AAMW 504 - Structural Archaeology

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

Staff. A proseminar designed to acquaint the participants with the physical evidence of buildings. It treats the properties of pre-modern building materials, their static and dynamic behavior, their contexts and reasons for their use, and the means for their procurement and working. It considers the methodologies for the historical interpretation of physical evidence, including the recording, analysis and presentation of evidence, determining the date and original form of buildings, their sequence of construction, and their subsequent modifications. Each participant carries out a small-scale field exercise.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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