B013121 - PALETHNOLOGY

Italian

Settlement and Mobility Strategies during Prehistory. Human-environmental relationships. Multidisciplinary research in the field of Prehistoric Archaeology.

Desbrosse R. & Kozlowski J.K., 2001 - Les habitats préhistoriques. Des Australopithèques aux premiers agriculteurs.
Éditions du CTHS, Paris.
- Peretto C., a cura di,
Analisi informatizzata e trattamento dati delle strutture
d’abitato di età preistorica e protostorica in Italia. Origines, Progetti, 1, I.I.P.P., Firenze
-Cavulli F., 2020, Abitare il Neolitico. Le più antiche strutture antropiche del Neolitico in Italia settentrionale. Ed.
MUSE - Museo delle Scienze
-Lecture notes.
-A references list will be provided during classes

Knowledge and understanding: acquisition of specific skills on settlements and dwelling structures in Prehistory with a focus on European evidence and in particular from Italy.
Applied knowledge and understanding: critical analysis and interpretation of evidence relating to the prehistoric population of Europe, dwelling sites, man/environment relationship, in a historical perspective

Basics on Prehistoric Archaeology

Lectures, seminars,

workshops on methods for landscape archeology

oral examination and a written report on a specific topic agreed with the teacher.
Upon presentation of appropriate certification, students with disabilities, or with SLD, or otherwise temporarily unable for health reasons to take the exam in the provided manner (handwritten test, written test on the PC, oral test, etc.), may agree an alternative exam modality with the teacher.

The course aims to provide the student with basic elements on occupation strategies and the land-use by prehistoric communities and on man/environment relationship.
Information on dwelling strategies will be related to knowledge about the landscape transformation during prehistory, the adaptation processes to climate change, human mobility, management and exploitation of natural resources.