Seminar in Archaeology of the Landscapes
Objectives
1) Develop the ability to work on the most current issues and debates in the field of landscape archaeology;
2) Develop the ability to interpret the landscape and the environment of past societies;
3) Develop the ability to read, analyse, evaluate and interpret diverse information coming from different approaches within the framework of landscape archaeology;
4) Understand the particular contribution of archaeology to the understanding of prehistorical, historical and current landscapes;
5) Develop skills to investigate and intervene at the landscape scale, mastering the latest best practices and methodologies;
6) Develop the ability to transmit, orally and in writing, the result of the research undertaken.
General characterization
Code
03102003
Credits
15.0
Responsible teacher
Catarina Maria dos Santos Guerra Tente
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 420
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- ANSCHUETZ, K. L., WILSHUSEN, and SCHEICK (2001) - An Archaeology of Landscapes: Perspectives and Directions. Journal of Archaeological Research, 9(2):157-211.
- ASHMORE W., KNAPP A., Eds. (1999) - Archaeologies of landscape: contemporary perspectives. Malden: Blackwell Publishers.
- BERNARDES, J.P., ETCHEVARNE, C., LOPES, M.C., COSTA, C., Eds (2018) - Arqueologia Urbana em Centros Históricos. Universidade do Algarve: Faro.
- DAVID B., THOMAS J. (2008) - Handbook of landscape archaeology. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek.
- FAIRCLOUGH, G. and RIPPON, S, Eds. (2002) - Europe's cultural landscape: archaeologists and the management of changes. EAC, Brussels. EAC Occasional Paper no. 2
- JOHNSON, M. (2007) - Ideas of Landscape. Blackwell: Oxford.
- UCKO, P. J., LAYTON. P., Eds. (1999): The Archaeology and Anthropology of landscape. Routledge: New York.
- WALSH, K. (2014) - The archaeology of Mediterranean landscapes: human-environment interaction from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Cam
Teaching method
The teaching methodologies used in this seminar are based on the realization of expository sessions and joint discussion of the issues addressed, either in person or via streaming. Development of collaborative learning, translated into participation in debates and joint activities on the issues under study. Individual research, resulting in the elaboration of essays and/or a research work related to the seminar and to the work and research to be developed by the student in the context of his thesis.
Evaluation method
Continuous Assessment - Presentation in class of the research work(50%), Written component of the research work(50%)
Subject matter
1. Landscape in Archaeology:
1.1. Natural landscapes and cultural landscapes;
1.2. Man as a transforming agent from the origins to our days: environmental archaeology;
1.3. Scale and limits of landscape;
1.4. Dynamics of landscape: symbolism, space and power;
2. Archaeology of rural landscapes;
3. Archaeology of urban landscapes;
4. Archaeology of industrial landscapes;
5. Landscape analysis and reconstruction in archaeology.