Seminar in Archaeology of Architecture and Construction
Objectives
The sea and rivers assumed an important role in the occupation of coastal areas from an early age. The heritage legacy related to the occupation of the coast is diverse, including architectural and archaeological, underwater and terrestrial remains. This unit intends to:
1. Deepen knowledge about the historical processes related to the occupation of the coast, on the islands and on the European, African, American and Asian continents.
2. To understand the occupation and development of extractive, productive and mercantile processes of the societies that occupied the coast, addressing the interconnection with the interior through river and land routes;
3.To understand the navigation and development of coastal landscapes and port cities since antiquity; 4. Analyze the strategies and methodologies of protection, management and enhancement of maritime and underwater heritage.
General characterization
Code
03101991
Credits
15.0
Responsible teacher
José António Bettencourt
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 420
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- ARNAUD, P., 2005 – Les routes de la navigation antique. Itinéraires en Mediterranée. Paris : Éditions Errance.
- BABITS, L. E. e TILBURG, V. (eds.) (1998) - Maritime Archaeology: A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions, The Plenum Series in Underwater Archaeology, Nova Iorque: Plenum Press.
- CATSAMBIS, A., FORD, B. e HAMILTON, D.L. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology, Oxford University Press, 2011.
- HORDEN, P.;PURCELL, N. (2000) – The corrupting sea. A study of Mediterranean History. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- McPHERSON, K. (1998) - The Indian Ocean. A History of the People and the Sea. Nova Deli: Oxford University Press. FALK, Lisa (ed.) (1991). Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective. Washington e Londres: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 1-19.
- TRACY, J. D. (1993) - The Rise of merchant empires: long distance trade in the Early Modern World 1350-1750. Cambridge: University Press
Teaching method
The teaching methodology mainly includes lectures on the various aspects defined in the syllabus. Reference texts will be distributed and analyzed for discussion during classes, with students being expected to play an active role in the preparation of the sessions. Students will also be encouraged to participate in scientific activities taking place in the various centers of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, acquiring advanced methodological tools useful for their research.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Practical exercise during the semester, which consists of an essay on theme related to the matter-select by students in a publishable format. (100%)
Subject matter
The program of the course unit will be adapted annually to the research interests of the students, always abiding the most recent theoretical and conceptual framework, as well as the problems of research in maritime archaeology. According to the trend of the topics to be addressed by students in their research will also develop theoretical approaches with analysis of case-studies related to. 1:
1. Occupation strategies in the islands and the European, African, American and Asian continents.
2. Ships and shipbuilding.
3. Trade and navigation.
4. Ports, harbours and maritime cultural landscapes.
5. Globalization: the archeology of contact and conflict.
6. Agriculture, extractive activities and production in coastal areas.
7. The oceans and environmental archeology.
8. The construction of a global everyday life.