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Curriculum(s) for 2024 - Archaeological Sciences (29943)

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The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1044293 | ECOLOGY IN PREHISTORIC TIME1st1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORIC ECOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to develop a basic knowledge of key methods in data analysis for studying man-environment interactions in the past. This course will help students to have an overview of current environmental archaeology practices, to be aware of site formation processes and material preservation, to be familiar with issues in the application of different methods and techniques (e.g. geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, dating, anthropology).

10596610 | AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY1st1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of “L-1 Archaeological Sciences”, aim of the course is to give to the students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, with the help of updated textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge competently and thoughtfully, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and thoughts in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
The course combines historical and anthropological perspectives. It aims to provide theoretical, methodological and cultural elements related to the main topics of African Archaeology, such as the origin of Homo sapiens, the transition from hunting-gathering societies to early forms of animal husbandry and agriculture, the origin of symbolism and the development of rock art, the formation of complex societies and states. The course examines different regions of the African continent, with a focus on North Africa and its relationship with the Mediterranean basin.

1035874 | PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST i1st1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST, 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.

Specific aim of the course is the understanding of the dynamics that have brought to the development of agricultural and pastoral socities, the characters of egalitarian communities that live in the Near East (social, economic, symbolic and technological aspects), and their development into urban and state societies. A further aim is that of providing the students with methodological and theoretical instruments for the study and analysis of prehistoric contexts in the Near East.

The student must acquire 12 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1044215 | GREEK AND LATIN EPIGRAPHY2nd1st12L-ANT/03, L-ANT/02ITA

Educational objectives

We expect students obtain scientific, theoretical, methodological competences for graduate studies in the field of the Latin epigraphy

GREEK EPIGRAPHY2nd1st6L-ANT/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 LATIN EPIGRAPHY 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.

LATIN EPIGRAPHY2nd1st6L-ANT/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK EPIGRAPHY, 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 student will be able to read any inscriptions in Greek language.

1044291 | EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY2nd1st12L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Propose to students a critical framework of theories and methods of research on protohistoric societies, as well as some practical tools for research on pottery (recording, drawing, typology) inside settlements, resulting in a general awareness of the methods.

EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY I2nd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Propose to students a critical framework of theories and methods of research on protohistoric societies, as well as some practical tools for research on pottery (recording, drawing, typology) inside settlements, resulting in a general awareness of the methods.

EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY II2nd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Propose to students a critical framework of theories and methods of research on protohistoric societies, as well as some practical tools for research on pottery (recording, drawing, typology), resulting in a general awareness of the methods.

The student must acquire 12 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1044286 | PALETNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY2nd1st12L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 second partof the course is devoted to illustrate methods and practical applications of Experimental Archaeology, which is a powerful tool to solve specific interpretive problems.

PALETNOLOGY2nd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 second partof the course is devoted to illustrate methods and practical applications of Experimental Archaeology, which is a powerful tool to solve specific interpretive problems.

EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY2nd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 AND EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY 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 first part of the course deals with the theme of the historical interpretation of economic and social organization of specific prehistoric contexts starting from archaeological data.The second part is devoted to illustrate methods and practical applications of Experimental Archaeology, which is a powerful tool to solve specific interpretive problems.

10596642 | Etruscology and Italic Antiquities2nd1st12L-ANT/06ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of the Degree Course in which it is inserted, aim of the teaching
unit is to provide a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Etruscan and Italic
Archaeology, with the support of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the
acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, and thus developing
the skills required to undertake any subsequent studies.
The course aims to offer a picture of the history and civilization of the Etruscans from the Iron Age (9th-8th
century BC) until the time of Romanization (3rd-2nd century BC), with particular regard to aspects relating
to material culture, art and crafts.

Etruscology and Italic Antiquities2nd1st6L-ANT/06ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of the Degree Course in which it is inserted, aim of the teaching
unit is to provide a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Etruscan and Italic
Archaeology, with the support of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the
acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, and thus developing
the skills required to undertake any subsequent studies.
The course aims to offer a picture of the history and civilization of the Etruscans from the Iron Age (9th-8th
century BC) until the time of Romanization (3rd-2nd century BC), with particular regard to aspects relating
to material culture, art and crafts.

Etruscology and Italic Antiquities2nd1st6L-ANT/06ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of the Degree Course in which it is inserted, aim of the teaching
unit is to provide a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Etruscan and Italic
Archaeology, with the support of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the
acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, and thus developing
the skills required to undertake any subsequent studies.
The course aims to offer a picture of the history and civilization of the Etruscans from the Iron Age (9th-8th
century BC) until the time of Romanization (3rd-2nd century BC), with particular regard to aspects relating
to material culture, art and crafts.

1044285 | ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROMAN PROVINCES2nd1st12L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 ROMAN PROVINCIAL ARCAHEOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to provide students, through significant cases of Provincial Archaeology, wide knowledge of the Roman Provincial culture, of relationship between centre and periphery, as well as a framework of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics regarding the Western and Eastern Provinces. The course will focus on the administration of the Empire, on the urban and domestic Culture, as well as on the Sacred and Funerary space.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROMAN PROVINCES A2nd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 ROMAN PROVINCIAL ARCAHEOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to provide students, through significant cases of Provincial Archaeology, wide knowledge of the Roman Provincial culture, of relationship between centre and periphery, as well as a framework of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics regarding the Western and Eastern Provinces. The course will focus on the administration of the Empire, on the urban and domestic Culture, as well as on the Sacred and Funerary space.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROMAN PROVINCES B2nd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 ROMAN PROVINCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to provide students, through significant cases of Provincial Archaeology, wide knowledge of the Roman Provincial culture, of relationship between centre and periphery, as well as a framework of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics regarding the Western and Eastern Provinces. The course will focus on the administration of the Empire, on the urban and domestic Culture, as well as on the Sacred and Funerary space.

