Landscape Archaeology
Objectives
1) Understand the role of landscapes in the archaeological work and the particular contribution of archeology in understandin landscape contexts.
2) Understand the various scales of analysis in archaeology, from the object to the landscape.
3) Master methodologies in landscape analysis.
4) Identify the tangible and intangible elements that make up the landscape.
5) Know the national and international good practices in this area of research.
General characterization
Code
711051139
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Sara Maria Sena Esteves Prata
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
ASHMORE W., KNAPP A. (eds.) (1999): Archaeologies of landscape: contemporary perspectives. Malden: Blackwell Publishers.
CAMBI, F. (2015): Manuale di archeologia dei paesaggi. Carocci: Roma.
DAVID B., THOMAS J. (2008): Handbook of landscape archaeology. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek.
JOHNSON, M. (2007): Ideas of Landscape. Blackwell: Oxford.
THOMAS, J. (ed.) (2000): Interpretative Archaeology. Leicester: University University Press.
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. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
Teaching method
The teaching of the subject is based on:
- Theoretical and practical classes accompanied by audiovisual information.
Evaluation method
Método de avaliação - - Individual test (50%), - Individual work for presentation in classes(40%), - Participation in classes(10%)
Subject matter
1. Landscape Archaeology. Introduction.
2. Landscape Archaeology: Theory and Method.
4. The reconstruction of the landscape.
5. Landscape and archaeology.
6. Landscape analysis