Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
L-ANT/07 (CLASSIC ARCHAEOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (24/02/2020 - 27/05/2020)
Lesson hours
72 lesson hours
Prerequisites
good knowledge of classical archaeology as well of classical history
Learning outcomes
the concept of 'roman city' from the architectural, political and cultural point of view, according to the international debate about the meaning of 'urbanization' in the roman world
Greek Archaeology (Prof. M.E. Gorrini): This course covers a range of topics within landscape archaeology that relate to core principles of the field of archaeology: methods of investigation, interpretation and modeling of results; archaeological ethics and cooperative project designs working with local and descendant communities concerned with the heritage of the landscapes under study; and strategies for protecting the cultural resources manifest in those landscapes. The course will also provide students with opportunities to learn fundamental archaeological skills such as surveying, sampling strategies, applications of GIS to archaeology.
By the conclusion of this course, each student should have acquired skills in the following areas: understanding the theoretical and methodological principles utilized in conducting landscape archaeology studies and the interpretations of data produced in such projects; critical reading and assessment of particular landscape archaeology studies and the basic assumptions, theories, and methods utilized in those studies; an enhanced ability to communicate in written and oral form a research design and interpretive framework for an archaeological site; enhanced skills in locating and utilizing sources for landscape archaeology.
Course contents
the course of Roman Archaeology will concerne the city as a point of reference for every program of 'romanization' (the city is the most evident aspect of a global project, which also includes the countryside, with the 'limitatio' and the territorial road-network).
Greek Archaeology (Prof. M.E. Gorrini): Landscape Archaeology: theory, methods, case studies from the Greek world
Teaching methods
lectures
sites and museum visits
class discussions and presentations
Reccomended or required readings
J.B.Ward Perkins, Roman Architecture, Milan 1988
Greek Archaeology (Prof. M.E. Gorrini): texts and a detailed Syllabus will be provided within December the 1st.
Assessment methods
oral exam 50%
Paper and presentation in class on a topic discussed in the course 50%
Further information
--Prof. Sam Turner (Newcastle University UK) will be the Instructor, as a Visiting Professor, of 18 h of the Roman Archaeology Part.
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