- 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: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in History, Preservation and Enhancement of Artistic and Archaeological Heritage and Landscape (cod. 8836)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to give the students the basic knowledge concerning the evolution of urban and rural settlements from the Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. At the end of the course, the student is able to master: 1. The different traditions and the international debate concerning this subject; 2. fundamental topics like the urban culture of the medieval period, the transformations of building techniques and tipologies, the birth of medieval villages and castles.
Course contents
The course is divided in three sections. The first section focuses on the birth and development of medieval archaeology in Italy and abroad. The second section considers the main issues explored by the discipline, while the third is focused on the subject: Building houses in the early middle ages.
Readings/Bibliography
Main module 1. (compulsory reading for all students)
A. Augenti, Città e porti dall'Antichità al Medioevo, Carocci, Roma 2010.
Main module 2. (compulsory reading for those students who do not attend the lessons)
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: Building houses in the early middle ages (compulsory reading for all students)
R. Santangeli Valenzani, Edilizia residenziale in Italia nell'altomedioevo, Carocci, Roma 2011.
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
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See the website of Enrico Cirelli