METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO THE EXCAVATIONS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Course objectives

Basic knowledge of methods and procedures to be applied in documenting, analyzing and interpreting monuments, materials and pluristratified contexts in the Classical World starting from case studies in the wider framework of: social and cultural habits, architecture and urbanism, artistic and material culture. 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. Basic learning of the systems of classification and philological analysis including evaluation of methodological problems such as quantitative and qualitative analyses. Basic knowledge of procedures to be applied in the reconstruction of the cultural phenomenon on the basis of the relation between archaeological evidence and other kinds of historical sources.

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MARIA TERESA D'ALESSIO Lecturers' profile
MARIA TERESA D'ALESSIO Lecturers' profile
  • Lesson code1047939
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseGeographical Sciences and technologies for environment and health
  • CurriculumCurriculum unico
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDL-ANT/10
  • CFU6