PHOENICIAN-PUNIC ARCHEOLOGY
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The aim is to help the students start a seminar activity, by means of an in depth analysis a subjects they already know from the basic courses. Among the many problems peculiar to the archaeology of the Ancient Near East, the subject of the formation of urban culture presents many interesting links even with contemporary urban cultures
Course contents summary
The formation of urban culture will be analysed in detail, between the end of the Neolithic period, the flourishing of the Uruk culture, and the formalisation of the Early Dynastic period. Thus, the birth and development of architectural models for temples and palaces, of the languages of power, of cuneiform writing and of the registration systems for administrative processes will be taken into consideration
Recommended readings
M. Liverani, Antico Oriente. Storia, società, economia, Roma-Bari 1988
Teaching methods
The course is organised as a seminar, for a large part with a voice presentation by the teacher, and with a large debate with students
Students' work will be evaluated by means of a voice examination
