PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: BRONZE AGE
| Title | ΠΡΟΪΣΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ: ΕΠΟΧΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΑΛΚΟΥ / PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: BRONZE AGE |
| Code | ΑΠΡ502 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600019215 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Istorías kai Archaiologías 2020-2021
Registered students: 1
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCΗAIOLOGIAS KAI ISTORIAS TĪS TECΗNĪS | Specialization Core Courses | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600292115
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600292115
- eLearning:
- eLearning (Moodle):
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- ΑΠΡ151 INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC CULTURE
- ΑΠΡ652 PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: SOCIETIES OF THE AEGEAN AND THE BALKANS UNTIL THE END OF THE NEOLITHIC
- ΑΠΡ653 PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: SOCIETIES OF THE AEGEAN AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN IN THE BRONZE AGE
- ΑΠΡ651 PREHISTORIC ARCHAELOGY: THEORY AND METHOD
Learning Outcomes
Students are expected:
- to obtain a deep knowledge and thorough comprehension of the socio-political and ideological developments taken place in the Aegean during the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC
- to acquire in-depth knowledge of a special subject of the Bronze Age Aegean and develop further their critical and synthetic abilities to produce written work with the use of international bibliography
- to be able to approach in a critical way particular aspects of material culture in association with special issues related to technology, architecture and spatial organization, exchange networks and trading systems, administration, scripts and writing systems, death management, conspicuous consumption and feasting, iconography etc.
- to improve their ability to assess and evaluate archaeological publications and studies of archaeological remains
- to become familiar with interdisciplinary approaches to the thematic unit
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The seminar will examine issues related to current problems and debates in the formation of Aegean societies in the 3rd and 2nd mill. BC. In particular, themes which will be extensively discussed include: the passage from Neolithic sharing to the EBA independent household, the emergence of social complexity in the Early Bronze Age and the dominant role of the Cyclades in the exchange networks of the Aegean, the formation of the Middle Helladic societies in the Greek mainland and the emergence of local leaderships in the early Mycenaean period, the role of trading systems in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean as well as the interaction of the Aegean with their neigbors, the modern interepretative approaches to the emergence of 'foreign' cultural features in the formation of local communities, e.g. minoanisation, mycenaeanization. The accurate description of the syllabus depends on the special thematic which will be taught annually.
Keywords
Aegean Bronze Age, Social complexity, Theoretical approaches, Interpretation
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Power-Point and the AUTH e-leaning platform will be used. Communication through emails
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 65 | 2.2 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 95 | 3.2 | ✓ | ||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 22.5 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 25 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 2.5 | 0.1 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 210 | 7 |
Student Assessment
Description
Evaluation is based on written or oral exams and optional assessment of short essays (3000 words) will be provided only when the course is successfully completed (20%).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
-Barret, J. C. και P. Halstead (επιμ.). 2004. The Emergence of Civilisation Revisited. Oxford: Oxbow
-Branigan, Κ. (επιμ.). 2001. Urbanism in the Aegean Bronze Age. SCAA 4. Oxford: Oxbow
-Broodbank, C. 2009 (Μετάφραση). Οι Πρώιμες Κυκλάδες: Μία Ανάλυση στο Πλαίσιο της Νησιωτικής Αρχαιολογίας. Αθήνα: Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τράπεζας
-Cline, E. H. (επιμ.). 2010. Oxford Handbook of Bronze Age Aegean. Oxford: Oxford University Press
-Cullen, T. (επιμ.). 2001. Aegean Prehistory. A Review. American Journal of Archaeology Supplement 1. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America
-Gauß, W., M. Lindblom, R. A. K. Smith, and J. C. Wright (eds) 2011. Our Cups Are Full: Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age. Papers Presented to Jeremy B. Rutter on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday
-McEnroe, J. C. 2010. Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age. Texas. University of Texas Press.
-Philippa-Touchais, A., G., Touchais, S., Voutsaki, and J. Wright (eds.) 2010. Mesohelladika. Μεσοελλαδικά: La Grèce continentale au Bronze Moyen. Η ηπειρωτική Ελλάδα στη Μέση εποχή του Χαλκού. The Greek Mainland in the Middle Bronze Age. Actes du colloque international organisé par l'École française d'Athènes, en collaboration avec l'American School of Classical Studies at Athens et le Netherlands Institute in Athens, Athènes, 8-12 mars 2006, BCH Suppl. 52, Athènes: École française d'Athènes.
-Pullen, D. J. (ed.) 2010. Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age. Oxford
-Rutter, J. 2011. Aegean Prehistoric Archaeology. Προσβάσιμο στο: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~prehistory/aegean/.
-Schoep, I., P. Tomkins, and J. Driessen (eds.). 2012. Back to the Beginning: Reassessing Social and Political Complexity on Crete during the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford and Oakville: Oxbow Books
-Shelmerdine, C. (επιμ.). 2008. The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
-Wiersma, C. 2014. Building the Bronze Age: Architectural and Social Change on the Greek Mainland during Early Helladic III, Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Last Update
28-04-2020
