LABORATORY OF MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY

ALFREDO MARIA SANTORO LABORATORY OF MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY

0312800022
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
345LAB
ExamDate
APPELLO FEBBRAIO06/02/2025 - 13:00
APPELLO MAGGIO27/05/2025 - 13:00
APPELLO GIUGNO24/06/2025 - 13:00
APPELLO LUGLIO17/07/2025 - 13:00
APPELLO SETTEMBRE10/09/2025 - 13:00
APPELLO DICEMBRE18/12/2025 - 13:00
Objectives
THE ACTIVITIES AIM
- TO PROMOTE THE ACQUISITION OF THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE IN SUPPORT OF THE KNOWLEDGE TRANSMITTED BY THE TEACHING OF MEDIEVAL ARCHEOLOGY, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES OF THE MAIN ARTIFACTS AND TO THE PRACTICES OF METRIC SURVEY AND ON FIELD DOCUMENTATION.
- TO PROVIDE THE TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGES
- TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS FOR APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGES.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS MUST HAVE TAKEN THE MEDIEVAL ARCHEOLOGY EXAM.
Contents
- DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE 'ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT'.
- DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS, WITH ITS CRITERIA AND METHODS.
- THE MAIN PRODUCTION CYCLES: CERAMIC, GLASS, WOOD, METAL, STONE AND SOAPSTONE.
- THE MAIN CLASSES AND KINDS OF ARTIFACTS IN USE IN THE MIDDLE AGES, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE RAW MATERIALS USED AND THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES.
- THE MAIN METHODS OF GRAPHIC SURVEY AND DOCUMENTATION OF STRUCTURES AND ARTIFACTS FROM EXCAVATION.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LECTURES WITH POWER-POINT PROJECTIONS; PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES WITH DIRECT VISION AND CATALOGING OF ARTEFACTS.
POSSIBLE VISITS TO MUSEUMS, LABORATORIES AND / OR EXCAVATION SITES
Verification of learning
THE FINAL TEST CONSISTS OF A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST WITH 6 QUESTIONS ON GENERAL TOPICS (RECOGNITION OF SHAPES AND FUNCTIONS OF ARTIFACTS); PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES) AND IN THE FILL OUT A FORM OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT ARTIFACTS.
A FINAL PRACTICE TEST AIMED TO ENSURE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES.
THE OUTCOME IS EXPRESSED WITH THE ‘PASSED’ OR ‘NOT PASSED’ JUDGEMENT.
Texts
- FRANCOVICH R., MANACORDA D., DIZIONARIO DI ARCHEOLOGIA. TEMI, CONCETTI E METODI, LATERZA, BARI-ROMA 2000 [SELECTED ITEMS].

- MANNONI T., GIANNICHEDDA E., ARCHEOLOGIA DELLA PRODUZIONE, TORINO, EINAUDI 1966 [SELECTED CHAPTERS].

- STASOLLA F. R., LE CLASSI DI MATERIALI, IN EAD., ARCHEOLOGIA DEL MEDIOEVO, PART THREE, PP. 409-488, CITTA’ DI CASTELLO (PG), MONDADORI UNIVERSITA’ 2023.
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