LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- FABIO SAGGIORO
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- L-ANT/08
Training objectives
- The course has the following aims:
1) enable the student to understand and contextualize the approaches to the study of landscape archeology;
2) know methods and instruments, using in landscape archeology approaches;
3) reflect about the strategies can be adopted in different territories for the study of archaeological landscapes. Prerequisites
- historical and archaeological knowledge of basic level
Course programme
- The course deals the study of landscape archeology.
It is divided into several sub-themes that will help to develop general aspects (which will cover both the theoretical approaches to the study of landscape archeology), as case studies and applications, providing a picture of the scientific debate on the subject.
1) Landscape archaeology: theory and methods (6 h)
2) Centrality and marginality in landscapes: equilibrium of landscape in historical periods (8h)
3) Archaeology of disaster: changing in landscapes (10 h)
4) Shaping the landscape: human impact on the landscape (6h) Didactic methods
- lectures
seminars
the course may be provide educational tours and
some activities in the laboratory, aim to learn use use of mapping tools , GIS and aerial images processing and interpretation, Learning assessment procedures
- The exam will be an oral interview, where the themes debated in the lessons will be discussed .
They will write a short-term paper also, on topic of course. Reference texts
- a text chosen by:
In B. David, J. Thomas (edited by), Handbook of Landscape Archaeology, Walnut Creek 2008:
PART V. Characterizing Landscapes, pp. 345-609.
or
N. Mancassola, F. Saggioro (a cura di), Medioevo. Paesaggi. Metodi, Mantova 2006.
It will supply texts and guidelines on specific cases studies, during lectures.
