Unit METHODOLOGY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Course
Cultural heritage
Study-unit Code
GP005307
Curriculum
Archeologia
Teacher
Lucio Fiorini
Teachers
  • Lucio Fiorini
Hours
  • 36 ore - Lucio Fiorini
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
L-ANT/10
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
Strategies of investigations of archaeological contexts.
The course will present theoretical data and examples, relevant to the strategies of archaeological research, starting from the microcosm described by bioarchaeology and archaeometry, with the aim to arrive at the current methods of the ancient landscape reconstruction
Reference texts
C. Renfrew, P. Bahn, Archeologia. Teoria, metodi, pratiche, Bologna 1995 (e successive ristampe) o/ C. Renfrew, P. Bahn, L'essenziale di archeologia. Teoria, metodi, pratiche, Bologna 2009. More specific bibliographical details will be provided during the course
Educational objectives
The lessons aim to provide students with the necessary tools to be able to analyse different archaeological contexts.
Prerequisites
No
Teaching methods
The course is organized as follows:- Lectures will deal with all the issues and problems regarding the archaeological research methodology- Educational trip, that will allow students to verify on the spot what is illustrated during the lessons (optional)
Other information
Since the topics are of great importance, the student follows with great interest and usually reaches optimal votes if not excellent. The attendance is strongly recommended as listening to the lessons can be extremely suitable for better and more thorough of the themes that will be covered by the test exam
Learning verification modality
The exam includes only the final oral test consisting of a discussion-interview on the topics discussed during the course and examined in-depth through recommended texts.The test aims at assuring the level of knowledge and understanding, as well as synthesis, achieved by the student. Moreover, this interview will verify that the student is able to communicate, with method, propriety of language and of exposure, what he has acquired. The duration of the test varies depending on the performance of the test itself
Extended program
Students study the following topics:The remote Sensing; Survey;Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy and Matrix; relative and Absolute Dating; Urban archaeology and Archaeology of Architecture; Funerary Archaeology; Principles of Archaeometry
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