Students will learn to navigate the field of research in Mediterranean archaeology as it has developed in Northern European contexts and will become familiar with theoretical approaches to the study of the Mediterranean and its landscape over the long term. In particular, they will be introduced to the archaeology of the Greek polis and the impact of urban settlements on the surrounding landscape in ancient Greece.
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The dynamics and transformations of landscape and territory, the human-environment relationship, the organisation of human settlement, and the perception, use, and representation of space are investigated across different historical periods up to the present day, with the awareness that landscape is in continuous becoming — within the perspective of a diachronic reading of the archaeological landscape between memory and design.
The course will examine and analyse in particular:
The concepts of space, time, place, and landscape.
Intrasite analysis (site, settlement, dwelling). Internal organisation of settlements, quantitative analysis and distribution maps, traces of the past in modern settlements and highly anthropised areas.
Micro-regional and regional analysis. The concept of region, history of studies, settlement models, diachronic and comparative approaches.
The dimensions of the anthropic-cultural landscape. Rural landscapes, urban landscapes, sacred and funerary landscapes; landscapes of production, communication networks, mountain and peripheral landscapes, archaeology of pastoralism; landscape and demography, symbolic and perceptual landscapes, landscapes of power.
Landscape between memory and design. Contemporary meanings of past landscapes.
C.Broodbank 'Il Mediterraneo: dalla preistoria alla nascita del mondo classico', piccola biblioteca Einaudi: pp.15-81, pp.524-545, (pp.573-584 non attending students only)
D.Abulafia 'Il grande mare: storia del Mediterraneo', Mondadori: pp.9-17, (77-233 non attending students only)
E. Farinetti, 'I paesaggi in archeologia: analisi e interpretazione': paesaggi urbani 3.2 - paesaggi rurali 3.1 - paesaggi del pastoralismo 3.6 e 3.7 - Le camere di insediamento 4.2
G. De Felice, Archeologie del contemporaneo. Paesaggi, contesti, oggetti. Carocci 2022, cap. 2, pp. 43-148
E. Farinetti, Exploring the interface between landscape archaeology and contemporary society. Back to community(-ies), AJPA 2021 (caricato su Teams)
Mutuazione: 20711614 ARCHEOLOGIA DEL PAESAGGIO MEDITERRANEO - LM in ARCHEOLOGIA LM-2 R FARINETTI EMERI
Programme
The course will focus on the themes of Mediterranean landscape archaeology through an examination of the relevant international literature and examples of critical, comparative, and integrated reading of surface survey data and palaeoenvironmental evidence. It will open with reflections on the Mediterranean as a research context and on the diverse 'archaeologies in the Mediterranean' from a critical perspective. Particular attention will be given to the dimensions of the rural Mediterranean landscape in diachronic perspective and to the evolution of nucleated settlement within Braudel's framework of the longue durée, with attention to the role of different social groups and to the cultural perception of environmental settings.The dynamics and transformations of landscape and territory, the human-environment relationship, the organisation of human settlement, and the perception, use, and representation of space are investigated across different historical periods up to the present day, with the awareness that landscape is in continuous becoming — within the perspective of a diachronic reading of the archaeological landscape between memory and design.
The course will examine and analyse in particular:
The concepts of space, time, place, and landscape.
Intrasite analysis (site, settlement, dwelling). Internal organisation of settlements, quantitative analysis and distribution maps, traces of the past in modern settlements and highly anthropised areas.
Micro-regional and regional analysis. The concept of region, history of studies, settlement models, diachronic and comparative approaches.
The dimensions of the anthropic-cultural landscape. Rural landscapes, urban landscapes, sacred and funerary landscapes; landscapes of production, communication networks, mountain and peripheral landscapes, archaeology of pastoralism; landscape and demography, symbolic and perceptual landscapes, landscapes of power.
Landscape between memory and design. Contemporary meanings of past landscapes.
Core Documentation
MAIN BIBLIOGRAPHY:C.Broodbank 'Il Mediterraneo: dalla preistoria alla nascita del mondo classico', piccola biblioteca Einaudi: pp.15-81, pp.524-545, (pp.573-584 non attending students only)
D.Abulafia 'Il grande mare: storia del Mediterraneo', Mondadori: pp.9-17, (77-233 non attending students only)
E. Farinetti, 'I paesaggi in archeologia: analisi e interpretazione': paesaggi urbani 3.2 - paesaggi rurali 3.1 - paesaggi del pastoralismo 3.6 e 3.7 - Le camere di insediamento 4.2
G. De Felice, Archeologie del contemporaneo. Paesaggi, contesti, oggetti. Carocci 2022, cap. 2, pp. 43-148
E. Farinetti, Exploring the interface between landscape archaeology and contemporary society. Back to community(-ies), AJPA 2021 (caricato su Teams)
Attendance
Attendance is recommended.Type of evaluation
The final examination consists of an oral interview on the texts and materials provided by the instructor, preceded by the presentation and discussion of an individual paper assigned during the course, whose assessment contributes to the final grade.