and good practice.

Pava,Siena.

3D recording of the excavation

by drone photography.

www.archeogr.unisi.it/

CCGBA/laboratori/lapetlab/pagine/

scavoarcheologicodel-sitodipava.html

Hephaestos.Lemnos,Greece.

Plan of the city recon-structed from geophysical prospection.

In collabora-tion/partner-ship with the Italian School at Athens.

ONLINE ATwww.scuoladiatene.it/scavi.html#a1450

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MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIENAWhere you will also gain skills in specialist research laboratories.

Conservation and restoration of finds from excavations.

Training courses available within the Department.

Courses on experimental archaeology in prehistory.

ONLINE AT

www.dssbc.unisi.it/it/didattica/stage-e-attivita-sul-campo

ONLINE AT

www.dssbc.unisi.it/it/ricerca/strutture-della-ricerca/laboratori/laboratorio-di-disegno-dei-manufatti-preistorici

The archaeology courses at Siena cover the full date-range from prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages.

Field work in Tuscany, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria; hands-on experience in specialist laboratories; a proven pattern of lectures, field trips, museum visits, workshops and overseas expeditions.

Through a wide range of technologies you will be encouraged to explore new sources of understanding for the study of the past: non-invasive techniques such as geophysical prospection, aerial survey, satellite imagery, airborne laser scanning and architectural recording; the most up-to-date methods of excavation, finds-analysis, site-reconstruction and experimental archaeology using the latest methods of computer processing.

Courses are offered on public-service archaeology, environmental reconstruction and the pursuit and presentation of archaeological research; work in the lecture theatre, on excavations and in the laboratory; training in conservation, investigation and recording as well as data management and processing.

Education at Siena makes use of collaborative e-learning to provide students with all that they need to further their studies.

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INFORMATION ON MASTER DEGREE IN

ARCHAEOLOGY

ONLINE AT

www.dssbc.unisi.it/it/didattica/stage-e-attivita-sul-campo/scavi

-ricognizioni

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www.dssbc.unisi.it/it/didattica/

laurea-magistrale/archeologia

www3.unisi.it/w2d3/v3/view/unisi/internet/minisito2.html?fld=6897

WHY SIGN ON?Because every day will bring you top class teaching. Because the choice of time and place will be yours, from prehistory to the Middle Ages, from Tuscany to the world of the Mediterranean. Becau-se you will work in the field and in the laboratory, through coursework and online, within a secure background of traditional teaching methods. Because you will have the chance to experience pu-blic-service archaeology, to mark out a career in research and teaching, in the museum world, in heritage conservation or in commercial practice. Because you will acquire the skills of the true archaeologist and excavator.

A NEW SKILL EVERY DAY AT SIENA

ONLINE ATwww.unisi.it/ateneo/lavorare-unisi/salute-e-sicurezza/

gestione-di-un-laboratorio-cielo-aperto

The Master’s degree at Siena will equip you to develop your own archaeological career, in academic research, in heritage management or in commercial practice, in the field or in the laboratory, in the museum world or in public presentation.

MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIENA

Poggibonsi, Siena.

The open-air museum of the Middle Ages at Superquark.

A tour round the open-air museum

ONLINE AT

www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-da6af915-9171-4913-9808-7a-30a58fb6d8.html#p=0

PIONEERS OF PAST AND PRESENTThe Siena School has been created by great scholars: Professor Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli, its founding father half a century ago, and more recently Professors Andrea Carandini, Mauro Cristofani, Riccardo Francovich, Daniele Manacorda and Arturo Palma di Cesnola.

www.dssbc.unisi.it/it/dipartimento/la-nostra-storia

MASTERING ARCHAEOLOGY AT SIENA

Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli

Riccardo Francovich

Mauro Cristofani

Andrea Carandini

Arturo Palma di Cesnola

Daniele Manacorda

ONLINE AT

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Palazzo San Galgano via Roma, 4753100 Siena Italy

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