Archaeology

DOMENICO PALOMBI
DOMENICO PALOMBI

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 GREEK AND ROMAN ARCHEOLOGY I A, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way.

Widening of monuments, materials and contest of the Roman world starting from concrete cases of study in the context of the ritual habits, of the architecture and the urbanism, of the artistic and material culture. Learning of the systems of classification and philological analysis; methodological problems: quantitative and qualitative analyses. Reconstruction of the cultural phenomenon on the basis of the specific archaeological indicators; comparison with the other knowledge systems. Practical laboratories.

In line with the educational objectives of the Study Program in which it is inserted, the course aims to provide, in the context of ARCHEOLOGIA GRECA E ROMANA I A, knowledge and understanding skills, that complete and/or strengthen the knowledge acquired in the first cycle of studies , and to enable the student to deal with original topics even in a research context, formulating critical observations in a more complex and articulated way, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics autonomously.

In summary: in-depth study of monuments, materials and contexts of the Roman world starting from concrete case studies, in the context of ritual events, architecture and urban planning, artistic and material culture. Learning of classification systems and philological analysis. The problems of the method: quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis. Reconstruction of the cultural phenomenon on the basis of specific archaeological indicators; comparison with other forms of knowledge. Practical training.

it's necessary to have followed at least one course of basic Roman archaeology and sustained the relative examination.

The Imperial Forums.
The course explores the largest and most significant monuments of ancient Rome. The realization of the Imperial Forums has deleted large pieces of the historical City; the new squares have been made ​​between Caesar and Trajan in different political contexts and with different ideological motivations; they have represented the scenario for many expressions - material and symbolic - of imperial power since the late antiquity.
The study of literary, epigraphic, iconographic and archaeological sources and the critical assessment of the latest results of archaeological research (part I) will introduce us to the analysis of urban transformations that have been imposed by the new squares on the historical center of Rome (part II); afterward we will face the study of individual monuments in the various functional, architectural and decorative components (part III).

Texts of examination:
R. Meneghini, I Fori Imperiali e i Mercati di Traiano. Storia e descrizione dei monumenti alla luce degli studi e degli scavi, Roma 2010.
D. Palombi, I Fori prima dei Fori. Storia urbana dei quartieri di Roma antica cancellati per la realizzazione dei Fori Imperiali, Roma 2016.

Further bibliography specifies for the single faced themes will be pointed out during the lessons.

The not frequenting must contact the teacher to arrange a bibliography specific able to make up for to the missed attendance of the course.

The adopted didactic method combines to the traditional model of the frontal didactics the carrying out of exercises, seminars and jobs of group, with the purpose to develop the abilities of reflexive or auto-direct (self-directed learning) of the student.
During the course, in fact, the students will be involved in individual searches and of group. The select method allows the students on one hand to acquire the knowledges, on the other to develop the ability to apply the same knowledge, reaching so one of the main objective of the course.

Through the analysis of the archaeological, literary, epigraphic and iconographic sources the course intends to furnish the tools for studying the problem of urban history linked to the constitution of the monumental center in imperial Rome.

Attendance is not compulsory, but recommended.

The student will present a topic of his/her choice, followed by questions from the teacher.
Is foreseen the carrying out of an oral examination to verify the acquisition of the knowledges communicated during the course.

The factors that compete to the formulation of the judgment of worth are the knowledge of the illustrated contexts during the course, the ability of analysis, the ability of reasoning and autonomous study, the study of the suitable bibliography, the bibliographical close examination, critical capacity.

An excellent judgment equivale to the vote 30, excellent 30 and praise, very good, good, discreet from 29 to 25, enough, scarce, insufficient from 25 to the 18.
The least vote for the overcoming of the examination is the 18.