education

education

With regard to the field of Conservation / Archaeological Sciences – the use of scientific methods and techniques in archaeological research – the Groningen Institute of Archaeology offers theoretical and practical courses: a 5 ECTS course on Introduction in Conservation and Archaeometry (first year students; course code LPX023P05 (in Dutch) )

Furthermore Conservation and Archeometry are related to excavations according to the Dutch system of quality control for archaeology (KNA). Aspects of Conservation and Archeometry are taught during Master and Research master courses. Only the Research master course in English is:

Individual tutorials
of 10 ECTS for Bachelor, Master and Research Master-students. Since these tutorials are individual, the student interested in Conservation/Restoration or Material Studies, is requested to contact Dr. A.J. Nijboer (a.j.nijboer@rug.nl). To give an impression of topics involved, I give some examples of recent tutorials supervised: “Fabric research on ceramics”, “Differences in preservation of ceramics at Crustumerium (Rome)”, “A mini excavation in the Lab” (excavating block lifts from excavations in the LCM) and “Desalination of ceramics after consolidation”. Tutorials are given momentarily only during the first semester. Since the LCM has limited desk space there is a maximum of 3 students per year.

Internships
In recent years various students attending a full conservation/restoration training performed part of their required internships at the LCM. An internship is at least 3 months. We can only accept one internship per year.

Theses
Ba-, Ma-, ReMa and PhD theses. Students in the past did successfully conclude their theses on a topic related to Material Studies or Conservation. Some research completed recently was on:

1. Prospective imaging techniques of archaeological artifacts

2. The conservation and restoration of metal artifacts from Kokerineset, Spitsbergen. Environmental issues and the effectiveness of treatments and inhibitors

3. An experimental analysis of pattern-welded swords from northwestern Europe, 400-1100 AD

4. The iron dagger of Toetankhamun, based on a discussion in october 2012 on the internet forum on archeo-metallurgy.

The lectures will be held in Dutch/English. Individual projects may be in English, German or Italian.

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