Learning objectives
The course aims to convey to the student a clear concept of Etruscology.
1) Knowledge and Ability to Understand: By the end of the course, through the use of the adopted textbooks and the in-depth study of the main topics concerning the subject, the student will have acquired enough knowledge to understand the history of the discipline
2) Applied knowledge and comprehension skills: The student will be able to support arguments concerning archaeological field excavation, classification of Etruscan contexts and monuments, topographical reconnaissance, study of documentary sources, knowledge of scientific laboratory analyses used for diagnostics and dating of archaeological artifacts from the Etruscan period, and all components that characterize research in the field of Etruscology.
Thanks to this knowledge, the student, will be able to possess specific skills useful for an initial preparation for the profession of archaeologist, specializing in Etruscology.
3) Autonomy of judgment:
The student will be able to correctly and independently interpret archaeological data.
4) Communication skills: at the end of the course, the student will be able to communicate information and ideas, problems and solutions, in oral and written form, to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.
5) Learning skills: Thanks to what has been learned, the student will be able to undertake subsequent studies, inherent the Etruscology, with a high degree of autonomy.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course will cover the following topics:
The Etruscans at the center of the Mediterranean. The formation of Etruscan civilization. The Villanovan period and the Orientalizing period (8th-7th centuries BC). The age of the “princes” and the High Archaic period. Etruscan cities from the Late Archaic period to the Roman conquest and decline. The Etruscans in their relations with Greece and other peoples of pre-Roman Italy. The relationship with Rome. Religious and institutional forms of the Etruscans and their reflection on monuments and objects. The art, religion, and society of the Etruscans.
Full programme
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Bibliography
G. Bartoloni (a cura di), Introduzione all’Etruscologia, Milano, 2012 (Hoepli)
Non attending students must prepare, in addition to the manual, the following text.
M. Torelli, L'arte degli etruschi, Edizione Laterza, Roma, 2008
Teaching methods
Lectures will be held in presence. During the lectures, mainly face-to-face moments will alternate with interactive moments with students. The course includes a total of 30 hours for 6 CFUs. Lectures will be conducted with the aid of a wide range of projected images. Students will be encouraged to intervene and express their views on the issues and topics examined at the end of each lecture.
Comprehensive and detailed power points on each topic will be projected at each lecture. During the lectures, photocopies may be distributed as an aid to exam preparation. All thematic power points projected in class, along with other useful teaching materials, will be uploaded to the Elly Platform and made available to facilitate exam preparation.
Assessment methods and criteria
The students will have to show that they have learned the general part of the manual, the methods and the contents developed and deepened in class. The vote of the exam session is defined by an oral test based on the knowledge and understanding of the main topics related to the Course. An assessment of insufficiency is determined by the lack of a
knowledge of the minimum contents of the course; from the inability to express themselves
adequately with reference to the subject, as well as the lack of preparation. A sufficient evaluation (from 18 to 24) is determined by an acceptable level of preparation by the student; a score from 24 to 27 comes
assigned to the student who proves to possess a discrete or good level of preparation and presentation of the topics; the highest scores (from 28 to 30 and praise) come
assigned on the basis of the demonstration of a high level, from excellent to excellent, of knowledge, understanding and exposure of the main topics related to the course.
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
The course, through the didactic activity in the classroom and the archaeological excavations in the field, has at least three objectives for sustainable
