PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in SCIENZE DEI BENI CULTURALI

Language:

Italian

Moduls:

PREHISTORY

6 credits
PROTOHISTORY

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

AF code:

40101356

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam

Teaching period

Single Annual Cycle

Objectives

Part 1:
Students will acquire the basics of the methodology of archaeological research, particularly with regard to specific studies on the Prehistory. They will also get a good understanding of the processes of development and population dynamics that have affected Europe through prehistoric times, from the first appearance of man in the Lower Palaeolithic to beginning of the Bronze Age

Part 2:
The course aims to develop theoretical knowledge about the main methods of investigation and interpretation of the proto-history. Another objective is the acquisition of knowledge about the different cultural and natural processes, about key -contexts for the interpretation of archaeological data, and about the archaeological phenomena related to the protohistoric societies of Europe, the Mediterranean and Italy.

Contents

Part 1:
a) Aspects and problems of archaeological research: history of archeology; archaeological evidence; survey and excavation; methods of dating, transformation of raw materials; trade and exchange; art and religion.
b) Prehistory of Europe: Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, Neolithic, Copper Age.
c) Paleolithic art.

Part 2:
a) History of Research in Protohistory; the course of the research: tools for data collection and interpretation. Methodological aspects: the main theories, models and their applications; the archaeological sources in Protohistory; the typological classification: terminology, form and function.
b) Evidences concerning the Italian Protohistory. Italian and European Protohistory: the birth and development of complex societies.
c) The Bronze Age in the Italian peninsula.

Recommended Bibliography

Part 1:
a) C. RENFREW - P. BAHN, Archeologia, Bologna, Zanichelli editore, 1995 (new ed. 2006), chapters 1-4, 9-10.
b) D. COCCHI GENICK, Preistoria, Verona, QuiEdit editore, 2009, pp. 40-146, 195-210, 273-285.
c) R. DE MARINIS, L`arte paleolitica (Booklet )
d) The transformation of raw materials (Booklet )
e) Lecture notes

Part 2:
C. RENFREW - P. BAHN, Archaeology, Thames & Hudson, London 2012, capp. 5-6 ,8.
R. PERONI, Introduzione alla protostoria italiana, Roma-Bari 1994, Laterza, pp. 3-152
M. PACCIARELLI, Dal villaggio alla città. La svolta protourbana del 1000 a.C. nell’Italia tirrenica, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze 2000, pp. 11-69.
J. DIAMOND, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, W.W. Norton, New York 1997.

Teaching Methods

Part 1:
Lectures by the course leader and by national and international specialists in the field, personal study of texts, laboratory exercises. Non-attending students and students who have attended fewer than 70% of the classes should contact the teacher for the supplementary exam material.

Part 2:
Lectures using multimedia tools, seminars, field work, laboratory exercises, archaeological excavations, use of instrumentation for the archaeological surveys of monuments. Thematic seminars will concern the reconstruction of production processes in metalwork and ceramics also through experimental procedures.

Contacts/More Information

Part 1:
Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students: english,french
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language: English:C. RENFREW, P. BAHN, Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice, 6th edition, Thames & Hudson, London, 2012
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language:french, spanish

Part 2:
Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students: english
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language: English:C. C. RENFREW - P. BAHN, Archaeology, Thames & Hudson, London 2012.
J. DIAMOND, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, W.W. Norton, New York 1997.
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language:english

Other courses

Course year: 1

MEDIEVAL HISTORY
12 credits
METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA ARCHEOLOGICA
12 credits
PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY
12 credits
ROMAN HISTORY
12 credits
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
6 credits - Base
GREEK HISTORY
6 credits - Base
MODERN HISTORY
12 credits - Base
PALEOGRAFIA LATINA
6 credits - Caratterizzante
PHOENICIAN PUNIC ARCHEOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ITALIANISTICA DI BASE (OFA)
A scelta dello studente

Course year: 2

ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF GREEK AND ROMAN ART
12 credits
ETHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
12 credits
BASICS OF TEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY AND GIS
6 credits - Base
GREEK LITERATURE
6 credits - Base
ITALIAN LITERATURE
6 credits - Base
MEDIEVAL AND HUMANISTIC LATIN LITERATURE
6 credits - Base
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY
6 credits - Base
CULTURAL HERITAGE LEGISLATION
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ANTIQUITIES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ARCHAEOMETRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
HISTORY OF LEGAL AND ECONOMICAL INSTITUTIONS OF SARDINIA
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
LANDSCAPE GEOGRAPHY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa

Course year: 3

ANCIENT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND HAGIOGRAPHY
12 credits
CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL ARCHEOLOGY
12 credits
LATIN LITERATURE
12 credits
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
FINAL TEST
6 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
FRENCH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
GERMAN LANGUAGE
6 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
SPANISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
TRAINING
12 credits - Altro

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