In an increasingly computerized national and international context, archaeology also needs professionals who combine traditional humanities skills with advanced technological abilities, such as the use of GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry, geophysics, and 2D and 3D modeling.
Given the economic crisis, even archaeologists cannot rely solely on their basic training; to remain competitive in the market, they must specialize by learning innovative technologies.
- Cost: 3700€
- Deadline: 16/12/2024
- Total hours: 704
- ECTS: 63
- Curricular internship hours: 300
- Period of performance: January 2025 – January 2026
- Responsible teacher: Pizziolo Giovanna
Who it is for
- To those who want to acquire professional and operational skills in the field of Technologies applied to Archaeology;
- Those who want to develop and create an archaeology sector within the company/professional studio in which they already work;
- To those who carry out, or want to carry out, management roles within Public Administrations (Local Authorities, Chambers of Commerce, Public Agencies, Consortia, Public Companies, Presidential Institutes, Independent Authorities, Central Administrations).
For enrolment in the 2nd level Master’s Degree in Geotechnologies for Archaeology a second level degree is required
Foreign graduates from EU and non-EU countries are also admitted if their qualifications are deemed by the Master’s Board of teachers to be equivalent to those required of Italian citizens.
Professional opportunities
Fields of work
Graduates of the Master in Geotechnologies for Archaeology (GTARC) will find their natural place in organisations that produce and/or use geological, geographical and archaeological information: research and training institutes, large professional studios of Architecture, Engineering and Applied Geology. Possibility of working also as a freelancer in association with other professional figures (geologists, architects, engineers).
Employment possibilities
The professional figure trained during the master’s course in Geotechnologies for Archaeology can be employed in public bodies such as Ministries, Superintendencies, local administrations and research institutes that are involved in the investigation, protection and enhancement of archaeological sites. Increasingly, it is also finding a place in private companies in civil and natural engineering, landscape architecture, construction companies, and archaeological societies dealing with preventive or emergency archaeology. Co-operatives of archaeologists are becoming increasingly successful in the professional world for interventions in the enhancement of the archaeological heritage and in archaeological risk assessment.
Specialization courses
- SURVEY, STORAGE AND MANAGMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA, Lorenzo Crescioli – Michele De Silva
- QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY, Filippo Bonciani
- 3D MODELLING FOR ARCHAEOLOGY, Marco Di Ioia
- THEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY AND GPS, Marco Zazzeri – Altair Pirro
- REMOTE SENSING IN ARCHAEOLOGY, Riccardo Salvini
- PHOTOGRAMMETRY, Riccardo Salvini
- LASER SCANNING FOR ARCHAEOLOGY, Riccardo Salvini – Vivien De Lucia – Luisa Beltramone
- AERIAL ARCHAEOLOGY, Stefano Campana
- ARCHAEOSISMOLOGY, Andrea Arrighetti
- GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS, Marta Caterina Bottacchi
- GIS FOR PREVENTIVE ARCHAEOLOGY, Michele De Silva
- PREVENTIVE ARCHAEOLOGY, Pierluigi Giroldini
- OPEN SOURCE GIS, Altair Pirro
- GEOTECHNOLOGIES IN FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY, Giovanna Pizziolo – Riccardo Salvini
- LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY, Giovanna Pizziolo
For more information about the specialization courses check out “Offerta Formativa” in the Italian page of the Master here.