10600448 | Late Antique Archaeology and Medieval Topography2nd1st12L-ANT/08ITA

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide, within the framework of the general competences of the archaeological sciences, the basic orientation tools for the knowledge of the artisanal and industrial productions of the late antique world, with particular regard to historical dynamics, commercial exchanges and cultural intertwining. The course aims at the acquisition of theoretical and methodological foundations of the Landscape Topography between early and late Middle Ages, too.

Late Antique Archaeology 2nd1st6L-ANT/08ITA

Educational objectives

The course aims at the acquisition of theoretical and methodological foundations of the Landscape Topography between early and late Middle Ages. The course, also developped as a seminar with active taking part by the students, aims to use historical, documentary, archaeological, topographic, cartographic and iconographic sources. In addition, the latest landscape reconstruction techniques will be presented.

Medieval Topography2nd1st6L-ANT/08ITA

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide, within the framework of the general competences of the archaeological sciences, the basic orientation tools for the knowledge of the artisanal and industrial productions of the late antique world, with particular regard to historical dynamics, commercial exchanges and cultural intertwining. At the end of the course, the student has notion of the complexity of the problem of cultural and material expressions relating to the Mediterranean context between the Severan and the Heraclian age.

10616652 | SURVEY AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS2nd1st12L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

Principles of structural statics: wall frameworks and their variables in relation to pushing and non-
pushing systems. From design to execution: construction materials, from procurement to
construction; the construction techniques and constraints imposed by the geomorphological nature
of the sites. From building site to usage: infrastructural structures and evolution of the building
process, design constraints and technical measures. Graphic documentation for the study of
archaeological architecture.

SURVEY AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS I2nd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

Principles of structural statics: wall frameworks and their variables in relation to pushing and non-
pushing systems. From design to execution: construction materials, from procurement to
construction; the construction techniques and constraints imposed by the geomorphological nature
of the sites. From building site to usage: infrastructural structures and evolution of the building
process, design constraints and technical measures. Graphic documentation for the study of
archaeological architecture.

CRYTICAL ANALYSYS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS2nd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

Principles of structural statics: wall frameworks and their variables in relation to pushing and non-
pushing systems. From design to execution: construction materials, from procurement to
construction; the construction techniques and constraints imposed by the geomorphological nature
of the sites. From building site to usage: infrastructural structures and evolution of the building
process, design constraints and technical measures. Graphic documentation for the study of
archaeological architecture.

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1035573 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND PALEOLITHIC CULTURE2nd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PALEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURE, 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.

Students will acquire a basic knowledge of human evolution during the Pleistocene, from African origins to the peopling of most continents, taking into account archaeological evidence, environmental changes, human adaptation, technological developments, and the emergence of symbolic behaviour.

1035795 | HISTORY OF ARCHEOLOGY2nd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 purpose is to provide a basic information about the history of archaeology, especially about the different approaches to the antiquities in different historical and cultural contexts, as well as the emergence of the classical archaeology as autonomous scientific subject.

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1044287 | EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

The courseis devoted to illustrate methods and practical applications of Experimental Archaeology, which is a powerful tool to solve specific interpretive problems.

1044293 | ECOLOGY IN PREHISTORIC TIME3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORIC ECOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to develop a basic knowledge of key methods in data analysis for studying man-environment interactions in the past. This course will help students to have an overview of current environmental archaeology practices, to be aware of site formation processes and material preservation, to be familiar with issues in the application of different methods and techniques (e.g. geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, dating, anthropology).

1044295 | PALETNOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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.

10596610 | AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of “L-1 Archaeological Sciences”, aim of the course is to give to the students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, with the help of updated textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge competently and thoughtfully, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and thoughts in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
The course combines historical and anthropological perspectives. It aims to provide theoretical, methodological and cultural elements related to the main topics of African Archaeology, such as the origin of Homo sapiens, the transition from hunting-gathering societies to early forms of animal husbandry and agriculture, the origin of symbolism and the development of rock art, the formation of complex societies and states. The course examines different regions of the African continent, with a focus on North Africa and its relationship with the Mediterranean basin.

1035727 | PREHISTORY AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST, 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.

Specific aim of the course is the understanding of the dynamics that have brought to the development of agricultural and pastoral socities, the characters of egalitarian communities that live in the Near East (social, economic, symbolic and technological aspects), and their development into urban and state societies. A further aim is that of providing the students with methodological and theoretical instruments for the study and analysis of prehistoric contexts in the Near East.

1026090 | ANCIENT NUMISMATICS3rd1st6L-ANT/04ITA

Educational objectives

Aim of the course is providing students with basic knowledge and methodological tools needed for the study of the birth and developments of coinage in the ancient world.

1035740 | ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ANTIQUES A3rd1st6L-ANT/06ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of the Degree Course in which it is inserted, aim of the teaching
unit is to provide a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Etruscan and Italic
Archaeology, with the support of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the
acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, and thus developing
the skills required to undertake any subsequent studies.
The course aims to offer a picture of the history and civilization of the Etruscans from the Iron Age (9th-8th
century BC) until the time of Romanization (3rd-2nd century BC), with particular regard to aspects relating
to material culture, art and crafts.

1044317 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND POMPEIAN ANTIQUITIES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 POMPEIAN ARCHEOLOGY………….…, 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 will focus on the artistic and material culture of the city of Pompeii and the surrounding area.

1035795 | HISTORY OF ARCHEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 purpose is to provide a basic information about the history of archaeology, especially about the different approaches to the antiquities in different historical and cultural contexts, as well as the emergence of the classical archaeology as autonomous scientific subject.

1044289 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN GREECE3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Greek archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1044288 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN ROME3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Roman archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1025834 | ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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
ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES, 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 aim of this course is to provide students, through significant cases of Provincial Archaeology, wide knowledge of the Roman Provincial culture, of relationship between centre and periphery, as well as a framework of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics regarding the Western and Eastern Provinces. The course will focus on the administration of the Empire, on the urban and domestic Culture, as well as on the Sacred and Funerary space.

