The discipline of Archaeology

Brief overview of the history of archaeological science. The history of the development of techniques and methods of surface research and archaeological excavation. Exercises in the field and in the Laboratory of Archaeology-Teaching Collection. The topics concern the procedures followed on the one hand to identify sites of the past through surface research and draw conclusions from them and on the other hand the procedures applied in the science of archaeology for the conduct of excavations and the subsequent management of both monuments and movable finds. We will refer to specific examples from the Aegean and the wider Mediterranean area of all periods. Visits will be made to “rescue” and “systematic” excavations in progress and to public and private bodies that manage the country's cultural reserve.

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2 (14 Oct.) Visit to Soros

Lessons 3rd, 4th, 5th : History of the development of the science of archaeology

Lesson 6: Methods and techniques of surface surveys and excavations – an introduction

Lesson 7 (13-16 Nov.): Four-day field-trip to Athens and Euboea 

Lesson 8: Exercises: drawings of finds

Lesson 9: Exercises: architectural drawings

Lessons 11-13: Presentations of essays

More visits will be planned: at Demetrias, at Goritsa, at the Archaeological Museum of Volos, etc.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chourmouziadis G. (1999): Λόγια από χώμα, Athens

Etienne R. & Etienne F. (1992), The Search for Ancient Greece, London

Johnson M. (2018): Archaeological Theory: An Introduction, Oxford

Korka E. et el. (ed.) (2007), Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece, Athens

Renfrew C., Bahn P. (2013): Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice, London

Sakellarakis Y. (1996): Digging for the Past, Athens

Shnapp A. (2007): The Discovery of the Past, London

Shnapp A. (2020): Une histoire universelle des ruines: des origines aux Lumières, Paris

Themelis P. (2018): Ανασκαφή, Athens

Valavanis P. (ed.) (2007): Great Moments in Greek Archaeology