- Docente: Andrea Augenti
- Credits: 12
- SSD: L-ANT/08
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Andrea Augenti (Modulo 1) Enrico Cirelli (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in CULTURAL HERITAGE (cod. 0886)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to give knowledge concerning the history of Italian and European Medieval Archaeology; the evolution of urban and rural settlements and of the material culture from the 5th to the 15th century. At the end of the course, the student is able to: 1. get in touch with the main scholarly tradition in this field; master the debate on the tranformations of cities and countryside after the end of the ancient world; 3. acquire detailed knowledge about the evolution of pottery, glass and metal production during the Middle Ages.
Course contents
The course is divided in three modules. The first focuses on the history of Medieval archaeology in Italy and abroad. The second module is dedicated to the main research issues followed by medieval archaeologists. The third module is a specialised course, on the subject: Cities and trade between late antiquity and the early middle ages.
Readings/Bibliography
Main module
S. Gelichi, Introduzione all'archeologia medievale. Storia e ricerca in Italia, Carocci, Roma 1997.
P. Delogu, R. Francovich, R. Hodges, Dossier: Archeologia medievale, in 'Archeo' 77, 1991.
C. La Rocca, voce: Storia, archeologia e – Medioevo, in R. Francovich, D. Manacorda (a cura di), Dizionario di archeologia. Temi, concetti e metodi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2000, pp. 305-311.
Specialised course: Cities and trade between late antiquity and the early middle ages
A. Augenti, Città e porti dall'Antichità al Medioevo, Carocci, Roma 2010.
L. Saguì, Roma, i centri privilegiati e la lunga durata della tarda antichità. Dati archeologici dal deposito di VII secolo nell'esedra della Crypta Balbi, in ‘Archeologia Medievale' 29, 2002, pp. 7-42.
G. Murialdo, Alto-Adriatico e Alto-Tirreno nel mondo mediterraneo: due mari a confronto tra VI e X secolo, in S. Gelichi, C. Negrelli (a cura di), La circolazione delle ceramiche nell'Adriatico tra tarda antichità e altomedioevo, Mantova 2007, pp. 9-30.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The final exam consists of an oral colloquium, conceived in order to evaluate the accomplishment of the main targets of the course. The final mark is the average of the evaluation of the answers concerning three specific topics which are part of the program.
Office hours
See the website of Andrea Augenti
See the website of Enrico Cirelli