ARCHAEOLOGY OF LIVING SPACE
Course objectives
The course will examine the existing interactions between man and the space where he lives and works, both in relation to the private and public spheres. Through the examination of a wide range of case studies, students will learn the main method tools used - thanks to the comparative analysis of archaeological, epigraphic and literary sources - to reconstruct the social or sometimes 'more intimate' dimension of different places (houses, public spaces, places of worship, necropolis, places related to production, exchange and trade). Places where the peoples who have alternated in the Mediterranean between Archaism and the end of Antiquity have built some of the features determinants of their historical and cultural parable.
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ANTONIO FRANCESCO FERRANDES
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Course program
The course will examine the existing interactions between man and the space where he lives and works, both in relation to the private and public spheres. Through the examination of a wide range of case studies, students will learn the main method tools used - thanks to the comparative analysis of archaeological, epigraphic and literary sources - to reconstruct the social or sometimes 'more intimate' dimension of different places (houses, public spaces, places of worship, necropolis, places related to production, exchange and trade). Places where the peoples who have alternated in the Mediterranean between Archaism and the end of Antiquity have built some of the features determinants of their historical and cultural parable.
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required. Students who have never attended an archaeology course are asked to contact the instructor.
Books
Selected chapters from the following:
- N. Cuomo di Caprio, La ceramica in archeologia, Roma 2007.
- R. Francovich, D. Manacorda (a cura), Dizionario di Archeologia. Temi, concetti e metodi, Roma 2000.
- E. Giannichedda, Uomini e cose, Bari 2006.
- S. Levi, Dal coccio al vasaio, Bologna 2010.
- T. Mannoni, E. Giannichedda, Archeologia della produzione, Torino 1996.
- C. Renfrew, P. Bahn, Archaeology. Theories, Methods and Practice, London 20126.
- W. Scheidel (ed.), The Cambridge companion to Roman economy, Cambridge 2012.
- W. Scheidel, I. Morris, R. Saller (eds.),The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World, Cambridge 2008.
Bibliography
Selected chapters from the following:
- N. Cuomo di Caprio, La ceramica in archeologia, Roma 2007.
- R. Francovich, D. Manacorda (a cura), Dizionario di Archeologia. Temi, concetti e metodi, Roma 2000.
- E. Giannichedda, Uomini e cose, Bari 2006.
- S. Levi, Dal coccio al vasaio, Bologna 2010.
- T. Mannoni, E. Giannichedda, Archeologia della produzione, Torino 1996.
- C. Renfrew, P. Bahn, Archaeology. Theories, Methods and Practice, London 20126.
- W. Scheidel (ed.), The Cambridge companion to Roman economy, Cambridge 2012.
- W. Scheidel, I. Morris, R. Saller (eds.),The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World, Cambridge 2008.
Additional bibliography will be provided to the students during the lessons.
Lesson mode
Attendance to the course is highly recommended, though not mandatory. Those who are unable to attend will be required to supplement the syllabus with additional readings agreed upon with the instructor.
- Lesson code10598848
- Academic year2024/2025
- CourseMediterranean Archaeology
- CurriculumMediterranean Archaeology
- Year2nd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDL-ANT/07
- CFU6
- Subject areaArcheologia e antichità classiche e medievali