ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN IN CLASSICAL AGE

The course will deal monographically with the archaeology of Greek cities in relation to economic models in Greece, Asia and the West, focusing on the relationships between economic models, production and consumption of goods, urban structures and architectural monumentalisation.

 

Based on the Dublin descriptors, the course objectives are:

1) Knowledge and understanding. To provide students with knowledge of the cultural development of the Mediterranean between the Bronze and Iron Ages.

 

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. make the student able to consciously undertake research in the field of classical archaeology, through the acquisition of adequate tools and methodologies, both in the archaeological, epigraphic and bibliographic fields. This purpose will be achieved through an in-depth examination of some specific aspects with seminar-type methodologies.

 

3) Autonomy of judgment. Develop in students a critical approach to texts with systematic comparisons between description of monuments and analysis of the same in situ.

 

4) Communication skills. Provide students with specialized vocabulary to enable them to communicate adequately to the scientific community.

 

5) Learning skills. Develop autonomy in the ability to identify the most representative scientific texts and understand them adequately.

Lectures.

Attendance is not compulsory.

The course focuses on the aspect of urban culture and economy in the Mediterranean between the 11th century and the 2nd century BC. A series of topics will be proposed during the course in order to cover the discipline in an organic manner: the end of the Mycenaean kingdoms, the development of a political culture between the 11th and 7th centuries, the emergence of new architectural forms, the organisation of monumental cities in the Classical period, the Hellenistic territorial structuring processes and the new royal cities.

For those who have not taken the exam of Classical Archeology:

J. Whitley, The Archaeology of Ancient Greece, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, pp. 490.

Mod. A (3 CFU)

L.M. Caliò, Asty, Studi sulla città greca, Roma 2012, pp. 450.

Mod. B (3 CFU)

L. Migeotte, L’economia delle città greche, Carrocci 2005, pp. 208.

Mod. C (3 CFU)

N. Parise, La nascita della moneta. Segni premonetari e forme arcaiche dello scambio, Roma 2000, pp. 153.