10593157 | ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIAEVAL PRODUCTIONS 3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA

Educational objectives

The aim of the class is to present the wide range of the productions cycles and products in use and in circulation in the medieval age.
In between late antiquity and the Middle Ages there is a profound change concerning the organization of work, the location of manufacturing, trade flows and the demand for artefacts.
The main production cycles and the most important productions in pottery, metal, glass, bone and small findings will be examined in order to restore the complexity of the labour market and to encompass useful elements to understand the use and the social context witnessed by these materials.

10616651 | SURVEY AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

Principles of structural statics: wall frameworks and their variables in relation to pushing and non-
pushing systems. From design to execution: construction materials, from procurement to
construction; the construction techniques and constraints imposed by the geomorphological nature
of the sites. From building site to usage: infrastructural structures and evolution of the building
process, design constraints and technical measures. Graphic documentation for the study of
archaeological architecture.

1035858 | METHODOLOGIES AND INSTRUMENTS IN TERRITORIAL RESEARCH I3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

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 METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS OF TERRITORIAL RESEARCH, 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 concerns the study of ancient architecture conducted through the direct analysis of the remains and their graphic documentation. The methods of graphic surveying: from traditional documentation to the total station and vector acquisition Topographic field research methodology, remote sensing in archaeology (basics),management and analysis of data using geographic information systems.

1035599 | ARCHEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST I3rd1st6L-OR/05ITA

Educational objectives

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 ANCIENT NEAR EAST ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART, 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 intends to introduce the students of Archaeological Sciences to the modern theories, methodologies and techniques of the archeological, artistic and literary analysis of the most important ancient eastern cultures of Mesopotamia.

1025974 | PHOENICIAN-PUNIC ARCHEOLOGY3rd1st6L-OR/06ITA

Educational objectives

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 ARCHEOLOGIA FENICIO-PUNICA, 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 student will be introduced in recent archaeological discoveries in Phoenicia (Sidon, Beirut, Byblos, Tell ‘Arqa, Tell Fadous, Tyre): cultural roots of Phoenician civilization.

10616507 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY OF PRE-ISLAMIC IRAN3rd1st6L-OR/16ITA

Educational objectives

The aim of this teaching course is to provide the student with basic knowledge of both the methods of research in these disciplines and the most important results that these disciplines achieved from an archaeological and artistic historical point of view.

The student must acquire 12 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
10612314 | ANTHROPOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY3rd1st6BIO/08ITA

Educational objectives

With reference to the human species and its natural history, i.e. in a framework of "physical anthropology", the training proposal of the course is oriented towards providing the bio-naturalistic bases indispensable for the study of human evolution and biodiversity, not lacking hints to the bioarchaeology of human remains.

10589898 | PHYSICS APPLIED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE AND GOODS3rd1st6FIS/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 PHYSICS APPLIED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE, 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.

97756 | INFORMATICS3rd1st6INF/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 INFORMATATION TECHNOLOGY, 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.

Demonstrated Knowledge: fundamental of designing and querying relational databases. Fundamental of HTML and organizing information into hypertext.

1044287 | EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

The courseis devoted to illustrate methods and practical applications of Experimental Archaeology, which is a powerful tool to solve specific interpretive problems.

1044293 | ECOLOGY IN PREHISTORIC TIME3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORIC ECOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to develop a basic knowledge of key methods in data analysis for studying man-environment interactions in the past. This course will help students to have an overview of current environmental archaeology practices, to be aware of site formation processes and material preservation, to be familiar with issues in the application of different methods and techniques (e.g. geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, dating, anthropology).

10596610 | AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of “L-1 Archaeological Sciences”, aim of the course is to give to the students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, with the help of updated textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge competently and thoughtfully, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and thoughts in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
The course combines historical and anthropological perspectives. It aims to provide theoretical, methodological and cultural elements related to the main topics of African Archaeology, such as the origin of Homo sapiens, the transition from hunting-gathering societies to early forms of animal husbandry and agriculture, the origin of symbolism and the development of rock art, the formation of complex societies and states. The course examines different regions of the African continent, with a focus on North Africa and its relationship with the Mediterranean basin.

1044295 | PALETNOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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.

1035727 | PREHISTORY AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST, 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.

Specific aim of the course is the understanding of the dynamics that have brought to the development of agricultural and pastoral socities, the characters of egalitarian communities that live in the Near East (social, economic, symbolic and technological aspects), and their development into urban and state societies. A further aim is that of providing the students with methodological and theoretical instruments for the study and analysis of prehistoric contexts in the Near East.

1035876 | EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY I3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY, 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 propose to the students a critical framework of theories and methods of research on protohistoric societies, as well as some practical tools for research on pottery (recording, drawing, typology) inside settlements, resulting in a general awareness of the methods.

10607095 | Prehistory of art - basic course3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORY OF ART, 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 specific objective of the course is the introduction to the theory, methods, and interpretative models for the study of prehistoric art, from the first symbolic forms to the various artistic manifestations that have characterized the deep history of the cultures of the past. A particular
emphasis is dedicated to rock art from different continents.

1031456 | GREEK HISTORY II3rd1st6L-ANT/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK HISTORY II, 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.

Advanced learning of Greek history.

1031457 | ROMAN HISTORY II3rd1st6L-ANT/03ITA

Educational objectives

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
ROMAN HISTORY II, 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.

1031470 | LATIN EPIGRAPHY3rd1st6L-ANT/03ITA

Educational objectives

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
LATIN EPIGRAPHY, 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.

Study and reading of Latin epigraphs.

1044234 | ROMAN INSTITUTIONS3rd1st6L-ANT/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 ANCIENT ROMAN INSTITUTIONS, 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.

Knowledge of some essential aspects of private life and public institutions in Roman times.

1026090 | ANCIENT NUMISMATICS3rd1st6L-ANT/04ITA

Educational objectives

Aim of the course is providing students with basic knowledge and methodological tools needed for the study of the birth and developments of coinage in the ancient world.

1035740 | ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ANTIQUES A3rd1st6L-ANT/06ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of the Degree Course in which it is inserted, aim of the teaching
unit is to provide a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Etruscan and Italic
Archaeology, with the support of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the
acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, and thus developing
the skills required to undertake any subsequent studies.
The course aims to offer a picture of the history and civilization of the Etruscans from the Iron Age (9th-8th
century BC) until the time of Romanization (3rd-2nd century BC), with particular regard to aspects relating
to material culture, art and crafts.

