Protohistory of the Aegean and the Mediterranean from the II to the I millennium B.C.
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher:
Pietro Maria MILITELLO
Expected Learning Outcomes
According to the Dublin descriptors the course will
have the following goals:
knowledge and understanding. to provide
the student with the knowledge of the outline of the evolution of Eastern
Mediterranean societies from the II to the I millennium B.C., through the
analysis of some significant case studies for the different period.
applying knowledge and understanding. to make students able to carry on their research in the field of Aegean
archaeology through the possess of adequate methodologies in the field of
archaeology, epigraphy and bibliographical research. This goal will be achieved
through the teaching methodology of seminars.
making judgements. To develop a critical
approach to scientific literature through a systematic comparison between
published description of monuments and the monuments themselves. This goal will
be achieved through in situ excursions.
communication skills. To provide
students with a specialised lexical stock, in order to allow them to properly
communicate to a scientific community.
learning
skills. To develop the students’ autonomy in identifying
the most suitable scientific literature and to understand it properly.
Course Structure
Frontal lectures in the classroom will provide the student the knowledge of the content of the course, whereas research skills will be obtained through seminars.
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of the methodology of the archaeological research and of the outlines of European Prehistory
Detailed Course Content
The program includes two modules. In the first one
the Aegean of the II millennium will be dealt with, with a special attention
paid to the palatial periods, prestige production, epigraphic evidence and the
interaction of the Aegean with the Mediterranean world. In the second one
attention is focused on the wall painting of the Minoan period seen as a case
study for the analysis and interpretation of iconographic, iconological and
social aspects. Topics: Background: History of the archaeological research -
Chronology and geography - Aegean civilization from the Neolithic to the II
millennium.– The down of the Minoan Palaces – the first and second palaces –
the Late palatial period: Knossos – Myceanean Crete – Middle Helladic – The
Shaft graves- the Mycenaean palaces – Cyclades in the Middle and Late Bronze
Age – The end of Bronze Age societies
Aegean
wall paintings: techniques and social background. Iconography and iconology.
Knossos, Ayia Triada, Thera.
Textbook Information
A Geografia e cronologia (1 CFU)
- E.
Cline (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, Oxford University
press 2010, pp. 3-30 (background and definitions)
B L’Egeo nel II millennio (4 CFU).
E.
Cline (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, Oxford University
press 2010, 99-443 (Middle and Late Bronze Age, Art and architecture, Society
and culture, Seals and writing, Material crafts), the Wider Mediterranean (pp.
797-890).
In alternativa: J. Rutter,
Aegean prehistoric Archaeology, testo on line: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/aegean-prehistory/lessons/ ca. 250 pp.
C
La pittura parietale minoica (1 CFU)
P.
Militello, Contributo allo studio della pittura minoica, (Syndesmoi 6) Catania
2020, 101 pp.
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Evaluation will be based upon two examinations: a written examination on the program and an oral/written presentation on a given topic.
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