MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- CLAUDIO NEGRELLI
- Credits
- 6
- Curriculum
- ARCHEOLOGIA E ARTI
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- L-ANT/08
Training objectives
- 1) A basic knowledge of Medieval Archaeology in Italy.
2) Theoretical and methodological tools. Interpreting the medieval archaeological sources in context: key principles.
3) Ability to undertake research and studies in medieval archeology. Reading stratigraphy of contexts and structures; Urban Archaeology; Landscape Archaeology; Archaeology of the Artifacts; Buildings Archaeology. Prerequisites
- Nothing
Course programme
- INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY
- History of Medieval Archaeology in Italy.
- Medieval Archaeology in Italy today.
- Urban and landscape archaeology: methodological and strategical elements.
MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY PRINCIPAL THEMES
- After Rome: early medieval towns from late antiquity to early Middle Ages.
- The medieval city at the time of ‘Comuni’.
- Medieval settlements and landscapes. Castles and the incastellamento. The second incastellamento.
- Buildings Archaeology.
- Medieval funerary archaeology.
- Monasteries and churches. Major monastic settlements in Italy.
- Archaeology of production: pottery, glass, metals, wood. Didactic methods
- The lessons will be
in presence. Learning assessment procedures
- Oral examination.
Questions to evaluate the Candidate's preparation based on the proposed program. Reference texts
- GELICHI S., Introduzione all'archeologia medievale, Roma (Carocci), 2016.
Gelichi S., Cavallari C., Medica M. (a cura di), Medioevo svelato. Storie dell’Emilia – Romagna attraverso l’archeologia, Bologna (Ante Quem), 2018.
