BASA014 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF PRE-CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEAN

courses
ID:
BASA014
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
ARCHEOLOGIA CLASSICA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
HISTORICAL STUDIES AND WRITING HERITAGE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE CONTEMPORARY AGE/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2
PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

To contribute to a general view for the students concerning the ancient mediterranean context, specifically looking at the interactions among cultures and peoples in the pre-classical and classical Mediterranean.

Course Prerequisites

none

Teaching Methods

lectures and practical work

Assessment Methods

Oral exam with presentation also of the catalogue done and of the review of the book.

Texts

- Notes and slides, just for students attending to the lectures.
- C. Broodbank, IThe Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World, Thames & Hudson, London. For stuednts attending to the lectures just specific sections which will be indicated during the course, while those not attending will bring the whole text.
- T. Hoelscher, L'Archeologia Classica. Un'introduzione, Roma 2013, Erma di Bretschneider. It has been translated in esveral languages, including English.
A BOOK FOR READING AND A WRITTEN REVIEW, choice among:
- P. Mattiae, Dalla Terra alla Storia.Scoperte leggendarie di Archeologia orientale, Einaudi.
- R. Lane Fox, Eroi Viaggiatori, Einaudi, Torino, con varie edizioni.
- S. Hornblower & G. Biffis, The Returining Hero,Oxford University Press 2018.
- R. Lane Fox, Il Mondo Classico, Einaudi, Torino, con varie edizioni.
- A. Russo Tagliente e F. Guarnieri, Santuari Mediterranei tra Oriente e Occidente, Interazioni e contatti culturali, Scienze e Lettere edizioni, Roma 2016.
- C. W. Ceram, Civiltà sepolte. Il romanzo dell'Archeologia, Einaudi, Torino, con varie edizioni.
All these books have been published also in English and other main European languages.

Contents

General view on the Mediterranean context in the Bronze Age and of the Aegean cultures in relationship with Egyptian, Hittite and Oriental contexts.
Art and Archaeology between 'Dark Age and beginning of Greek Art. Specific aspects of the Greek art through examples and issues. Practical section: catalogue of Greek materials.
Roman Art: Hellenism, ibridation and relationship with the provinces. Specific aspects, topics and sites for analyzing the Roman culture. Practical section: catalogue of a specific archaeological roman find and organization of a review.

Course Language


Italian, but for specific needs both texts and exams can be in English, French or Spanish.

More information

Archaeological tours will be organised within the course

Degrees

Degrees (2)

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