Material Culture Conservation

College of Archeology & Cultural Heritage |
English

Program Description

As all the programs offered, the architectural conservation track is composed of a core curriculum, a concentration and electives. As of the third and fourth years, the elective courses can be grouped together intot two themes: conservation cultural materials and architectural conservation, if students wish to continue in the same specialization in their graduate studies, they may choose one group or the other. Students also have the freedom to mix between them if interested.

Learning Outcomes

• Attain adequate knowledge of the technique of preservation, conservation and restoration of material culture. • Conduct applied research using the different skills learnt through library research, museums, laboratory investigation and field work. • Relate to the modern applied scientific methods in conservation cultural materials. • Create practical methods in the field of conservation cultural materials. • Acquire working knowledge of museums and site management, and preservation of cultural heritage theory and practice. • Formulate an academic opinion on the different theories of preservation, conservation and restoration cultural materials. • Develop a strategic plan for the care and conservation of material culture in archaeological sites, museums, and archaeometric laboratories. • Attain a working knowledge of the different dynamics of laws and legislations of material culture conservation

Markets and Career

•Pursue graduate studies and working in academia as researchers or instructors. • Work as a conservator on the different foreign missions and salvage projects working in conservation cultural materials. • Work for the different international funding boards in the cultural sector such as. USAID, EU Commission, UNDP, World Bank, the Agha Khan Foundation and UNESCO. • Work on the different cultural heritage management projects post conflict in the world • Work as a professional writer and media expert in conservation cultural materials. • Work in the different governmental entities worldwide that are concerned with the conservation of material culture. • Work on research projects in libraries and museums and archaeological sites. • Work in the tourism industry on study tours • Work in private and public companies specializing in the preservation, conservation and restoration of material culture.

Admission Requirements

a. Completion of secondary education certificate or equivalent certificates according to the particular requirements of each major. b. Meeting the minimum score required to join the college which is announced before the beginning of each semester, in light of the minimum score mandated by AASTMT, as well as the annually announced terms, regulations and qualifying courses per certificate as specified by the Supreme Council of Education Affairs. c. Being physically fit as per stipulated levels. d. Showing good conduct with no dishonouring judicial sentence issued against them. e. Submission of all required admission documents. f. Approval of delegating entities in case of student’s delegation from any country or authority. g. Passing admission exams determined by AASTMT. h. Pledging to follow AASTMT rules and regulations.

Tests & Prerequisites

Students wanting to join the Material Culture Conservation Track in their third year must have a “Science” high school degree in Thanawiya Amma or itsequivalent.

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Brief

The study of the conservation material culture is an applied and a systematic study of the history and techniques of cultural materials in various civilizations of the ancient world. The study will focus on wood, pottery, mummies, mural paintings, metals, textiles, and manuscripts. The programme will provide students with modern and advanced methods and techniques of examination and analysis of archaeological cultural materials through an interdisciplinary approach using the modern methods of care and conservation of cultural materials. This program will provide students with the various administrative and technical skills required to be able to participate actively in preserving the cultural materials in the museums, public libraries and archaeological sites.

Term 1

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT1031	Rhetoric in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage I	Cambridge Entrance Test Score A2
HT1043	Introduction to World Archaeology I	None
HT1011	Introduction to Heritage Theory and Practice	None
CB 100	Introduction to Surveying	None
HT1061	Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology	None

Term 2

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT1032	Rhetoric in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage II	HT1031
HT1044	World Archaeology II	HT1043
HT1021	Archaeological Illustration	AR100 CB/HT1020
HT1042	Introduction to Biology	None
HT1041	Science and Technology of the Ancient Societies	None
HT1091	Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology	None

Term 3

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT2063	Introduction to the History of the Classical World	None
HT1071	Introduction to African Archaeology	None
HT2045	World Archaeology II	None
HT2012	Introduction to Museum and Exhibition Management	None
HT2022	Digital Heritage	HT1021
HT2062	Introduction to Coptic Archaeology	None

Term 4

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT2081	Introduction to Islamic Archaeology	None
HT2014	Heritage Site Management and Fundamentals of Conservation	None
LED905	Personal Leadership Development	None
HT2046	Archaeology Theory and Practice	None
HT2013	Advanced and Critical Museology	HT2012
HT2033	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	None

Term 5

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT3015	Heritage Ethics and Politics	HT1011
HT3034	Heritage and Media I	HT1011
HT3051	Introduction to Conservation and Restoration Theory and Practice	None
HT3052	Care and Conservation of Oil Paintings	None
HT3053	Restoration and Conservation of Wooden Material Culture	5
HT3054	Minerals and Rocks in Archaeology	None

Term 6

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT3047	Archaeological Chemistry	BA/HT1040
HT3035	Heritage and Media II	HT3034
HT3055	Restoration and Conservation of Archaeological Textile and Rugs	None
HT3056	Restoration and Conservation of Mural Paintings	None
HT3057	Restoration and Conservation of Stones	None
HT3058	Examination and Analysis of Inorganic Materials	HT3054
HT4040	Practicum	None

Term 7

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT4016	Critical Heritage Studies	HT2014
HT4048	Bioarchaeology	HT1042
HT4051	Care and Conservation of Manuscripts I: Archaeological Papyrus and Parchment	None
HT4052	Restoration and Conservation of Material Culture: Metals and Alloys	None

Term 8

Code	Title	Prequisites
HT4036	Ethnoarchaeology and Archaeological Ethnography	HT2033
HT4023	Computational Archaeology: GIS, 3D Scanning and Remote Sensing	HT2022
HT4053	Care and Conservation of Manuscripts II: Books and Archival Documents	HT4051
HT4050	Bachelor Thesis	None

Elective Courses Electives (Students need to take 2 courses minimum in their semester)

Code	Title
HT4054	Preventive Conservation for Organic Material Culture
HT4055	Care and Conservation of Photographic Materials
HT4056	Care and Conservation of Mummy Portraits, Icons and Cartonnage
HT4057	Care and Conservation of Ethnographic Objects
HT4058	Methods of Pests Control in Material Culture
HT4059	Minerals and Rocks in Archaeology

Elective Courses Electives (Students need to take 2 courses minimum in their semester)

Code	Title
HT40510	Preventive Conservation for Organic Material Culture
HT40511	Course Title: Conservation Techniques of Plastered Artefacts
HT40512	Analysis, Techniques and Conservation of Mudbrick
HT40513	Conservation of Underwater Archaeological Material Culture
HT40514	Care and Conservation of Human Remains
HT40515	Restoration and Conservation of Archaeological Pottery and Glass