UCL - Late Medieval Archaeology

[ARKA2560]

[15h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Specialised course for people studying NW european archaeology, medieval art historians and historians who wish to develop their knowledge of the archaeological sources in North West Europe, especially in the former Low Countries.

Main themes

Lectures will introduce specific questions about the medieval archaeological sources and their comprehension, within the economic, geographical and social frameworks between the XIth and the XVth cent.

Content and teaching methods

Content: The lectures are an introduction to the medieval archaeology and the architecture archaeological study in the ancient Low Countries. Archaeological sources are introduced following their chronology and location (geography and rural or urban environment) and illustrate everyday life, consumption and production based on material culture. Links with written sources, iconography and other sciences lead to a socio-economic and technological understanding of the medieval societies.
Lecturing : ex cathedra and field trips.
Readings : depending on the litterature at the moment (2008-2009).

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Scholarship : a methodological introduction in the Faculty or medieval heuristics (FLTR) ; Mineure Archéologie and Arts et Civilisations-Moyen Age or Arts et Civilisations-Archéologie du Nord-Ouest européen.
Evaluation : oral and individual examination.
Support : bibliography and illustration (files on the intranet of the Department