77887 - Archaeology of Late Antique Mediterranean Basin

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide, first of all in the light of the results of urban archaeology research, the fundamental orientation tools for the knowledge and study of the late antique and medieval city in a Mediterranean and European horizon, with particular regard to material culture as well as urban and territorial organization.

At the end of the course the student is able to read and understand the dynamics of structural and infrastructural transformations between the third and thirteenth centuries AD.

Course contents

The course is divided into two sections. The main themes and methodologies of Medieval Archaeology in Mediterranean territories will be presented during the first section. The lessons will therefore address the ways of city dwelling and farming the countryside since Late Antiquity to the Modern age (3rd-15^th c.); Archaeology of craftsman, production and building techniques; the evolution of funerary practices and ritual. In a second section a number of specific insights about the material culture in Late Antique Mediterranean Sea.

Readings/Bibliography

ATTENDING STUDENTS:

E. Cirelli (2021), Archeologia e cultura materiale nel Medioevo, Bologna: BUP.

C. Wickham (2024), L'asino e il battello. Ripensare l'economia del Mediterraneo medievale, 950-1180, Roma: Viella.

 

NON ATTENDING STUDENTS:

 

E. Cirelli (2021), Archeologia e cultura materiale nel Medioevo, Bologna: BUP.

C. Wickham (2024), L'asino e il battello. Ripensare l'economia del Mediterraneo medievale, 950-1180, Roma: Viella.

M. Bonifay, C. Capelli, Nouvelles avancées sur la géographie des productions céramiques de l’Afrique romain. Archéologie et archéométrie, in Archeologia delle produzioni ceramiche nel mondo antico. Spazi, prodotti, strumenti e tecniche (Quaderni di archeologia – Genova, 1), Atti del Convegno (Genova, 1-2 dicembre 2014), a cura di N. Cucuzza, B.M. Giannattasio, S. Pallecchi, Ariccia 2016, pp. 191-208.

P. Horden, N. Purcell (2024), Il mare che corrompe. Per una storia del Mediterraneo dall'età del ferro all'età moderna, Roma: Carocci.

 

Teaching methods

The course is structured in frontal lessons and discussion of the data presented with the students. Visits and seminars will also be offered on the main sites mentioned during the classes.

 

Assessment methods

Oral exam about the contents of the classes (for attendants) and the recomended readings (for those who will not be able to follow the classes). Students who attend at least 75% of the lessons are considered to be attending.

Learning contents and methods will be evaluated. Lessons and knowledge required for discipline, the demonstration of the possession of an expressive and specific speaking will be evaluated with the highest grade. A mnemonic knowledge of the subject and ability to synthesize and analyze articulated in a correct language, but not always appropriate, will lead to discrete evaluations. Training gaps and / or inappropriate language, albeit in a context of minimal knowledge of the exam material, will lead to grades that will not exceed sufficiency. Training gaps, inappropriate language, lack of orientation within the bibliographic materials foreseen by the course will be evaluated negatively.

Teaching tools

During the lesson, archaeological contexts and themes will be presented through simple ppts and with plans and texts distributed to the classroom and left available to non-attendants on my web page.

Students who require specific services and adaptations to teaching activities due to a disability or specific learning disorders (SLD), must first contact the appropriate office: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students .

Office hours

See the website of Enrico Cirelli