Course teached as: B021625 - ARCHEOLOGIA E STORIA DELL'ARTE DEL VICINO ORIENTE ANTICO 2 Second Cycle Degree in ARCHAEOLOGY Curriculum ARCHEOLOGIA ORIENTALE
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Archaeology of Preclassical Iran. Elam and uppper Tigris from the third Millennium BC to 525 BC.
Potts 2015, Archaeology of Elam.
Materiale su moodle.
Learning Objectives
1. Knowledge and understanding: provide the student first with the necessary knowledge concerning the region close to Mesopotamia. 2. Applying Knowledge and understanding: recognizing archaeological objects and contextualize them.
3. Making judgements: to improve critical analisis skills on archaeological materials and third to emphasise the relationship between Mesopotamian plan and the Zagros mountains.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
lessons, tests on moodle, Group presentations
Further information
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Type of Assessment
The exam consist of a General discussion on themes and features discussed during the course. It is required: 1..to present a specific theme Chosen by the candidate. 2. to recognize and contextualize an archaeological object or topographic plan. 3. to have critic skills to contextualize material culture
Course program
Archaeology of Preclassical Iran. Elam and uppper Tigris from the third Millennium BC to 525 BC.
Each week will be divided into two parts:
Part I:
introductory lessons on material culture od Elam and northern zagros region
Part II:
Practical lessons: comparisons of materials from Iran and Mesopotamia.