Archaeological Research Methods: Theoretical Aspects

The course aims to provide general knowledge of the history of archaeological disciplines, from their birth and their beginning to the formation of the modern method through the most important scholars of XX century (Prehistory and Classical Archaeology) and the theoretical currents of the archaeological thought (Processual and Postprocessual Archaeology etc) until the field archaeology and its applications.

The student must acquire knowledge of the history of archaeological disciplines, of the formation of archaeological thought of XX century until its application on modern field archaeology.