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Uni courses picture thread
I haven't seen such a thread for a while, and I was thinking that it was a nice way to waste some more of my (little) spare time.
So, just a few rules. Post pictures of book pages, illustration, photos of the courses you are currently attending/studying for an upcoming exam.
Pictures are self-explanatory only if your books are written in English, otherwise feel free to describe a little what you are posting.
If you were wondering what the hell I'm doing at 3am, it's that I'm so tired that I can't sleep, or study. And coffee really is becoming repulsive.
Well. It begins.
This course is called Methods of archeologic research and excavation
It consists of giving the theorical knowledge and some preparation for the upcoming practical session that will see your favourite Datajack performing an excavation himself somewhere far, far away from human civilization. Maybe in the south of Italy.
At first, learning the basics of excavation tecniques, the founders of the current worldwide method (just going and diggin' around is considered a complete disaster for both what's going to come up and what's hidden down below), the connection between different kinds of terrain, the pH, humidity, erosion and other amenities.
Some basic stuff is given by reading about Archeobotanic. From here I'll be just translating.
Archeobotanic The study of vegetable remains coming from archeological contests such as carbons, seeds, pollen, phitolytes, providing useful information about ancient flora, the amount of spontaneous sprouts and those plants cultivated by man for harvesting.
Got it? Ok, now you're getting to know how to dig. Because, as previously said, you can't just go and make a huge hole. This is how you're supposed to do, by recognizing every single change of the terrain. Humidity, pH, presence of absence of minerals, while excavating cm after cm, you notice that the terrain has changed, you immediately stop and dig around the current spot until you have finished digging and examinating the whole substrate you are taking out. When you are done with, let's say, #4, then you can proceed. You can't go down until you have literally taken out the whole substrate. Otherwise, one substrate can mix with the other, and that would complicate the identification of what you are going to find out. When did this happen? Is this rubble coming from the hills up above, or the building we are looking for is down us? You can tell only by using this method.
See the picture? 1 and 2 are each a deposit. Someone took them out and put them on the surface, creating these small deposits which belongs to the same timeframe of the substrates down below. 3 is the hole, called cut.
A cut deserves a number itself as it's an action, which can be both human or natural, creating a difference within the substrate sequence, called stratigraphy.
If 3 was filled with a deposit, then that deposit would be called "1", as the deposits filling the cuts always have a priority, as they are holes digged and filled for a reason, and there are high chances of finding out something interesting into them.
But how are we going to find out where to look for the hidden treasures?
This is where, as nowadays cities and farmlands are covering everything, aerial photography helps.
Farmlands can help telling what's beneath them, as crops tend to grow in different patterns, if there's something (such as city walls) creating a different micro-climate. A cropmark
Again, humidity, minerals, pH are combined with bricks, wood, density (pressure created by previously existing buildings) and other stuff that creates different concentrations of nutrients, so crops grow in different ways.
And this is how we can tell.
Vertical (Zenit) view => used when making maps
Angled view => used when looking for colosseums and temples turned into modern buildings, give by perspective and brightness differences
No, being a woman here just means you will dig slower. Move it b!tch!
Phew, a whole hour to make this. Better read some more stuff now. Thanks for your attention.
So, just a few rules. Post pictures of book pages, illustration, photos of the courses you are currently attending/studying for an upcoming exam.
Pictures are self-explanatory only if your books are written in English, otherwise feel free to describe a little what you are posting.
If you were wondering what the hell I'm doing at 3am, it's that I'm so tired that I can't sleep, or study. And coffee really is becoming repulsive.
Well. It begins.
This course is called Methods of archeologic research and excavation
It consists of giving the theorical knowledge and some preparation for the upcoming practical session that will see your favourite Datajack performing an excavation himself somewhere far, far away from human civilization. Maybe in the south of Italy.
At first, learning the basics of excavation tecniques, the founders of the current worldwide method (just going and diggin' around is considered a complete disaster for both what's going to come up and what's hidden down below), the connection between different kinds of terrain, the pH, humidity, erosion and other amenities.
Some basic stuff is given by reading about Archeobotanic. From here I'll be just translating.
Archeobotanic The study of vegetable remains coming from archeological contests such as carbons, seeds, pollen, phitolytes, providing useful information about ancient flora, the amount of spontaneous sprouts and those plants cultivated by man for harvesting.
Got it? Ok, now you're getting to know how to dig. Because, as previously said, you can't just go and make a huge hole. This is how you're supposed to do, by recognizing every single change of the terrain. Humidity, pH, presence of absence of minerals, while excavating cm after cm, you notice that the terrain has changed, you immediately stop and dig around the current spot until you have finished digging and examinating the whole substrate you are taking out. When you are done with, let's say, #4, then you can proceed. You can't go down until you have literally taken out the whole substrate. Otherwise, one substrate can mix with the other, and that would complicate the identification of what you are going to find out. When did this happen? Is this rubble coming from the hills up above, or the building we are looking for is down us? You can tell only by using this method.
See the picture? 1 and 2 are each a deposit. Someone took them out and put them on the surface, creating these small deposits which belongs to the same timeframe of the substrates down below. 3 is the hole, called cut.
A cut deserves a number itself as it's an action, which can be both human or natural, creating a difference within the substrate sequence, called stratigraphy.
If 3 was filled with a deposit, then that deposit would be called "1", as the deposits filling the cuts always have a priority, as they are holes digged and filled for a reason, and there are high chances of finding out something interesting into them.
But how are we going to find out where to look for the hidden treasures?
This is where, as nowadays cities and farmlands are covering everything, aerial photography helps.
Farmlands can help telling what's beneath them, as crops tend to grow in different patterns, if there's something (such as city walls) creating a different micro-climate. A cropmark
Again, humidity, minerals, pH are combined with bricks, wood, density (pressure created by previously existing buildings) and other stuff that creates different concentrations of nutrients, so crops grow in different ways.
And this is how we can tell.
Vertical (Zenit) view => used when making maps
Angled view => used when looking for colosseums and temples turned into modern buildings, give by perspective and brightness differences
No, being a woman here just means you will dig slower. Move it b!tch!
Phew, a whole hour to make this. Better read some more stuff now. Thanks for your attention.
Universities; always trying to make themselves look important. 
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