- Docente: Anna Maria Brizzolara
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ANT/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Visual Arts (cod. 0977)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World (cod. 0965)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World (cod. 0965)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition (cod. 0970)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Asian and African Languages and Cultures (cod. 0972)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Historical sciences (cod. 0978)
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to supply deep knowledge on different topics of the Greek society during the I millennium BC., providing the critical tools for a correct comprehension of the archaeological documentation.
Course contents
I. The Greeks in Italy. From the Myceneans contacts to the historical colonisation. The provenance of colonist from various areas of Greece. The main Greek cities of Sicily and Magna Graecia.The cities and their territories: urban planning and settlement procedures.The agorai. The sanctuaries.Outlines of the history of art and material culture
II. Annual topic: Southern Italy and Sicily from the Bronze Age to the seventh century BC: written sources and relationship with the archaeological evidence; the Dark Ages, the routes of trade; The oracles of foundation; intermarriage.
The course will begin october 1, 2012. During the first lesson will be given instructions about the course and the exam.
Students taking the exam for6 CFU have to attend only part I of the course.
Readings/Bibliography
Readingsfor 6 CFU:A) Students who have never taken an exam of Greek Archaeology: One of the following books: - Bejor, M.Castoldi, C.Lambrugo, Arte greca, Mondadori Università Milano 2008; - E.Lippolis-G.Rocco, Archeologia greca.Cultura,società,politica e produzione, Bruno Mondadori, Milano-Torino 2011
B) All other students: G.F.La Torre, Sicilia e Magna Grecia. Archeologia della colonizzazione greca d'Occidente, Manuali Laterza,Roma-Bari 2011: pp.21-63;157-224; 248-267; 269-326; 335-349.
Readingsfor 12 CFU: in addition to textB, students are expected to read:P.G.Guzzo, Fondazioni greche. L'Italia meridionale e la Sicilia (VIII e VII sec.a.C., Carocci editore, Roma 2011: pages 13-188 e 317-325 or, alternatively, pages 13-66 e 189-325.
Teaching methods
Teaching method consistsof head-on lessons
Assessment methods
Final test consistsof an oral examination in italian
Teaching tools
During the lessons visual aids will be widely used, especially projections from computer. Allstudentswillhave the chance to supplement the lectures of the course with practice in laboratory among the didactic proposals of the Department of Archaeology.
Office hours
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