METHODS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Students will understand the complexity of modern archaeological research, learn the correct strategies during stratigraphic excavation activity, from advance reconnaissance to research, methods of analysis of the territory in which the research will be done; moreover, they will learn the importance of the diagnostic analyses that contribute to the reconstruction of the past.

The literary sources. Advance research and stratigraphic methods, analysis of data and the importance of graphic and cartographic documentation for the study of archaeological contexts and sites, the reconstruction of the phases of occupation of ancient sites: the cataloguing and recording of finds; the conservation of finds and their placing in museums; preventive archaeology; urban archaeology; landscape archaeology; material production and the recognition of ceramic and metal objects; ethnoarchaeology; process archaeology; the relationship between archaeology and the other humanities; communication and publication of excavation results; work opportunities.

A. (CFU 3). Approach to Archaeology. Basic knowledg of the methods of the archaeological research, use of new methodologies for the reconstruction of ancient settlements. The identification of the site and the sources. The relationship between Archaeology and auxiliary disciplines. Organization of the working site.

Recommended literature:

A. Carandini: Storia della terra. Manuale di scavo archeologico. Torino 2006

C. Renfrew-P. Bahn. L’essenziale di Archeologia. Teorie , metodi, pratiche. Bologna (Zanichelli), 2009, pp. 57-70.

E. Giannichedda, Uomini e cose: appunti di archeologia, Bari 2006

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B. (2 CFU) The archaeological site: Context and landscape. Testi: C. Renfrew-P. Bahn, L’essenziale di Archeologia. Teorie, metodi e pratiche. Bologna (Zanichelli), 2009, pp. 70-96.

1. (2CFU) Preventive and emergemcy archeology. Urban Archeology.

Identification, understanding, documentation and evaluation of urban and territorial archeological contexts.

1. (2CFU). The study of the finds and their classification.

Recommended literature:

F. Cambi. Archeologia dei paesaggi antichi: fonti e diagnostica. Roma 2003 (Ed. Carrocci)oppure:-F. Cambi, Manuale di archeologia dei paesaggi, Roma 2011.

S. T. Levi. Dal coccio. Manifattura, tecnologia e classificazione della ceramica, Bologna (Zanichelli) 2010 oppure: N. Cuomo Di Caprio, Ceramica in archeologia 2. Antiche tecniche di lavorazione e moderni metodi di indagine, Roma 2007.