1044317 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND POMPEIAN ANTIQUITIES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 POMPEIAN ARCHEOLOGY………….…, 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 will focus on the artistic and material culture of the city of Pompeii and the surrounding area.

1035795 | HISTORY OF ARCHEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 purpose is to provide a basic information about the history of archaeology, especially about the different approaches to the antiquities in different historical and cultural contexts, as well as the emergence of the classical archaeology as autonomous scientific subject.

1044289 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN GREECE3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Greek archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1044288 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN ROME3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Roman archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1025834 | ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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
ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES, 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 aim of this course is to provide students, through significant cases of Provincial Archaeology, wide knowledge of the Roman Provincial culture, of relationship between centre and periphery, as well as a framework of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics regarding the Western and Eastern Provinces. The course will focus on the administration of the Empire, on the urban and domestic Culture, as well as on the Sacred and Funerary space.

10593157 | ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIAEVAL PRODUCTIONS 3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA

Educational objectives

The aim of the class is to present the wide range of the productions cycles and products in use and in circulation in the medieval age.
In between late antiquity and the Middle Ages there is a profound change concerning the organization of work, the location of manufacturing, trade flows and the demand for artefacts.
The main production cycles and the most important productions in pottery, metal, glass, bone and small findings will be examined in order to restore the complexity of the labour market and to encompass useful elements to understand the use and the social context witnessed by these materials.

10607103 | Late Antique Archaeology3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA
1044298 | CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA
10607102 | Late Antique Archaeology3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA
10616651 | SURVEY AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

Principles of structural statics: wall frameworks and their variables in relation to pushing and non-
pushing systems. From design to execution: construction materials, from procurement to
construction; the construction techniques and constraints imposed by the geomorphological nature
of the sites. From building site to usage: infrastructural structures and evolution of the building
process, design constraints and technical measures. Graphic documentation for the study of
archaeological architecture.

1035858 | METHODOLOGIES AND INSTRUMENTS IN TERRITORIAL RESEARCH I3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

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 METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS OF TERRITORIAL RESEARCH, 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 concerns the study of ancient architecture conducted through the direct analysis of the remains and their graphic documentation. The methods of graphic surveying: from traditional documentation to the total station and vector acquisition Topographic field research methodology, remote sensing in archaeology (basics),management and analysis of data using geographic information systems.

1047939 | METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO THE EXCAVATIONS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH3rd1st6L-ANT/10ITA

Educational objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of METHODOLOGY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
Basic knowledge of methods and documentation, objectives and contents of Roman archaeology. Basic knowledge of finds, works of art, architectures and urban landscapes in Rome ritual habits, development of the building technique and the urban planning; artistic and material production; economic and commercial aspects.

10616506 | ZOOARCHAEOLOGY: THEORY3rd1st6L-ANT/10ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational objectives of the Study Program in which it is inserted, the course aims to provide basic knowledge and understanding in the field of ARCHAEOZOOLOGY thanks to the support of manuals, atlases
of comparison, didactic cards and comparison collection.
The aim of the theoretical-practical course is to provide basic skills for the treatment in the field and in the laboratory and for the study of archaeological faunal finds from different archaeological sites regardless of the chronological and geographical context. At the end of the course the student will acquire a basic general knowledge of comparative anatomy and of the most used investigation methodology for the study of animal bones in order to understand the meaning of their presence within archaeological deposits. Finally, case studies useful for understanding the processes that lead to the interpretation of faunal data will be presented.

1026961 | HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART3rd1st6L-ART/01ITA

Educational objectives

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
HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART, 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 aims to enable students to acquire a thorough knowledge of the history of Italian medieval art.

1035705 | AEGEAN CIVILISATIONS I3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS, 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 concerns archaeological and philological studies on Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The deciphering of Linear B (1952), the sillabographic system created during the II millennium by the Mycenaean palaces to write Greek language, opened a new line of research on Aegean topics to be added to archeology: the Mycenaean philology. Archeology and philology differ because of their methodologies and analytic strategies, but together they represent an essential and fundamental instrument of the study of the phenomenon of Minoan and Mycenaean civilization.

1035794 | GREEK LITERATURE3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK LITERATURE, 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.

Study of the different literary genres of ancient Greek literature with their main representatives from Homer at the age of Justinian.

1035941 | LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/04ITA

Educational objectives

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 LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, 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.

Students are required to acquire: a basicknowledge of Latin language (morphology and syntax); a good notion of the rules of Latin versification of the classical period; some skills in exegesis of Latin texts; knowledge of the main authors and works of Latin literature (from the beginning up to the second century AD).

1031972 | CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/05ITA

Educational objectives

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 CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY, 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 aims at providing the students with a basic knowledge of Classical Philology.

1035798 | Ancient Christian Literature3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/06ITA

Educational objectives

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 EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, 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 aims at
providing the students with a basic knowledge of the early Christian Literature.

1025143 | BYZANTINE CIVILISATION3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/07ITA

Educational objectives

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
BIZANTINE CIVILIZATION, 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

Acquiring a basic knowledge of the main aspects of Byzantine civilization and the phases of the history and literature of Byzantium. Basic information on modern methods of historical, philological and literary-critical research, through direct reading and commenting on the works of Byzantine authors, on the main phenomena relevant to phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexical peculiarities of medieval Greek.

1055600 | Italian Literature II3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/10ITA

Educational objectives

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 ITALIAN LITERATURE, 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.

1035927 | ITALIAN LINGUISTICS3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/12ITA

Educational objectives

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 ITALIAN LINGUISTIC, 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.

1023222 | PROBLEMS OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS3rd1st6L-LIN/01ITA

Educational objectives

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
GENERAL LINGUISTIC PROBLEMS, 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.

1035804 | HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST I3rd1st6L-OR/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, 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 aims at providing the methodological and conceptual bases of the History of the Ancient Near East and dealing with its general development, from the formative periods to the Achaemenid Persian conquest, in order to offer a clear chronological and geographical frame related to the main documentary sources.

