LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

OBC120

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Disciplinary Sector:

Christian and Mediaeval Archeology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ANTONELLI SONIA

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

None. It is desirable a general knowledge of the former and actual chronological frameworks

Objectives

The course aims at giving the basic elements of definition and periodization and knowledge of cultural phenomena, with an approach to the problems of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
Students will be able to delve into the formation of late antique and early medieval societies, study new social systems, and grasp transformations and changes through the study of archaeological evidence of housing, funerary, production and trade.

Contents

In the course, the basic topics of the subject will be tackled:
chronological and geographical contexts, issues on the periodization of Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Age, characteristics and development of funerary areas, the changes of the urban landscapes, the architectural monuments, the analysis of written sources and the investigation of the archaeological contexts, the rural landscapes and the artifacts.

Extended Syllabus

Settlements, urbanism, material culture, religion and society between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Age.
 Issues on the definition and the periodization
 Late ancient and early medieval burials.
 Grave goods and burial rites
 Urban landscape in Late Antiquity and Early medieval Age
 Christianisation of Urban and Rural Space
 The fortifications
 Rural settlements
 Productions and Trade.

Recommended Bibliography

 Ch. WICKHAM, L'eredità di Roma. Storia d'Europa dal 400 al 1000 d.C., Bari 2014. (pp. 5-152; pp. 275-302)
 A. AUGENTI, Archeologia dell’Italia medievale, Bari 2016. (pp. 3-7; pp. 27-68; pp. 82-156)
 A. CHAVARRIA ARNAU, Archeologia delle chiese. Dalle origini all'anno Mille, Roma 2018 (2a edizione). (pp. 57-113)
 M. VALENTI, Il Barbaricum: una periferia che si fece centro. Società, insediamento ed economia tra I e X secolo, Mantova 2021. (pp. 39-93: pp. 187-286)

Other bibliographic materials will be handed during the lessons.

For non attending students, the program must be integrated with:

 A. CHAVARRIA ARNAU, Archeologia delle chiese. Dalle origini all'anno Mille, Roma 2018 (2a edizione).

 A. AUGENTI, Città e porti dall’Antichità al Medioevo, Roma 2010.

 M. MCCORMICK, Le origini dell’economia europea. Comunicazioni e commercio. 300-900 d. C., Bologna 2008.

Teaching Methods

Front Lessons.
Study visits to archaeological areas and museums, attending conferences and workshops are planned.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam with marks out of 30, aimed at verifying the ability to expose the arguments presented during the course with clarity and autonomy of judgment.

Contacts/More Information

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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