ARCHAELOGY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

BASA015

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART

Disciplinary Sector:

Christian and Mediaeval Archeology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SOMMA Maria Carla

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

162

Prerequisites:

Students who have not taken the examination for Medieval Archaeology during the three-year course should pass an oral examination about general issues concerning Medieval Archaeology.

Objectives

The course intends to broaden and deepen the knowledge about Christian and Medieval archaeology, focusing on specific themes that are central to the scientific debate and which offer to students methods and tools to lead their research independently.

Contents

The course is organized in two modules: the first one is aimed at reconstructing the building techniques and building cycles between the IV and IX Centuries through the study of architecture archaeology.
The second module is about “The Abruzzo region between late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages”.

Extended Syllabus

First module (3CFU) – Archaeology of built-up centres. Building techniques and building cycles between the IV and IX Centuries. The module is aimed at showing the changes and transformations of construction sites during the transition period between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages through the archaeological documents regarding religious, civilian and housing aspects.
Second module (6CFU) – The module intends to outline, through a series of examples drawn from the recent years, the main transformations that can be found in the territorial structure of Abruzzo region in the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Recommended Bibliography

I Module
1. G. P. BROGIOLO, A. CAGNANA, Archeologia dell’architettura, metodi ed interpretazioni, All’Insegna del Giglio, Borgo S. Lorenzo (FI) 2012
2. Y. Marano, Le cave di marmo nella tarda antichità: aspetti organizzativi e produttivi, in Arqueologia de la construccion IV, Las canteras en el mundo antiguo: sistemas de explotacion y procesos productivos, atti del congresso di Padova, 22-24 novembre de 2012, Merida 2014, pp. 413-428.
3. T. Mannoni, A. Boato, Archeologia e storia del cantiere di costruzione, in Arqueología de la Arquitettura, 1, 2002, pp. 39-53.
4. R. Santangeli Valenzani, Il cantiere altomedievale, in Cantieri antichi, Bullettino dell’Istituto archeologico germanico, sez. romana, 109, 2002, pp. 419-426.
5. G. P. Brogiolo, Architetture di qualità tra VI e IX secolo, in Archeologia dell’architettura, XVIII, 2013, pp. 45-59.
6. G.P. Brogiolo, Architetture e tecniche costruttive in età longobarda: i dati archeologici, in I magistri commacini. Mito e realtà del medioevo lombardo, atti del XIX Congresso del CISAM, Spoleto 2009, pp. 211-237.
7. M. Rossi, I rapporti tra committenti e cantieri agli inizi del romanico: un problema aperto, in Archeologia dell’architettura XVII, 2012, pp. 55-69.
8. M.C. Somma, I cantieri monastici, in Monachesimi d’Oriente e d’Occidente nell’alto medioevo, Spoleto 2017, pp. 589-627 Settimane di studio della Fondazione Centro Italiano di Studi sull’alto medioevo, LXIV, tomo I, pp. 589-626.

II module
• S. Antonelli, M.C. Somma, Vicatim habitantes. Centri minori in Abruzzo nella tarda antichità, in Emptor e Mercator: spazi e rappresentazioni del commercio romano, Giornate di Studio Chieti 18-19.04.2013, Bari 2017 (PDF).
• E. Ceccaroni, Alba Fucens: gli interventi della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell’Abruzzo nell’isolato di via del Miliario e nel piazzale del santuario di Ercole, in Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia romana di Archeologia, LXXXV, 2012-2013, pp. 245-277. (PDF)
• A.M. Giuntella, Il ducato di Spoleto: persistenze e trasformazioni nell’assetto territoriale (Abruzzo e Molise), in I Longobardi dei ducati di Spoleto e Benevento, Atti del XVI Congresso internazionale di studi sull’alto medioevo, Spoleto, 20-23 ottobre 2002 – Benevento, 24-27 ottobre 2002, Spoleto 2003, pp. 763-799. (Bib. Paratore, coll. Cons. C 8-CISAM/AC/16.1).
• M.C. Somma, S. Antonelli, V. La Salvia, Paesaggi ed insediamenti in area montana: il caso del territorio valvense tra persistenze e trasformazioni, in G. Volpe ( a cura di), Storia e archeologia globale dei paesaggi rurali d’Italia fra tardoantico e medioevo, Bari 2018, pp. 463-504.
• M.C. Somma (a cura di), Ancient Modern Towns. I centri urbani a continuità di vita: archeologia e valorizzazione. Studi in memoria di Anna Maria Giuntella, Roma 2021, pp. 39-98.
• M.C. Somma, Archeologia Cristiana in Italia. Ricerche, metodi e prospettive (1993-2022). Abruzzo, in c.s.
• V. LA SALVIA, I Longobardi del Ducato di Spoleto: un problema di visibilità archeologica nella ricerca con¬temporanea, in Possenti E. (ed.), Necropoli longobarde in Italia: indirizzi della ricerca e nuovi dati, Atti del convegno internazionale (Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio 26-28 settembre 2011), Trento, pp. 402-416.

Further bibliographical references will be given during the course lessons.

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in two educational modules: a first 3 CFU module and a second 6 CFU module. Both modules include: frontal lessons, visits to archaeological areas and museums, conferences and workshops on specific aspects of this discipline.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The examination is based on an interview, valued in thirty, where the student is expected to expound critically the issues addressed during the course. Archaeology students are also expected to comment on a scientific contribution assigned during the lessons.

Contacts/More Information

Lesson attendance is highly recommended. In case of justified and documented inability to attend the course, the syllabus should be agreed upon with the course professor.
All the educational materials useful for taking the examination which are not available from the “Paratore” library or through the usual sales channels will be available from the University’s E-learning platform.

Art History students who should take the examination for the 6 CFU must attend the second module.

Students who in previous courses have never taken the examination for Medieval Archaeology, should follow the specific syllabus available from the University’s E-learning platform.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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