1044299 | EGYPTOLOGY3rd1st6L-OR/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 EGITTOLOGY, 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.

Introduction to the language and culture of ancient Egypt.

1044229 | INTRODUCTION TO SUMERIC LANGUAGE3rd1st6L-OR/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 SUMERIAN LANGUAGE, 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 aims to introduce students to the basic grammar of the Sumerian language, with notes on phonology and syntax.

1023406 | INTRODUCTION TO ACCADIC LANGUAGE3rd1st6L-OR/03ITA

Educational objectives

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
INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE ACCADICA, 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 aims to provide the rudiments of the grammar and the syntax of Akkadian language sufficient for reading and interpreting a transcript text.

1035930 | ITTITOLOGY3rd1st6L-OR/04ITA

Educational objectives

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 HITTITOLOGY, 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 will provide a presentation of the Anatolian culture of the second millennium BC, exemplifying in particular aspects of ritual and magic experience of an ancient culture. Through the presentation of the Hittite language, the student will receive the experience of an archaic language of the IE group.

1035599 | ARCHEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST I3rd1st6L-OR/05ITA

Educational objectives

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 ANCIENT NEAR EAST ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART, 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 intends to introduce the students of Archaeological Sciences to the modern theories, methodologies and techniques of the archeological, artistic and literary analysis of the most important ancient eastern cultures of Mesopotamia.

1025974 | PHOENICIAN-PUNIC ARCHEOLOGY3rd1st6L-OR/06ITA

Educational objectives

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 ARCHEOLOGIA FENICIO-PUNICA, 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 student will be introduced in recent archaeological discoveries in Phoenicia (Sidon, Beirut, Byblos, Tell ‘Arqa, Tell Fadous, Tyre): cultural roots of Phoenician civilization.

1035782 | SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY3rd1st6L-OR/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY, 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 aims at providing the students with a basic knowledge of the Semitic Epigraphy

1027584 | HISTORY OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES3rd1st6L-OR/10ITA

Educational objectives

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
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES, 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 topics of the course will provide students with an outline of history of Islamicworld and its interrelations with western history conceived in an innovative,providing students with critical and analytical tools. The course aims to provides critical tools towards the understanding of the historical development of Muslim Spain.

1044227 | HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT IRANIAN CIVILIZATION3rd1st6L-OR/14ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRAN CIVILIZATIONS, 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 purpose of this course is a general reconstruction of the history of Iran from the Achaemenid to the Sasanid period, using the aid of primary sources.

10616507 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY OF PRE-ISLAMIC IRAN3rd1st6L-OR/16ITA

Educational objectives

The aim of this teaching course is to provide the student with basic knowledge of both the methods of research in these disciplines and the most important results that these disciplines achieved from an archaeological and artistic historical point of view.

1026713 | SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY3rd1st6M-DEA/01ITA

Educational objectives

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
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 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.

In this course, students will receive an essential outline of the principal research methods and analytical perspectives in social anthropology, in order to applying them to the analysis of data in the pre-historic and archaeological domains.

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1044299 | EGYPTOLOGY1st1st6L-OR/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 EGITTOLOGY, 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.

Introduction to the language and culture of ancient Egypt.

1044229 | INTRODUCTION TO SUMERIC LANGUAGE1st1st6L-OR/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 SUMERIAN LANGUAGE, 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 aims to introduce students to the basic grammar of the Sumerian language, with notes on phonology and syntax.

1023406 | INTRODUCTION TO ACCADIC LANGUAGE1st1st6L-OR/03ITA

Educational objectives

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
INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE ACCADICA, 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 aims to provide the rudiments of the grammar and the syntax of Akkadian language sufficient for reading and interpreting a transcript text.

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1035765 | HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST II2nd1st6L-OR/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF EARLY NEAR EAST, 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 aim of the course is to offer an overview of the main topics related to the Religions of the ancient Near East, with inquiries on specific subjects, analysed with the help of the availabledocumentary sources.

1035930 | ITTITOLOGY2nd1st6L-OR/04ITA

Educational objectives

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 HITTITOLOGY, 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 will provide a presentation of the Anatolian culture of the second millennium BC, exemplifying in particular aspects of ritual and magic experience of an ancient culture. Through the presentation of the Hittite language, the student will receive the experience of an archaic language of the IE group.

1035782 | SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY2nd1st6L-OR/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY, 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 aims at providing the students with a basic knowledge of the Semitic Epigraphy

10592736 | HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT IRANIAN CIVILIZATION II2nd1st6L-OR/14ITA

Educational objectives

The main scope of the course aims to provide the students with a more in-depth picture of the diachronic and cultural development of the Iranian history, identifying specific themes, events or periods that had a remarkable impact on the Iranian civilization. Following the methodology of the historical studies, the student will achieve specialized competences refining his skills in the analysis of historical dynamics and gaining a thorough knowledge of the issues related to the historiographical tradition of ancient Iran.

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
1044287 | EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

The courseis devoted to illustrate methods and practical applications of Experimental Archaeology, which is a powerful tool to solve specific interpretive problems.

1044293 | ECOLOGY IN PREHISTORIC TIME3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORIC ECOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to develop a basic knowledge of key methods in data analysis for studying man-environment interactions in the past. This course will help students to have an overview of current environmental archaeology practices, to be aware of site formation processes and material preservation, to be familiar with issues in the application of different methods and techniques (e.g. geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, dating, anthropology).

1044295 | PALETNOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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.

10596610 | AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of “L-1 Archaeological Sciences”, aim of the course is to give to the students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, with the help of updated textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge competently and thoughtfully, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and thoughts in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
The course combines historical and anthropological perspectives. It aims to provide theoretical, methodological and cultural elements related to the main topics of African Archaeology, such as the origin of Homo sapiens, the transition from hunting-gathering societies to early forms of animal husbandry and agriculture, the origin of symbolism and the development of rock art, the formation of complex societies and states. The course examines different regions of the African continent, with a focus on North Africa and its relationship with the Mediterranean basin.

