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Special questions in Early Medieval Archaeology [ LARKO2400 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h   1q 

This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...

Teacher(s) Verslype Laurent ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Prerequisites

None

Main themes

The lectures will introduce the birth and developement of the merovingian and the carolingian material cultures in Gaul, within their economic, geographical and social frameworks between the Vth and the Xth cent.

Aims

Specialised course for people studying NW european archaeology, archaeologists and historians of Late Antiquity as of the Middle Ages as well, who wish to develop their knowledge of the archaeological sources in merovingian and carolingian Europe.

Evaluation methods

Evaluation : oral and individual examination

Teaching methods

Ex cathedra lecturing with guest lectures ; field, museums and exhibition trips linked with the topics of the course (Late Antiquity, NW paleochristian and early medieval archaeology in Europe).

Content

The lectures offer an overview of our region's evolution through both the merovingian and the carolingian periods. The main topics considered are linked with the concepts of inheritage, continuity and break regarding to the antique inheritage : the developement of urban centers, the urban christian topography, the harbours and emporia, the settlements clustering and the rural villages, the craft specialisation and the economical networks, the burial customs, defence, in the merovingian and the carolingian periods.

Bibliography

Compulsory readings: some important books and papers will be discussed during the lectures.

Other information

None.

Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
Faculty or entity
in charge
> ARKE


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