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B029037 - AEGEAN CIVILISATIONS
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Course program
Academic Year 2020-21
Coorte 2018 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, FINE ARTS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Course year
Third year - First Semester
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-FIL-LET/01 - AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
14/09/2020 ⇒ 04/12/2020
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Teaching and discussion in Italian. Many of the readings in English.
Course Content
The course includes lectures and seminars. All these parts are necessary to pass the exam. Topic: history and geography of the Bronze Age Aegean and main sites of the various regions. Elements of Linear B. Interconnections between the Aegean and the other areas of the Mediterranean.
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Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
A. - Mandatory
1. L. Bombardieri, G. Graziadio, A.M. Jasink, Preistoria e protostoria egea e cipriota, FUP 2015 (Available in the Library) (without Cyprus)
2. The PPT Presentations on Moodle
3. M.E. Alberti, “Aegean trade and weighing systems from EBA to EIA: how changing circuits influenced changing ‘glocal’ measures”, in B. Molloy (a cura di), Of Odysseys and Oddities: Scales and modes of interaction between prehistoric Aegean societies and their neighbours (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 10), Oxford e Phildelphia, pp. 227-322 (without the part on weighing systems)
B - Various articles will be discussed during classes and students are supposed to understand and acquire their main contents.
C – Suggested for the Aegean – Mediterranean interactions (available in the library):
1. Laffineur, Robert, e Emanuele Greco 2005 (a cura di), Emporia: Aegeans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the 10th International Aegean Conference/10e Rencontre égéenne internationale, Athens, Italian School of Archaeology, 14-18 April 2004, Aegaeum 25, Liège and Austin, Université de Liège, Histoire de l’art et archéologie de la Grèce antique and University of Texas at Austin, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory.
2. Babbi, Andrea, Friederike Bubenheimer-Erhart, Beatriz Marín-Aguilera, and Simone Mühl 2015 (eds), The Mediterranean Mirror: Cultural Contacts in the Mediterranean Sea between 1200 and 750 B.C. International Post-doc and Young Researcher Conference, Heidelberg, 6th-8th October 2012, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Tagungen 20, Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germansichen Zentralmuseums.
D - Suggested as a guide to most important sites:
Cline, E. 2101 (ed.), Cline, Eric H., ed. 2010. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC). Oxford: Oxford University Press (available in the library)
1. L. Bombardieri, G. Graziadio, A.M. Jasink, Preistoria e protostoria egea e cipriota, FUP 2015 (Available in the Library) (without Cyprus)
2. The PPT Presentations on Moodle
3. M.E. Alberti, “Aegean trade and weighing systems from EBA to EIA: how changing circuits influenced changing ‘glocal’ measures”, in B. Molloy (a cura di), Of Odysseys and Oddities: Scales and modes of interaction between prehistoric Aegean societies and their neighbours (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 10), Oxford e Phildelphia, pp. 227-322 (without the part on weighing systems)
B - Various articles will be discussed during classes and students are supposed to understand and acquire their main contents.
C – Suggested for the Aegean – Mediterranean interactions (available in the library):
1. Laffineur, Robert, e Emanuele Greco 2005 (a cura di), Emporia: Aegeans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the 10th International Aegean Conference/10e Rencontre égéenne internationale, Athens, Italian School of Archaeology, 14-18 April 2004, Aegaeum 25, Liège and Austin, Université de Liège, Histoire de l’art et archéologie de la Grèce antique and University of Texas at Austin, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory.
2. Babbi, Andrea, Friederike Bubenheimer-Erhart, Beatriz Marín-Aguilera, and Simone Mühl 2015 (eds), The Mediterranean Mirror: Cultural Contacts in the Mediterranean Sea between 1200 and 750 B.C. International Post-doc and Young Researcher Conference, Heidelberg, 6th-8th October 2012, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Tagungen 20, Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germansichen Zentralmuseums.
D - Suggested as a guide to most important sites:
Cline, E. 2101 (ed.), Cline, Eric H., ed. 2010. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC). Oxford: Oxford University Press (available in the library)
Learning Objectives
Acquiring knowledge and applying it through critical discussion; improving autonomous and team learning capacity and communication skills.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite. It is suggested to attend the courses of Prehistory and Protohistory, History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Greek History and Greek Archaeology.
Teaching Methods
The course includes lectures, seminars and practical training. Students are supposed to participate actively in the discussion and to report orally on the readings. In class activity helps the students to focus on the most important aspects of the course and is part of the final grading.
Further information
Individual programs and readings are possible, in agreement with the professor
Type of Assessment
To acquire the 6 CFU, students have to take part in the in class activities and to study the suggested texts (see above). In class activity counts for the 30% of the final grading, the general preparation for the 70%. The exam is oral and aims to verify the comprehension and knowledge of the relevant subjects, including geography, with the support of images, and the ability of critical elaboration of diverse contents and information.
Course program
History and geography of the Bronze Age Aegean, including chronology and geography, resources distribution and trade networks. Each phase is briefly presented through the main sites and the material and administrative culture of the various regions. The general historical trajectory of the Aegean is illustrated along with the changing interconnections with the contemporary Mediterranean.