1035727 | PREHISTORY AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST, 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.

Specific aim of the course is the understanding of the dynamics that have brought to the development of agricultural and pastoral socities, the characters of egalitarian communities that live in the Near East (social, economic, symbolic and technological aspects), and their development into urban and state societies. A further aim is that of providing the students with methodological and theoretical instruments for the study and analysis of prehistoric contexts in the Near East.

1035876 | EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY I3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY, 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 propose to the students a critical framework of theories and methods of research on protohistoric societies, as well as some practical tools for research on pottery (recording, drawing, typology) inside settlements, resulting in a general awareness of the methods.

1026090 | ANCIENT NUMISMATICS3rd1st6L-ANT/04ITA

Educational objectives

Aim of the course is providing students with basic knowledge and methodological tools needed for the study of the birth and developments of coinage in the ancient world.

1035740 | ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ANTIQUES A3rd1st6L-ANT/06ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of the Degree Course in which it is inserted, aim of the teaching
unit is to provide a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Etruscan and Italic
Archaeology, with the support of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the
acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, and thus developing
the skills required to undertake any subsequent studies.
The course aims to offer a picture of the history and civilization of the Etruscans from the Iron Age (9th-8th
century BC) until the time of Romanization (3rd-2nd century BC), with particular regard to aspects relating
to material culture, art and crafts.

1044317 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND POMPEIAN ANTIQUITIES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 POMPEIAN ARCHEOLOGY………….…, 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 will focus on the artistic and material culture of the city of Pompeii and the surrounding area.

1035795 | HISTORY OF ARCHEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 purpose is to provide a basic information about the history of archaeology, especially about the different approaches to the antiquities in different historical and cultural contexts, as well as the emergence of the classical archaeology as autonomous scientific subject.

1044289 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN GREECE3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Greek archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1044288 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN ROME3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Roman archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1025834 | ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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
ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES, 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 aim of this course is to provide students, through significant cases of Provincial Archaeology, wide knowledge of the Roman Provincial culture, of relationship between centre and periphery, as well as a framework of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics regarding the Western and Eastern Provinces. The course will focus on the administration of the Empire, on the urban and domestic Culture, as well as on the Sacred and Funerary space.

1031726 | MEDIEVAL ARCHEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA

Educational objectives

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
MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 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.

Through the analysis of archaeological objects, the course drives to understand models of cultural interaction in the Middle Ages and to arouse autonomy in the research.

10616651 | SURVEY AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

Principles of structural statics: wall frameworks and their variables in relation to pushing and non-
pushing systems. From design to execution: construction materials, from procurement to
construction; the construction techniques and constraints imposed by the geomorphological nature
of the sites. From building site to usage: infrastructural structures and evolution of the building
process, design constraints and technical measures. Graphic documentation for the study of
archaeological architecture.

1035858 | METHODOLOGIES AND INSTRUMENTS IN TERRITORIAL RESEARCH I3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

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 METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS OF TERRITORIAL RESEARCH, 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 concerns the study of ancient architecture conducted through the direct analysis of the remains and their graphic documentation. The methods of graphic surveying: from traditional documentation to the total station and vector acquisition Topographic field research methodology, remote sensing in archaeology (basics),management and analysis of data using geographic information systems.

1047939 | METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO THE EXCAVATIONS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH3rd1st6L-ANT/10ITA

Educational objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of METHODOLOGY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
Basic knowledge of methods and documentation, objectives and contents of Roman archaeology. Basic knowledge of finds, works of art, architectures and urban landscapes in Rome ritual habits, development of the building technique and the urban planning; artistic and material production; economic and commercial aspects.

The student must acquire 6 CFU from the following exams
LessonYearSemesterCFUSSDLanguage
10612314 | ANTHROPOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY3rd1st6BIO/08ITA

Educational objectives

With reference to the human species and its natural history, i.e. in a framework of "physical anthropology", the training proposal of the course is oriented towards providing the bio-naturalistic bases indispensable for the study of human evolution and biodiversity, not lacking hints to the bioarchaeology of human remains.

10589898 | PHYSICS APPLIED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE AND GOODS3rd1st6FIS/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 PHYSICS APPLIED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE, 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.

97756 | INFORMATICS3rd1st6INF/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 INFORMATATION TECHNOLOGY, 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.

Demonstrated Knowledge: fundamental of designing and querying relational databases. Fundamental of HTML and organizing information into hypertext.

1044287 | EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

The courseis devoted to illustrate methods and practical applications of Experimental Archaeology, which is a powerful tool to solve specific interpretive problems.

1044293 | ECOLOGY IN PREHISTORIC TIME3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORIC ECOLOGY, 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 aim of this course is to develop a basic knowledge of key methods in data analysis for studying man-environment interactions in the past. This course will help students to have an overview of current environmental archaeology practices, to be aware of site formation processes and material preservation, to be familiar with issues in the application of different methods and techniques (e.g. geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, dating, anthropology).

10596610 | African Archaeology3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of “L-1 Archaeological Sciences”, aim of the course is to give to the students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, with the help of updated textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge competently and thoughtfully, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and thoughts in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
The course combines historical and anthropological perspectives. It aims to provide theoretical, methodological and cultural elements related to the main topics of African Archaeology, such as the origin of Homo sapiens, the transition from hunting-gathering societies to early forms of animal husbandry and agriculture, the origin of symbolism and the development of rock art, the formation of complex societies and states. The course examines different regions of the African continent, with a focus on North Africa and its relationship with the Mediterranean basin.

1044295 | PALETNOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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.

1035727 | PREHISTORY AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST, 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.

Specific aim of the course is the understanding of the dynamics that have brought to the development of agricultural and pastoral socities, the characters of egalitarian communities that live in the Near East (social, economic, symbolic and technological aspects), and their development into urban and state societies. A further aim is that of providing the students with methodological and theoretical instruments for the study and analysis of prehistoric contexts in the Near East.

