Archaeological Sciences

GIULIA RECCHIA
GIULIA RECCHIA

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of PALETHNOLOGY, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.

The course deals with the theme of the historical interpretation of economic and social organization of specific prehistoric contexts starting from archaeological data.

The course aims at offering updated theoretical and methodological perspectives for the study of pre-protohistoric societies and basic competences on the socio-economic and cultural developments of pre-protohistoric communities and the related historic phenomena. Students will acquire basic competences in the fields of Paleoethnology and Prehistoric Archaeology, will improve their capability in autonomously developing concepts and critical analyses and experience in team work.

No specific prerequisites are needed

Social and Economic Activities in Late Prehistory: Pottery in the Bronze Age – Stylistic, Technological, and Functional Aspects
The course will focus on the analysis of social and economic activities in Later Prehistory, with particular attention to the multiple theoretical, methodological, and interpretative aspects related to the study of the production, use, and circulation of pottery during the Bronze Age in the central Mediterranean.
Over the past decades, research in prehistoric archaeology and experimental archaeology, alongside the increasingly widespread adoption of detailed analytical approaches, including physico-chemical analyses, has provided new data that allow a multi-scalar investigation of ceramic production. The study of pottery contributes significantly to the reconstruction of the activities undertaken by prehistoric communities, as well as to the understanding of the social contexts of production and consumption. The course will especially examine selected case studies from different geographical areas and chronological phases of the Bronze Age.

Special exam programs can be agreed upon; for students attending the lessons the reading list will be provided during the seminar.

Part of the course will be a seminar. Introductive lessons will be followed by participants’ presentations and collective discussions on the basis of selected readings.

Non mandatory but advised

Mid-term assessments are based on the participation to the seminar and the presentations. Oral exam at the end of the course.

Exam questions will focus on the course program

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