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:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

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:

Second 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 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 has as its theme the archeology of medieval castles to provide through the material reality of these constructions a vision of the transformations of the landscape between the X and XIII centuries. Italian contexts will be examined, with openings also to other European areas.

Extended Syllabus

First module (3CFU) – Architecture Archaeology. 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 archeology of castles to read the transformations of the landscape between the 10th and 13th centuries. The module deals with the transformations of the European rural landscape in the Middle Ages through the material data constituted by the castles. In addition to reconstructing the evolution of the castle problematic, which has been at the center of the development of the Italian Medieval Archeology, some territorial contexts will be examined in order to bring out the complexity and variety of the phenomenon both as regards the impact on the settlement, that the material structures.

Recommended Bibliography

First Module
1. 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.
2. T. Mannoni, A. Boato, Archeologia e storia del cantiere di costruzione, in Arqueología de la Arquitettura, 1, 2002, pp. 39-53.
3. R. Santangeli Valenzani, Il cantiere altomedievale, in Cantieri antichi, Bullettino dell’Istituto archeologico germanico, sez. romana, 109, 2002, pp. 419-426.
4. G. P. Brogiolo, Architetture di qualità tra VI e IX secolo, in Archeologia dell’architettura, XVIII, 2013, pp. 45-59.
5. 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.
6. G. P. Brogiolo, Architetture di qualità tra VI e IX secolo in Italia settentrionale, in Archeologia dell’architettura, XVIII, 2013, pp. 45-59.
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.
Second module
1. P. Toubert, Dalla terra ai castelli, Torino 1995, pp. 25-98.
2. A. A. Settia, Castelli medievali, Bologna 2017.
3. F. Cantini, L’evoluzione del villaggio rurale toscano tra la metà del VII ed il XIV secolo: il caso di Montarrenti, in F. Cantini, Il castello di Montarrenti, Firenze 2003, pp. 227-245.
4. G. Bianchi, Archeologia della signoria di castello (X-XIII secolo), in Archeologia Medievale, numero speciale 2014, pp. 157-172.
5. G. Bianchi, Dominare e gestire un territorio. Ascesa e sviluppo delle “signorie forti” nella Maremma toscana centrosettentrionale tra X e metà XI secolo, in Archeologia Medievale XXXVII, 2010, pp. 93-103.
6. L’incastellamento: storia ed archeologia. A 40 anni da Les structures di Pierre Toubert, a cura di A. Augenti, Paola Galetti, Spoleto 2018, pp. 17-35, 99-141, 379-390, 413-434.
7. G. M. Annoscia, Le forme e i modi dell’incastellamento nella valle sublacense, in Le valli dei monaci, a cura di L. Ermini Pani, Spoleto 2012, pp. 360-395.
8. Fortificazioni in terra in Italia. Motte, tumuli, tumbe, recinti, a cura di A.A. Settia, L. Marasco, F. Saggioro, in Archeologia Medievale, XL, 2013, pp. 9-185.
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 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 e-learning 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 e-learning platform.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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