1035876 | EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY I3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 EUROPEAN PROTOHISTORY, 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 propose to the students a critical framework of theories and methods of research on protohistoric societies, as well as some practical tools for research on pottery (recording, drawing, typology) inside settlements, resulting in a general awareness of the methods.

10607095 | Prehistory of art - basic course3rd1st6L-ANT/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 PREHISTORY OF ART, 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 specific objective of the course is the introduction to the theory, methods, and interpretative models for the study of prehistoric art, from the first symbolic forms to the various artistic manifestations that have characterized the deep history of the cultures of the past. A particular
emphasis is dedicated to rock art from different continents.

1031456 | GREEK HISTORY II3rd1st6L-ANT/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK HISTORY II, 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.

Advanced learning of Greek history.

1031457 | ROMAN HISTORY II3rd1st6L-ANT/03ITA

Educational objectives

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
ROMAN HISTORY II, 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.

1031470 | LATIN EPIGRAPHY3rd1st6L-ANT/03ITA

Educational objectives

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
LATIN EPIGRAPHY, 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.

Study and reading of Latin epigraphs.

1044234 | ROMAN INSTITUTIONS3rd1st6L-ANT/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 ANCIENT ROMAN INSTITUTIONS, 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.

Knowledge of some essential aspects of private life and public institutions in Roman times.

1026090 | ANCIENT NUMISMATICS3rd1st6L-ANT/04ITA

Educational objectives

Aim of the course is providing students with basic knowledge and methodological tools needed for the study of the birth and developments of coinage in the ancient world.

1035740 | ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ANTIQUES A3rd1st6L-ANT/06ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational purposes of the Degree Course in which it is inserted, aim of the teaching
unit is to provide a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Etruscan and Italic
Archaeology, with the support of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the
acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, and thus developing
the skills required to undertake any subsequent studies.
The course aims to offer a picture of the history and civilization of the Etruscans from the Iron Age (9th-8th
century BC) until the time of Romanization (3rd-2nd century BC), with particular regard to aspects relating
to material culture, art and crafts.

1044317 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND POMPEIAN ANTIQUITIES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 POMPEIAN ARCHEOLOGY………….…, 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 will focus on the artistic and material culture of the city of Pompeii and the surrounding area.

1035795 | HISTORY OF ARCHEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 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 purpose is to provide a basic information about the history of archaeology, especially about the different approaches to the antiquities in different historical and cultural contexts, as well as the emergence of the classical archaeology as autonomous scientific subject.

1044289 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN GREECE3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Greek archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1044288 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF URBAN PLANNING IN ROME3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND URBAN CULTURE, 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 will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of the Roman archaeology and urban culture (monuments and works of art in context, with attention also to the ancient literary and epigraphic sources) and to master the extensive literature on the treated subjects.

1025834 | ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES3rd1st6L-ANT/07ITA

Educational objectives

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
ARCHEOLOGY OF ROMAN PROVINCES, 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 aim of this course is to provide students, through significant cases of Provincial Archaeology, wide knowledge of the Roman Provincial culture, of relationship between centre and periphery, as well as a framework of the main historical, cultural and religious dynamics regarding the Western and Eastern Provinces. The course will focus on the administration of the Empire, on the urban and domestic Culture, as well as on the Sacred and Funerary space.

1044298 | CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA
10607103 | Late Antique Archaeology3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA
10607102 | Late Antique Archaeology3rd1st6L-ANT/08ITA
10616651 | SURVEY AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

Principles of structural statics: wall frameworks and their variables in relation to pushing and non-
pushing systems. From design to execution: construction materials, from procurement to
construction; the construction techniques and constraints imposed by the geomorphological nature
of the sites. From building site to usage: infrastructural structures and evolution of the building
process, design constraints and technical measures. Graphic documentation for the study of
archaeological architecture.

1035858 | METHODOLOGIES AND INSTRUMENTS IN TERRITORIAL RESEARCH I3rd1st6L-ANT/09ITA

Educational objectives

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 METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS OF TERRITORIAL RESEARCH, 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 concerns the study of ancient architecture conducted through the direct analysis of the remains and their graphic documentation. The methods of graphic surveying: from traditional documentation to the total station and vector acquisition Topographic field research methodology, remote sensing in archaeology (basics),management and analysis of data using geographic information systems.

1047939 | METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO THE EXCAVATIONS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH3rd1st6L-ANT/10ITA

Educational objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of METHODOLOGY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
Basic knowledge of methods and documentation, objectives and contents of Roman archaeology. Basic knowledge of finds, works of art, architectures and urban landscapes in Rome ritual habits, development of the building technique and the urban planning; artistic and material production; economic and commercial aspects.

10616506 | ZOOARCHAEOLOGY: THEORY3rd1st6L-ANT/10ITA

Educational objectives

Consistent with the educational objectives of the Study Program in which it is inserted, the course aims to provide basic knowledge and understanding in the field of ARCHAEOZOOLOGY thanks to the support of manuals, atlases
of comparison, didactic cards and comparison collection.
The aim of the theoretical-practical course is to provide basic skills for the treatment in the field and in the laboratory and for the study of archaeological faunal finds from different archaeological sites regardless of the chronological and geographical context. At the end of the course the student will acquire a basic general knowledge of comparative anatomy and of the most used investigation methodology for the study of animal bones in order to understand the meaning of their presence within archaeological deposits. Finally, case studies useful for understanding the processes that lead to the interpretation of faunal data will be presented.

1026961 | HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART3rd1st6L-ART/01ITA

Educational objectives

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
HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART, 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 aims to enable students to acquire a thorough knowledge of the history of Italian medieval art.

1035705 | AEGEAN CIVILISATIONS I3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS, 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 concerns archaeological and philological studies on Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The deciphering of Linear B (1952), the sillabographic system created during the II millennium by the Mycenaean palaces to write Greek language, opened a new line of research on Aegean topics to be added to archeology: the Mycenaean philology. Archeology and philology differ because of their methodologies and analytic strategies, but together they represent an essential and fundamental instrument of the study of the phenomenon of Minoan and Mycenaean civilization.

