Магистратура 2020/2021

Археология Западной и Центральной Европы севернее Альп в 1 тыс. н.э.

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»

Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»

Статус: Курс по выбору (Античная и восточная археология)

Направление: 46.04.01. История

Кто читает: Институт классического Востока и античности

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 2, 3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Преподаватели: Аржанцева Ирина Аркадьевна, Херке Хайнрих Гюнтер Хайнц

Прогр. обучения: Античная и восточная археология

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 24

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The subject of this course is an examination of archaeological cultures of the Bronze and Iron Age in Western and Central Europe (Hallstatt, La Tene, archaeology of Roman provinces). The main focus of this course is on chronology and cultural typology of the archaeological evidences.

Learning Objectives

• The main aim of this course is to introduce students to the history of research of basic archaeological complexes and main scientific schools and methods.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• The main historiographical problems of the research in the fiel of the Roman Iron Age in Europe will be discussed. Archaeological evidences will be analysed in comparison with the narratives of ancient and medieval historians.
• The main question of this topis is what archaeological evidences may tell us about migrations in Europe in the post-Roman period. History of research of early medieval settlements and burials are of particular interest.
• The archaeological evidences of the later first millennium AD will be discussed in comparison with the archaeological sites of the Roman period.

Course Contents

• The Roman Iron Age in Europe and the Roman Empire
  The Roman Iron Age: archaeology and Roman sources. The Roman expansion into Western and Central Europe. The Roman army. Romanization and acculturation. Towns and countryside. Archaeology of daily life. The Late Roman transformation.
• Migration Period and the post-Roman period in Europe
  First millennium mobility and migrations. Conquest or accommodation: patterns of migration, landnam, assimilation and acculturation. Continuity and discontinuity of Roman life north of the Alps. Early medieval settlements and burials. The European periphery.
• The later first millennium AD in Europe
  Factors of change in early medieval Europe. Religious change: the spread of Christianity. Social change: the rise of kingdoms and state formation. Economic change: trade and new urbanism. Viking raiding, trading, settling. Europe on the threshold of the Middle Ages.

Assessment Elements

• Seminars
• Essay
• Exam

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.25 * Essay + 0.5 * Exam + 0.25 * Seminars

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Alcock, L. (1987). Economy, Society, and Warfare Among the Britons and Saxons. Cardiff: University of Wales. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=27213
• Campbell, J. (2004). Wics: The Early Medieval Trading Centres of Northern Europe. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.FEB19BB5
• Champion, T. (1983). Dark Age Economics, by Richard Hodges. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.C9E5D74B
• Esmonde Cleary, A. S. (2000). The Ending of Roman Britain. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=84287
• Hamerow, H. (2002). Early Medieval Settlements : The Archaeology of Rural Communities in Northwest Europe, 400-900. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=150000
• Hamerow, H. (2004). Early Medieval Settlements : The Archaeology of Rural Communities in North-West Europe 400-900. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=572677
• Sawyer, P. H. (1998). From Roman Britain to Norman England (Vol. 2nd ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=77173
• Smith, J. M. H. (2005). Europe After Rome : A New Cultural History 500-1000. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=179866

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Alcock, L. (1989). Economy, Society, and Warfare among the Britons and Saxons (Book Review). American Historical Review, 94(3), 744. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=f5h&AN=5658547
• Bourgeois Jean. (1992). A. S. Esmonde Cleary, The Ending of Roman Britain. L’antiquité Classique, (1), 765. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsper&AN=edsper.antiq.0770.2817.1992.num.61.1.1155.t1.0765.0000.2
• Frank, R. (1979). P. H. SAWYER. From Roman Britain to Norman England. New York: St. Martin’s Press. 1978. Pp. 294. $19.95. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E2F87A4B
• Greenberg, D. S., & Greenberg, D. S. (2001). Patients’ Bill of Rights moves ahead on US political agenda. Lancet, 357(9273), 2033. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05170-9