The course aims to raise awareness of the potential of
experimental archeology as an archaeological research methodology in the
interpretation of material data, but also in teaching and dissemination. The
main objective is to initiate students into the practice of scientific
experimentation, that is, to provide adequate preparation to design an
experiment and its protocol thanks to a careful analysis of the data and the
correct formulation of questions also addressed to other humanistic,
naturalistic and archaeometric disciplines. Particular attention will be paid
to experimentation in the study of technological evolution; the transmission of
know-how and the difference between theoretical and practical learning.
Based on the Dublin
descriptors, the objectives of the course are:
1) Knowledge and
understanding. The course wants to Introduce students to the potential of
experimental archeology as an archaeological research methodology in the
interpretation of material data, but also in teaching and dissemination.
2) Ability to apply
knowledge and understanding. The course wants to Initiate students into the
practice of scientific experimentation, that is, provide them with adequate
preparation to design an experiment with a careful analysis of the data and the
correct formulation of questions, which need to be addressed also to other disciplinies
in the field of Human Sciences.
3) Autonomy of judgment. The
course will lead students to approach critically reading and texts and will
encourage them to compare systematically theoretical interpretations and
practical experiments.
4) Communication skills. The
course aims to provide students with a specialized terminology to enable them
to communicate adequately their knowledge to the scientific community and to
the wider public.
5) Learning skills. The
course aims to develop autonomy in the ability to identify the most
representative scientific texts and understand them adequately.
The course begins with the exposition of the history of the discipline and
will explain its relationship with ethnography and cultural anthropology and with
archaeometry, its scientific practice and its objectives in archaeological
research, teaching, dissemination as well as in the enhancement of the
historical-archaeological heritage.
It continues with the exposition of the educational and pedagogical potential
of Experimental Archeology in research and dissemination (in schools,
archaeological parks and museums), clarifying the difference between simulation
practice and exploratory-cognitive practice functional to research. During the
course, experimental tests are planned in relation to the processing of
ceramics, stone, bone and vegetable fibers. These are tests aimed at putting
the experimental procedure into practice, from the design of the experiment, to
the drafting of the protocol, up to the carrying out of the tests.
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2) Gaj G., 2005, Archeologia sperimentale, in
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3) Guidi A., Bellintani P.,
Chelidonio G., Longo L., 2003, Archeologia sperimentale nell’archeologia italiana, in Atti del
conv. Archeologie sperimentali Metodologie ed esperienze fra verifica,
riproduzione, comunicazione e simulazione, Comano Terme -Fiavè 2001, pp.77-95.
4) Longo L., 2003, Archeologia sperimentale,
esperimenti in archeologia, divulgazione. Osservazioni su significato e ruolo
dell’Archeologia sperimentale, in Rivista Scienze Preistoriche, LIII,
pp.549-568.
5) Zifferero A., 2003, Archeologia sperimentale e parchi
archeologici, in Atti del conv. Archeologie sperimentali. Metodologie ed
esperienze fra verifica, riproduzione, comunicazione e simulazione, Comano
Terme – Fiavè 2001, pp. 49-76.
6) Mannoni T, Giannichedda E. 1996, Archeologia della produzione, cap. I,
II, III, IV, Einaudi, Torino
7) Vidale M., 2004, Che cos'è l'etnoarcheologia,
Carocci, Roma
8) Todaro S, 2020 Prima del tornio. Un approccio
sperimentale allo studio delle tecniche di foggiatura nel mediterraneo
preistorico, Roma 2020, Edizioniquasar.
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