1)
Knowledge and understanding: to provide students with the basic notions about
the main forms of interaction between man and space (intended as architecture
and as landscape) in prehistory, with particular attention to the theoretical
and methodological aspects related to the subject, through the examination of
case studies taken from Sicilian and Cretan contexts of the 3rd and 2nd
millennium BC;
2)
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: to develop the ability to
approach with awareness the study of architectural and landscape contexts with
particular regard to the dynamics of human interaction dating back to
prehistoric times;
3) Making
judgements: to develop the ability to apply rigorous and informed
interpretative approaches to the topic of the relationship between space and
man in prehistoric times;
4)
Communication skills: enhancing communication skills with a focus on
specialised terminology and distinctive aspects of the relationship between
space and man in prehistoric times;
5) Learning skills: to provide students with the basic
interpretative tools to conduct an autonomous study of how man and space interacted
in prehistoric times.
The
course consists of three parts:
Modulo
1 (= 2 CFU): Examination of the two concepts of built space (i.e. architecture)
and of landscape in archaeology with a focus on the methodological aspects and
interpretative problems related to these cultural expressions of the
interaction between man and the environment.
Modulo
2 (= 3 CFU): Chronological and cultural outlines of European prehistory with a
focus on the historical developments of Sicily and Crete in the 3rd and 2nd
millennium B.C.
Modulo 3 (= 4 CFU): Case studies from the 3rd and 2nd
millennium BC from Sicily and Crete discussed by functional categories:
funerary, urban, productive, ritual and power spaces and landscapes.
Textbooks for international
students:
Modulo 1 (2 CFU): The
concepts of built space and landscape in archaeology:
- B. David, J. Thomas
(edd.), Handbook of Landscape Archaeology,
Left Coast Press, 2008, pp.
25-92 (Part I. Historical Perspectives)
- S.R. Steadman, Archaeology of Domestic Architecture and the Human
Use of Space, Routledge 2016, pp. 11-66 (chapters 1-3), pp. 103-138
(chapter 5)
Modulo 2 (3 CFU):
Chronological and cultural outlines of prehistory in Sicily and Crete
R. Leighton, Sicily Before History: An Archeological Survey from
the Paleolithic to the Iron Age, Cornell University Press 1999, pp.
51-186 (chapters 2-4)
E.H. Cline, The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean,
Oxford University Press 2010, pp. 31-184 (Part II)
Modulo 3 (4 CFU): Case
studies from the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC from contexts in Sicily and Crete
D. Puglisi (ed.), Prehistoric
Spaces and Landscapes: Cretan and Sicilian Archaeological Texts on Case Studies
from the 2nd Millennium BC.
pp. 180 (course materials made available on the Studium platform).
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its
amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their
content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning
photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla
Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i
Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on
Copyright).
The teachers undertake, within
the limits of the financial resources, to ensure as far as possible that a copy
of the adopted texts is available in the departmental library or (in the case
of hard-to-find texts, articles and essays) to make them available on Studium,
in accordance with the applicable copyright laws.
