Topics of Special Interest in Byzantine Archaeology ΙI

Course Information
TitleΕιδικά θέματα Βυζαντινής Αρχαιολογίας ΙΙ / Topics of Special Interest in Byzantine Archaeology ΙI
CodeΑΒΥ 702
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolHistory and Archaeology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600015944

Programme of Study: PMS stīn Archaiología, Téchnī kai Politismó 2024-2025

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Vyzantinī ArchaiologíaCompulsory CourseWinter/Spring-15

Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600245598
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students who attend the course are expected to • get acquainted with issues regarding the study of the transitional period of Byzantium • learn the basic aspects of situation in the Aegean and Asia Minor after the Arab conquest (mid-7th century) • learn the archaeological evidence of the period • get to know aspects of the economy, the agricultural and the craft production as well the intervention of the byzantine dignitaries • get acquainted with issues regarding the urban planning, the architecture, the minor arts, and the commercial networks during this period • get acquainted with issues and problems of method found in the relevant bibliography for the study of the material of this period • practice their skills to present orally and in written their ideas and arguments.
General Competences
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The seminar is a short introduction to the study and the methodologies in examining the networks, connectivity and supply infrastructure in the Aegean Sea and Asia Minor between the 7th and the 9th century. The course explores the archaeological material in the Aegean islands and Asia Minor. The course examines the factors that shaped the urban planning, the architecture, the minor arts, and the commercial networks during this period. Moreover, the seminar examines the efforts made by Constantinople to safeguard naval routes from hostile invasions and to ensure the control of the production and circulation of goods. Besides presenting the material itself, the course examines issues of the methodologies applied and problems that are surfacing in the research concerning it.
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Selected bibliography
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Seminars150
Reading Assigment150
Written assigments150
Total450
Student Assessment
Description
Students will have to study weekly specific book chapters and articles (in Greek or English) and present, orally or in written, brief reports of their critical reading. They will also have to study and comment on specific sources regarding artistic appreciation at the time of its production. Students' evaluation will depend on one hand on their weekly presentations, their ability to argue and to answer complicated questions based on bibliography and the relevant sources. Their final assessment will include the paper they must deliver and its oral presentation in the classroom.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Παρατίθεται επιπρόσθετη Βιβλιογραφία ΜΟΝΟ για την Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνη στη Δύση κατά τους Μέσους Χρόνους (για λόγους συντομίας) - Arthur P., Early medieval amphorae, the duchy of Naples and the food supply of Rome, PBSR, LXI, 1993, 231-244. - Balance M., Boardman J., Corbett S., Hood S., Byzantine Emporio. Excavations in Chios, 1952-1955, Suppl. V. no 20, BSA, Oxford 1989. - Bonifay M., Pieri D., “Amphores du Ve au VIIe siècle à Marseille : nouvelles données sur la typologie et le contenu », Journal of Roman Archaeology 8, 1995, 94-120. - Brandes W., “Byzantine cities in the seventh and eighth centuries – different sources, different histories?” in G. P. Brogiolo, B. Ward-Perkins (eds.), The idea and ideal of the town between late antiquity and the early middle ages, Leiden, Boston, Köln, 1999, 25-57. - Decker M., “Food for an Empire: Wine and Oil Production in North Syria”, in Kingsley, S., Decker, M. (eds), Economy and Exchange in East Mediterranean during Late Antiquity, Oxford 2001, 69-86. - Dunn A., The rise and fall of towns, loci of maritime traffic, and silk production: the problem of Thisve – Kastorion, in E. Jeffreys (ed.), Byzantine style, religion and civilization. In honour of Sir Steven Runciman, Cambridge 2006, 39-71. - Felten F., Alt Ägina, I, 2, Die christliche Siedlung, Mainz 1975. - Haldon J. F., Byzantium in the seventh century. The transformation of a culture, Cambridge 1995. - Haldon, J. F. Production, Distribution and Demand in the Byzantine World c. 660-840, in Hansen I. L., Wickham C., (eds.) The Long Eighth Century, Brill 2000, 225-230. - Hayes J.W., Saraçhane, Vol. II : The Pottery, Princeton 1992. Laiou A., Exchange and Trade. Seventh-Twelfth Centuries, in Laiou, A. (ed.), The Economic History of Byzantium: from the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century, Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University Washington, U.S.A. 2002, 697-770. - Murialdo G., Le anfore di transporto, in Mannoni, T., Murialdo, G. (a cura di), S. Antonino: Un insediamento fortificato nella Liguria bizantina, Bordighera 2001, 255-296. - Portale E. C., Romeo I., Contenitori da trasporto, in Di Vita, A. (ed.), Gortina V. 3, t. Il Materiali, Padoue 2001, 260-410. - Pieri D., Le commerce du vin oriental à l’époque Byzantine (Ve – VIIe siècles). Le témoignage des amphores en Gaule, Beyrouth 2005. - Poulou-Papadimitriou N., La céramique montée à la main est-elle forcement barbare?, Dossiers d’Archéologie, Septembre 2000, 35. - Poulou-Papadimitriou N., Byzantine Pottery from Greek islands and the d the Peloponnese (7th - 9th century.): A first approach, in The Dark Centuries of Byzantium (7th-9th c.), International Symposium 9, National Research Foundation, Institute of Byzantine Research, Athens 2001, 231-266 (in greek). - Poulou-Papadimitriou N., Les plaques-boucles byzantines de l’île de Crète (fin VIe – IXe siècle), Mélanges Jean-Pierre Sodini, Travaux et Memoires 15, Paris 2005, 687-704. - Poulou N., ‘The Aegean during the ‘Transitional’ period of Byzantium: the archaeological evidence’ in J. Crow and D. Hill (eds.), Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean, the Norwegian Institute at Athens 2018, 29-50. - Πούλου Ν., ‘Δίκτυα, συνδετικότητα και υποδομές ανεφοδιασμού στο Αιγαίο και το Ιόνιο Πέλαγος (7ος – 9ος αι.)’ στο Ν. Πούλου (επιμ.), ‘Δίκτυα και Επικοινωνία στο Βυζάντιο’, Θεσσαλονίκη 2022, 73-135 (σε συνεργασία με την Δρ Μ. Λεοντσίνη). - Poulou N., Digging in the Dark. The islands of the Aegean and Crete from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (Late Sixth through Ninth Centuries), στο Castrorao Barba et al. (eds.), Archaeology of the Mediterranean During Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Florida 2023, 13-52. - Reynolds P., Pottery and the economy in 8th century Beirut: an Umayyad assemblage from the roman imperial baths (Bey 045), in VIIe Congres International sur la Céramique Médievale en Méditerranée, Thessaloniki, 11-16 Octobre 1999, Athènes 2003, 725-734. - Sagui L., Ricci M., Romei D., Nuovi dati ceramologici per la storia economica di Roma tra VII e VIII secolo , in La céramique médiévale en Méditerranée. Actes du 6e congrès, Aix-en-Provence 1997, 35-48. - Sanders G. D. R., Problems in interpreting rural and urban settlement in southern Greece, AD 365-700, στο: N. Christie (ed.), Landscapes of change: Rural evolutions in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, Aldershot 2004, 162-193. - Sidiropoulos K., Münzfunde und Münzumlauf im spätrömischen und protobyzantinischen Kreta, Akten XII. Internationaler Numismatischer Kongress, Berlin 1997, Berlin 2000, 840-852. - Slane K. W., Sanders G. D. R., Corinth: Late Roman Horizons, Hesperia 74, 2005, 243-297. - Wickham Ch., Framing the Early Middle Ages. Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800, Oxford University Press 2005.
Last Update
07-01-2024