ARCHAELOGY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

BASA015

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART

Disciplinary Sector:

Christian and Mediaeval Archeology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SOMMA Maria Carla

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

162

Prerequisites:

Students who have not taken the examination for Medieval Archaeology during the three-year course should pass an oral examination about general issues concerning Medieval Archaeology.

Objectives

The course intends to broaden and deepen the knowledge about Christian and Medieval archaeology, focusing on specific themes that are central to the scientific debate and which offer to students methods and tools to lead their research independently.

Contents

The course is organized in two modules: the first one is aimed at reconstructing the building techniques and building cycles between the IV and IX Centuries through the study of architecture archaeology.
The second module deals with the landscape of the early medieval city to provide, through the material reality returned by archaeological investigations, a vision of the transformations of the cities between the VIth and XIth centuries. Italian contexts will be examined, with openings also to other European areas.

Extended Syllabus

First module (3CFU) – Archaeology of built-up centres. Building techniques and building cycles between the IV and IX Centuries. The module is aimed at showing the changes and transformations of construction sites during the transition period between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages through the archaeological documents regarding religious, civilian and housing aspects.
Second module (6CFU) – The landscape of the early medieval city between the VIth and XIth centuries. The module deals with the transformations of the European urban landscape in the Early medieval Ages through archaeological data. The different aspects connoting the early medieval city are examined, from the urban layout, to monumental buildings to housing, from public spaces to those related to production and trade, and sacred, welfare and funerary space.

Recommended Bibliography

I Module
1. G. P. BROGIOLO, A. CAGNANA, Archeologia dell’architettura, metodi ed interpretazioni, All’Insegna del Giglio, Borgo S. Lorenzo (FI) 2012
2. Y. Marano, Le cave di marmo nella tarda antichità: aspetti organizzativi e produttivi, in Arqueologia de la construccion IV, Las canteras en el mundo antiguo: sistemas de explotacion y procesos productivos, atti del congresso di Padova, 22-24 noviembre de 2012, Merida 2014, pp. 413-428.
3. T. Mannoni, A. Boato, Archeologia e storia del cantiere di costruzione, in Arqueología de la Arquitettura, 1, 2002, pp. 39-53.
4. R. Santangeli Valenzani, Il cantiere altomedievale, in Cantieri antichi, Bullettino dell’Istituto archeologico germanico, sez. romana, 109, 2002, pp. 419-426.
5. G. P. Brogiolo, Architetture di qualità tra VI e IX secolo, in Archeologia dell’architettura, XVIII, 2013, pp. 45-59.
6. G.P. Brogiolo, Architetture e tecniche costruttive in età longobarda: i dati archeologici, in I magistri commacini. Mito e realtà del medioevo lombardo, atti del XIX Congresso del CISAM, Spoleto 2009, pp. 211-237.
7. M. Rossi, I rapporti tra committenti e cantieri agli inizi del romanico: un problema aperto, in Archeologia dell’architettura XVII, 2012, pp. 55-69.
8. M.C. Somma, I cantieri monastici, in Monachesimi d’Oriente e d’Occidente nell’alto medioevo, Spoleto 2017, pp. 589-627 Settimane di studio della Fondazione Centro Italiano di Studi sull’alto medioevo, LXIV, tomo I, pp. 589-626.

II module

1. G.P. Brogiolo, Le origini della città medievale, Mantova 2011.
2. A. Augenti (a cura di), Le città italiane tra la tarda antichità e l’altomedioevo, Firenze 2006. (Contributi scelti)
3. G. Cantino Wataghin, La città nell’Occidente tardo antico: riflessioni sui modelli di lettura della documentazione archeologica, in Trent’anni di studio sulla tarda antichità: bilanci e prospettive, Napoli 2009, pp. 61-76.
4. G. P. Brogiolo, Città e suburbio tra tardoantico e altomedioevo in Italia settentrionle, in Vaquerizo D. (a cura di), La areas suburbanas en la ciudad Historica. Topografia, usos, funcion; Cordova 2010, pp. 67-82

Further bibliographical references will be given during the course lessons.

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in two educational modules: a first 3 CFU module and a second 6 CFU module. Both modules include: frontal lessons, visits to archaeological areas and museums, conferences and workshops on specific aspects of this discipline.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The examination is based on an interview, valued in thirty, where the student is expected to expound critically the issues addressed during the course. Archaeology students are also expected to comment on a scientific contribution assigned during the lessons.

Contacts/More Information

Lesson attendance is highly recommended. In case of justified and documented inability to attend the course, the syllabus should be agreed upon with the course professor.
All the educational materials useful for taking the examination which are not available from the “Paratore” library or through the usual sales channels will be available from the University’s Teams platform.

Art History students who should take the examination for the 6 CFU must attend the second module.

Students who in previous courses have never taken the examination for Medieval Archaeology, should follow the specific syllabus available from the University’s Teams platform.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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