Graduate Program in Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology
Courses & Syllabi
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FIRST YEAR, FALL SEMESTER |
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October-February: Five online courses and one project |
| ARHM001. Archaeological theory in the AD 21st century. John Chapman (Durham, UK), Bogdan Athanassov (NBU) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM003. Social Zooarchaeology of Southeastern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia. John Gorczyk, (Cornell, USA) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM007. Thracian Culture 7th – 1st Century BC. Maya Vassileva (NBU), Angela Pencheva (BHF, Bulgaria), Zhivko Uzunov (NBU) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM008. Archaeology of Roman Moesia, Thrace and Macedonia. Ilian Boyanov (NBU) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM009. The Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity. Boyan Dumanov (NBU) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
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Project: ARHM006. How to Write a Good Archaeological Paper? Bogdan Athanassov, Ilian Boyanov, Boyan Dumanov, Petranka Nedelcheva, Zhivko Uzunov (NBU) – project, practical online class, 150 hours, 15 credits |
| FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER |
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February-June: Online courses |
| ARHM005. Maritime Archaeology and the Western Black Sea. Philipp W. Watson (University of Chicago, USA), Dragomir Garbov, Nayden Prahov (National Archaeology Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM020. Ancient Economies. Philip L. Watson (University of Chicago, USA), Bogdan Athanassov (NBU) - online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM015. Archaeology of Southeast Europe in the Middle Ages: Bulgaria and the Byzantine Commonwealth. Boyan Dumanov (NBU), Ivan Vassilev (BHF) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
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June/July: Three practical courses at the Archaeometry lab, New Bulgarian University |
| ARHM002. Prehistory of the Eastern Mediterranean and Adjacent Areas. General Setting and Local Trajectories. Orlene McIlfatrick (BHF), Petranka Nedelcheva (NBU), Bogdan Athanassov (NBU) – online course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM010. Analysis and Documentation of Lithic Artifacts. Ivan Gatsov, Petranka Nedelcheva (NBU), – practical lab course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM011. Analysis and Documentation of Archaeological Ceramics. Bogdan Athanassov, Boyan Dumanov, Zhivko Uzunov (NBU) – practical lab course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
| ARHM017. Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology. Zivko Uzunov (NBU) – practical lab course, 30 hours, 3 credits |
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July or August: Fieldwork |
| ARHM012. Fieldwork in archaeology or conservation. Bogdan Athanassov (NBU), Ivan Vassilev (BHF), 4 weeks of archaeological fieldwork, 150 hours, 15 credits |
SECOND YEAR, FALL SEMESTER
October-February:
Work on MA thesis and defence - online consultations
