The course aims to the acquisition of the problems of pre- and protohistoric archaeology, of its methodology and of its history, with peculiar references to the Italian situation
teacher profile teaching materials
The required readings will be introduced, discussed, and assigned during the course, ensuring a targeted selection consistent with the topics covered in the program.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher to arrange a personalized study program, ensuring that they can achieve the course’s learning objectives even without participation in classroom activities.
Core Documentation
ATTENDING STUDENTSThe required readings will be introduced, discussed, and assigned during the course, ensuring a targeted selection consistent with the topics covered in the program.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher to arrange a personalized study program, ensuring that they can achieve the course’s learning objectives even without participation in classroom activities.
Reference Bibliography
Suggested introductory readings: Cardarelli, A., 2015. Different forms of social inequality in Bronze Age Italy. Origini 38, 151–200. Cavazzuti, C., Arena, A., Cardarelli, A., Fritzl, M., Gavranović, M., Hajdu, T., Kiss, V., Köhler, K., Kulcsár, G., Melis, E., Rebay-Salisbury, K., Szabó, G., Szeverényi, V., 2022. The First ‘Urnfields’ in the Plains of the Danube and the Po. J World Prehist 35, 45–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-022-09164-0 Iacono, F., Borgna, E., Cattani, M., Cavazzuti, C., Dawson, H., Galanakis, Y., Gori, M., Iaia, C., Ialongo, N., Thibault Lachenal, Lorrio, A., Micó, R., Molloy, · Barry, Nafplioti, A., Peche-Quilichini, K., Cristina, ·, Herrada, R., Risch, R., 2021. Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700-900 BC). Journal of Archaeological Research 371–445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-021-09165-1 Molloy, B., 2023. Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition. J Archaeol Res 31, 331–394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-022-09176-6 Pacciarelli, M., 2001. Dal villaggio alla città. La svolta protourbana del 1000 a.C. nell’Italia Tirrenica, Grandi Contesti e Problemi della Protostoria Italiana/. All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze. Radivojević, M., Roberts, B.W., Pernicka, E., Stos-Gale, Z., Martinón-Torres, M., Rehren, T., Bray, P., Brandherm, D., Ling, J., Mei, J., Vandkilde, H., Kristiansen, K., Shennan, S.J., Broodbank, C., 2019. The Provenance, Use, and Circulation of Metals in the European Bronze Age: The State of Debate. Journal of Archaeological Research 27, 131–185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-018-9123-9