The course offers a panorama of Aegean archaeological findings from the second millennium AD with specific attention to the palatial cultures documented in Crete and continental Greece.
The course gives basic knowledge on chronology and craft production in the Aegean region during the bronze age with reference to previous periods. Particular attention is given to Minoan and Mycenaean palatial society, with an analysis of architectural records, and writing and administration systems
The course gives basic knowledge on chronology and craft production in the Aegean region during the bronze age with reference to previous periods. Particular attention is given to Minoan and Mycenaean palatial society, with an analysis of architectural records, and writing and administration systems. Archaeological data on funerary customs and religious practices from the period in question as well as contacts between the Aegean region, the Near East and the West Mediterranean during the second millennium BC are analysed
Traditional lectures (36 hours).
Archaeological data in the Aegean from the Neolithic through the final stage of the Late Bronze Age: history of studies, chronology and an outline of architecture, craft productions (pottery, terracottas, bronze), ritual practices, burial behaviours and scripts in use during the Aegean Bronze Age.
NICOLA CUCUZZA (President)
BIANCA MARIA GIANNATTASIO
FABIO NEGRINO
SILVIA PALLECCHI
(approx. from Oct. 3 to Dec. 20)
AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURE
Oral examination.
https://unige.it/off.f/2015/cds/8453.html
