Prehistory
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The lecture course will provide the tools to understand the chronological and geographical development of the European prehistoric and protohistoric cultures, their ideological and socio-economic structures, their arts, craft and building and, finally, their cultural and funerary self-representation.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the lecture course, the student will have acquired the ability to read the historical-archaeological evolution of European pre-protohistoric cultures in terms of material culture and ideology.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Part A (20 hrs, 3 cfu): Introduction to Prehistory and Protohistory. Contents, principles, methods and practices;
Part B (20 hrs, 3 cfu): The Bronze Age of Continental Italy in the Mediterranean and European Framework;
Part C (20 hrs, 3 cfu): The Bronze Age of Northern Italy.
Part B (20 hrs, 3 cfu): The Bronze Age of Continental Italy in the Mediterranean and European Framework;
Part C (20 hrs, 3 cfu): The Bronze Age of Northern Italy.
Prerequisites for admission
Curiosity, willingness to work in groups and to actively contribute to the individual and collective learning process.
Teaching methods
The course will take place alternating frontal lessons with individual or group presentations by the students. The lessons will present images in the form of power points and the use of other media.
Teaching Resources
The teaching materials presented in class (slides) and the handouts will be available on the Prehistory page of the Ariel platform (https://utecchiatip.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/home/Default.aspx), once the lectures relating to the teaching units in question have been completed.
Part A
1. Renfrew C. 2011, Preistoria. L'alba della mente umana, Einaudi.
2. Cline E. H., 2020, 1177 a.C. Il collasso della civiltà, Bollati Boringhieri.
3. Harding A., Fokkens H., 2013 (Eds.) - The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Part B
1. Peroni R. 1996, L'Italia alle soglie della Storia, Bari Laterza.
2. Bietti Sestieri A. M., 2018 - L'Italia nell'età del bronzo e del ferro. Dalle palafitte a Romolo (2200-700 a. C.). Con aggiornamento online, Carocci.
3. Broodbank C. 2018, Il Mediterraneo. Dalla preistoria alla nascita del mondo classico. Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi Ns.
4. Cazzella A., Recchia G. 2021, Alle origini delle disuguaglianze. Dall'affermazione dell'economia produttiva alle prime forme di stratificazione in Italia e nelle isole adiacenti (6000-1000 a.C.)
5. Articoli di approfondimento forniti dal docente.
Part C
1. AAVV 1997, Le terramare. La più antica civiltà padana, Catalogo della Mostra, Ed. Panini.
2. Bernabò Brea e Cremaschi M. 2009, Acqua e civiltà nelle Terramare. La vasca votiva di Noceto, a cura di Maria Bernabò Brea e Mauro Cremaschi, Università degli Studi di Milano/Skira (2009).
3. Handouts and notes from the lectures, including slides projected in class.
Additional bibliography provided during the course. Non-attending students can agree on an alternative study path and preparation for the exam with the teacher
NB: The program may be subject to changes and updates; it will be expressed in its final form at the end of the course and published in Ariel.
Additional bibliography will be indicated during the course.
Part A
1. Renfrew C. 2011, Preistoria. L'alba della mente umana, Einaudi.
2. Cline E. H., 2020, 1177 a.C. Il collasso della civiltà, Bollati Boringhieri.
3. Harding A., Fokkens H., 2013 (Eds.) - The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Part B
1. Peroni R. 1996, L'Italia alle soglie della Storia, Bari Laterza.
2. Bietti Sestieri A. M., 2018 - L'Italia nell'età del bronzo e del ferro. Dalle palafitte a Romolo (2200-700 a. C.). Con aggiornamento online, Carocci.
3. Broodbank C. 2018, Il Mediterraneo. Dalla preistoria alla nascita del mondo classico. Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi Ns.
4. Cazzella A., Recchia G. 2021, Alle origini delle disuguaglianze. Dall'affermazione dell'economia produttiva alle prime forme di stratificazione in Italia e nelle isole adiacenti (6000-1000 a.C.)
5. Articoli di approfondimento forniti dal docente.
Part C
1. AAVV 1997, Le terramare. La più antica civiltà padana, Catalogo della Mostra, Ed. Panini.
2. Bernabò Brea e Cremaschi M. 2009, Acqua e civiltà nelle Terramare. La vasca votiva di Noceto, a cura di Maria Bernabò Brea e Mauro Cremaschi, Università degli Studi di Milano/Skira (2009).
3. Handouts and notes from the lectures, including slides projected in class.
Additional bibliography provided during the course. Non-attending students can agree on an alternative study path and preparation for the exam with the teacher
NB: The program may be subject to changes and updates; it will be expressed in its final form at the end of the course and published in Ariel.
Additional bibliography will be indicated during the course.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will be aimed at:
- ascertain the achievement of the objectives in terms of knowledge and comprehension;
- verify the student's autonomy of judgment also through the analysis of the cases discussed during the course or mentioned in the textbooks;
- ascertain the mastery of the specific language of the discipline and the ability to present the arguments in a clear and orderly manner.
The oral test provides the verification of the knowledge of the texts reported in the bibliography according to the specific indications provided by the Professor, the handouts and other teaching aids made available to the students.
- ascertain the achievement of the objectives in terms of knowledge and comprehension;
- verify the student's autonomy of judgment also through the analysis of the cases discussed during the course or mentioned in the textbooks;
- ascertain the mastery of the specific language of the discipline and the ability to present the arguments in a clear and orderly manner.
The oral test provides the verification of the knowledge of the texts reported in the bibliography according to the specific indications provided by the Professor, the handouts and other teaching aids made available to the students.
L-ANT/01 - PREHISTORY AND EARLY HISTORY - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Tecchiati Umberto, Viola Stefano
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