07.848.1405 The Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages

Lehrende/r: Aimee Miles; Mari Yamasaki

Veranstaltungsart: Seminar/Proseminar

Anzeige im Stundenplan: PS/S VA Archäologie

Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | -

Inhalt:
This course aims to provide an overview of the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze and the Iron Age, focusing on the maritime dimension.
The geographical scope includes Cyprus, Anatolian coast, the Levant, coastal Egypt and the Aegean.  
Students will be requested to contribute to the course discussion and give presentations on selected themes of interest (which can be also suggested by the students themselves).

Some key topics that will be further discussed with and by the students are:

• maritime transportation and shipbuilding
  
• interregional connectivity
  
• cultural hybridization
  
• development of ports and harbours
  
• industrialization
  
• resource management and exploitation
  

Empfohlene Literatur:
Selected chapters from:

A.B. Knapp and P. Van Dommelen (Eds.), The Cambridge prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean. Cambridge University Press. 2015
C. Broodbank, The Making of the Middle Sea. Oxford University Press. 2013

Further literature will be provided during the course.