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CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY I

ALFREDO MARIA SANTORO CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY I

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)
RESEARCH AND STUDIES IN LATE ANTIQUITY, MIDDLE AGES AND HUMANISM, SALERNO (RAMUS)
2023/2024

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA E MEDIEVALE I MOD. 01
1.53LESSONS
2ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA E MEDIEVALE I MOD. 02
1.53LESSONS
CHIARA MARIA LAMBERT1 T Curriculum
ALFREDO MARIA SANTORO21 Curriculum
ROSA FIORILLO2 Curriculum
Objectives
TO FORM A SOLID KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN TYPOLOGIES OF THE LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS AND OF THEIR DYNAMICS RELATING TO PLACES AND FUNCTIONS, THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND THE RELATED WRITTEN SOURCES.
TO ANALYZE AND TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL ARTIFACTS, MANUFACTURED AND USED IN EACH SETTLEMENT.
Prerequisites
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY; GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN ARCHEOLOGY TOPICS OF THE TWO PERIODS.
Contents
IN THE 1ST PART OF THE COURSE THE PROBLEMS OF PERIODIZATION AND DEFINITION OF TERRITORIAL AREAS WILL BE ADDRESSED, WITH REFERENCE TO THE 'ORBIS ROMANUS' IN THE PHASE OF ITS MAXIMUM EXPANSION, THEN THE BOUNDARIES TAKEN WITH THE SEPARATION OF THE ‘PARS OCCIDENTIS’ FROM THE ‘PARS ORIENTIS’ IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES TERRITORIAL FRAGMENTATION.
THE MAIN KINDS OF LATE ANTIQUE, EARLY MEDIEVAL AND MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT (URBAN AND RURAL SETTLEMENTS, AREAS OF HIGH GROUND, MARITIME, AND ISLAND REGIONS; THE SO CALLED 'SECONDARY SETTLEMENTS', SANCTUARIES, MONASTERIES) WILL BE ILLUSTRATED WITH EXTENSIVE EXAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CASES AND FROM THE MOST RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN ITALY AND EUROPE.
THE FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH FORM OF SETTLEMENT WILL BE ANALYZED PRIMARILY THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA AND INDICATORS, BUT ALSO BY THE INTEGRATED INTERPRETATION OF DOCUMENTARY SOURCES OF A DIFFERENT NATURE.
THE COMPARISON WITH THE REALITIES OF THE CORRESPONDING DISCIPLINES THAT DEAL WITH THE CLASSICAL AGE AND LATE ANTIQUITY IS INTENDED TO EMPHASIZE, RESPECTIVELY, THE ELEMENTS OF CONTINUITY/ DISCONTINUITY THAT CHARACTERIZE THE EARLY MEDIEVAL/MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS AND ANALYZE THE PHENOMENA - SUCH AS THE CHRISTIANIZATION - THAT LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN FORMS OF SETTLEMENT LESS WIDELY USED PREVIOUSLY, OR THE BIRTH OF NEW REALITIES.
THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE WILL DEAL WITH THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ON LATE ANCIENT, EARLY MEDIEVAL AND MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS OF CAMPANIA AND OTHER REGIONS OF SOUTHERN ITALY, DEEPENING THE STUDY OF LATE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CONTEXTUAL ARTIFACTS, MADE AND USED IN EACH SETTLEMENT (CERAMIC, GLASS, DOMESTIC FURNISHINGS IN PRECIOUS METAL, CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS, LITURGICAL FURNISHINGS IN VARIOUS MATERIALS, VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND FURNISHINGS OF INHABITED STRUCTURES).
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LECTURES, WITH PPT PROJECTION.
- POSSIBLE SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES HELD BY FACULTY'S COLLEAGUES OR OUTDOOR SPEAKERS.
- GUIDED VISITS TO SOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS OR THEMATIC EXHIBITIONS.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAMINATION CONSISTS IN AN ORAL COLLOQUE, AIMED TO VERIFY THE ACQUISITION OF IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE ON THE SUBJECT OF STUDY AND WHETHER THE STUDENTS HAVE ACQUIRED A CORRECT STUDY METHOD, SOLID CRITICAL ATTITUDES, AND INDEPENDENT JUDGMENTS, AS WELL AS AN ADEQUATE LEXICON.
Texts

- R. FRANCOVICH, CHANGING STRUCTURES OF SETTLEMENTS [ §§:THE DECLINE AND REVIVAL OF THE VILLA SYSTEM; … THE RISE OF THE EARLY MEDIEVAL CASTLE; … THE FORMATION OF VILLAGES AND HILLTOP ARCHITECTURE] IN ITALY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, C. LA ROCCA (ED.), OXFORD 2002, PP.144-167.
- G. P. BROGIOLO - A. CHAVARRÍA ARNAU, ARISTOCRAZIE E CAMPAGNE NELL’OCCIDENTE DA COSTANTINO A CARLO MAGNO, FIRENZE 2005, CAP. 3: VILLAGGI E VILLE TARDOANTICHI, PP. 23-48; CAP. 4: LA FINE DELLE VILLE, PP. 49-60.

F. R. STASOLLA, ARCHEOLOGIA DEL MEDIOEVO, MONDADORI 2023, I CAPITOLI: 7 LA SPAGNA VISIGOTA; 8 I REGNI ANGLOSASSONI; 9 L'AREA SCANDINAVA; 10 COSTANTINOPOLI E L'AREA BIZANTINA;
11 IL FERMENTO BALCANICO E CARPATICO; 12 LA COSTRUZIONE DEL MONDO SLAVO; 13 IL RAPPORTO CON IL MONDO ISLAMICO; 16 DAL DUCATO DI NORMANDIA ALL'ITALIA NORMANNA; 20 I MONOPOLI ECONOMICI; 23 IL MONACHESIMO E GLI ORDINI CONVENTUALI.
NELLO STESSO VOLUME: I TEMI CAPP. 1-7
LE CLASSI DI MATERIALI:
CAP.1 OBBLIGATORIO;
1 CAPITOLO A SCELTA TRA I CAPITOLI 2-6.

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