1035794 | GREEK LITERATURE3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 GREEK LITERATURE, 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.

Study of the different literary genres of ancient Greek literature with their main representatives from Homer at the age of Justinian.

1035941 | LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/04ITA

Educational objectives

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 LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, 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.

Students are required to acquire: a basicknowledge of Latin language (morphology and syntax); a good notion of the rules of Latin versification of the classical period; some skills in exegesis of Latin texts; knowledge of the main authors and works of Latin literature (from the beginning up to the second century AD).

1025143 | BYZANTINE CIVILISATION3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/07ITA

Educational objectives

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
BIZANTINE CIVILIZATION, 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

Acquiring a basic knowledge of the main aspects of Byzantine civilization and the phases of the history and literature of Byzantium. Basic information on modern methods of historical, philological and literary-critical research, through direct reading and commenting on the works of Byzantine authors, on the main phenomena relevant to phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexical peculiarities of medieval Greek.

1055600 | Italian Literature II3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/10ITA

Educational objectives

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 ITALIAN LITERATURE, 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.

1035927 | ITALIAN LINGUISTICS3rd1st6L-FIL-LET/12ITA

Educational objectives

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 ITALIAN LINGUISTIC, 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.

1023222 | PROBLEMS OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS3rd1st6L-LIN/01ITA

Educational objectives

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
GENERAL LINGUISTIC PROBLEMS, 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.

1035765 | HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST II3rd1st6L-OR/01ITA

Educational objectives

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 HISTORY OF EARLY NEAR EAST, 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 aim of the course is to offer an overview of the main topics related to the Religions of the ancient Near East, with inquiries on specific subjects, analysed with the help of the availabledocumentary sources.

1044299 | EGYPTOLOGY3rd1st6L-OR/02ITA

Educational objectives

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 EGITTOLOGY, 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.

Introduction to the language and culture of ancient Egypt.

1044229 | INTRODUCTION TO SUMERIC LANGUAGE3rd1st6L-OR/03ITA

Educational objectives

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 SUMERIAN LANGUAGE, 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 aims to introduce students to the basic grammar of the Sumerian language, with notes on phonology and syntax.

1023406 | INTRODUCTION TO ACCADIC LANGUAGE3rd1st6L-OR/03ITA

Educational objectives

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
INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE ACCADICA, 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 aims to provide the rudiments of the grammar and the syntax of Akkadian language sufficient for reading and interpreting a transcript text.

1035930 | ITTITOLOGY3rd1st6L-OR/04ITA

Educational objectives

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 HITTITOLOGY, 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 will provide a presentation of the Anatolian culture of the second millennium BC, exemplifying in particular aspects of ritual and magic experience of an ancient culture. Through the presentation of the Hittite language, the student will receive the experience of an archaic language of the IE group.

1035599 | ARCHEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST I3rd1st6L-OR/05ITA

Educational objectives

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 ANCIENT NEAR EAST ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART, 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 intends to introduce the students of Archaeological Sciences to the modern theories, methodologies and techniques of the archeological, artistic and literary analysis of the most important ancient eastern cultures of Mesopotamia.

1035780 | PHOENICIAN-PUNIC ARCHEOLOGY II3rd1st6L-OR/06ITA

Educational objectives

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 ARCHEOLOGIA FENICIO-PUNICA, 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 student will be introduced in recent archaeological discoveries in Phoenicia (Sidon, Beirut, Byblos, Tell ‘Arqa, Tell Fadous, Tyre): cultural roots of Phoenician civilization.

1035782 | SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY3rd1st6L-OR/07ITA

Educational objectives

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 SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY, 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 aims at providing the students with a basic knowledge of the Semitic Epigraphy

1025274 | HEBRAIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE3rd1st6L-OR/08ITA

Educational objectives

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 LANGUAGE AND JEWISH LITERATURE, 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.

Regarding the language: grammar and syntax of Hebrew. Regarding the literature, is devoted to questions of literature and history.

10616508 | ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF IRAN3rd1st6L-OR/16ITA

Educational objectives

The course in Archeology and History of Iran aims to provide the student with the tools needed for a diachronic understanding of the development of the Iranian expanse from the arrival of the Indo-European people on the plateau until the fall of the Sassanian Empire. From a methodological point of view, we shall start from material culture, crossing the information, when possible, with the data transmitted in primary and secondary sources. By the end of the course, students should gain an independent understanding of the development lines of the material culture in the Iranian area as well as a preliminary knowledge of the major settlements and monuments.

1044221 | INDIAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART3rd1st6L-OR/16ITA

Educational objectives

The aim of this teaching course is to provide the student with basic knowledge of both the methods of research in these disciplines and the most important results that these disciplines achieved from an archaeological and artistic historical point of view.

10600427 | SOURCES AND TERRITORY BETWEEN IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA3rd1st6L-OR/14ITA

Educational objectives

The course aims to offer an in-depth and accurate picture of the historical, linguistic, and cultural developments of Iran and Central Asia between ancient times and the Middle Ages. By adopting historical and philological methodologies and introducing interpretative issues related to the sources, the students will achieve the critical skills necessary for understanding complex dynamics related to the interaction between culture and territory. For this purpose, the investigation of specific case studies will be accompanied by the analysis of literary, documentary, or epigraphic evidence, and other forms of expression of the Iranian civilization.

10592736 | HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT IRANIAN CIVILIZATION II3rd1st6L-OR/14ITA

Educational objectives

The main scope of the course aims to provide the students with a more in-depth picture of the diachronic and cultural development of the Iranian history, identifying specific themes, events or periods that had a remarkable impact on the Iranian civilization. Following the methodology of the historical studies, the student will achieve specialized competences refining his skills in the analysis of historical dynamics and gaining a thorough knowledge of the issues related to the historiographical tradition of ancient Iran.

1026713 | SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY3rd1st6M-DEA/01ITA

Educational objectives

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
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 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.

In this course, students will receive an essential outline of the principal research methods and analytical perspectives in social anthropology, in order to applying them to the analysis of data in the pre-historic and archaeological domains.