LABORATORY OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

DANIELA MUSMECI LABORATORY OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

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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 MAGGIO28/05/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GIUGNO19/06/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO LUGLIO11/07/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO SETTEMBRE09/09/2025 - 11:00
APPELLO DICEMBRE11/12/2025 - 11:00
Objectives
ACQUIRE BASIC TECHNICAL AND TYPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITES
Contents
ANALYSIS METHODS OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS. GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS, SOCIAL PRODUCTION CAPACITIES.
_THE BUILDING MATERIALS. NATURAL MATERIALS: LOCAL AND IMPORTED RESOURCES. BASIC MATERIALS.
_THE EARTH: THE VARIOUS STATES OF THE EARTH IN ARCHITECTURE; THE "WHEEL OF THE EARTH". MULTILINGUAL TERMINOLOGY. DEFENSIVE WORKS (AGGERES, ASSAULT RAMPS, MOLES, DAMS, EARTH BRIDGES). THE PISÉ. MUD BRICKS: TYPOLOGY, MENSIOCHRONOLOGY, CHARACTERIZATION, USES. BAKED BRICK FORTIFICATIONS. MORTARS AND EARTH PLASTERS, THE TORCHIS. THE CRATICII PARIETES. LIME PLASTERS ON EARTH WALLS. THE RESTORATION OF THE EARTHWORKS. RAW EARTH IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.
¬_THE STONE: CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROCKS USED IN ANCIENT BUILDING. THE QUARRIES. BEACHROCK, COASTAL QUARRIES AND SEA LEVEL RELATED DATING METHODS. QUARRYSCAPES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE PROPONTIS AND UPPER EGYPT.
SIGNS OF PROCESSING, QUARRY EPIGRAPHY, QUARRY MARKS. TRANSPORTATION. THE 'CONVENIENCE' QUARRIES. TECHNIQUE OF DOCUMENTATION OF ANCIENT QUARRIES.
¬¬_THE ‘GRAND APPAREIL’. THE POLYGONAL TECHNIQUE: MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND INTERPRETATIVE PRECAUTIONS. TRADIONAL TYPOLOGIES
POLYGONAL GREEK AND ITALIC. TECHNIQUES OF ASSEMBLY, LITHOLOGY, PROCESSING OF THE VESTMENTS. CHRONOLOGY. THE CONSTRUCTION IN ASHLARS: FUNCTIONAL ORIGINS AND CHRONOLOGY. NORMALIZED AND MULTILINGUAL VOCABULARY: FACES, EDGES, BEDS. LIFTING AND ASSEMBLY, METAL LIGAMENTS. ASHLAR. THE ABANDONMENT OF THE ASHLAR TECHNIQUE AND THE UMAYYAD REVIVAL; ASHLAR TECHNIQUE AND CRUSADES
_MURATURE À PILIERS AND À HARPES. PROBLEMS OF TECHNICAL TRANSMISSION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. TYPES. FRAMEWORK MASONRY: POMPEIAN STEINFACHWERKE.
_THE MORTARS. GYPSUM MORTAR IN TRANSEUFRATENE AND CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN. LIME MORTARS. CONCRETE, COCCIOPESTI. HYDRAULIC MORTARS. CISTERNS, RESERVOIRS AND PORT WORKS. CHRONOLOGY.
_ CEMENTITIOUS MASONRY: FOUNDATIONS AND ELEVATIONS, VARIATIONS OVER TIME.
_TESTAE ET LATERES: PROBLEMS OF MENSIOCHRONOLOGY; TYPES; ASSEMBLIES.
_ ROMAN WALLS IN CENTRAL ITALY AND CISALPINE GAUL.
_ WOODEN CHAINS, TRUSSES, ARCHES, VAULTS, RIBS.
_ ROOFS AND ARCHITECTURAL MEMBERS: VOCABULARY, TYPOLOGIES; TEMPLAR ARCHITECTURE; DOMESTIC ATRIA: TYPOLOGY.
_DIRECT EXAMINATION OF SELECTED MONUMENTS WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIES OF ENHANCEMENT, RESTORATION AND OF THE INFORMATION AIMED AT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF URBAN LANDSCAPES.
Teaching Methods
THE WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE IN THE 2ND SEMESTER AND INCLUDES 45 HOURS OF LECTURES AND DIRECT EXAMINATION OF SELECTED MONUMENTS.
Verification of learning
MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITTEN TEST
Texts
THE TEACHERS WILL PROVIDE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY RELATING TO THE TOPICS OF THE WORKSHOP.
More Information
REQUIRED PARTICIPATION IN 75% OF THE SCHEDULED WORKSHOP HOURS.
Lessons Timetable

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