Early Medieval Archaeology

larko2400  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Early Medieval Archaeology
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Teacher(s)
Verslype Laurent;
Language
French
Main themes
The course proposes an introduction to the Merovingian and Carolingian Archaeology.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 The course proposes an introduction to the Merovingian and Carolingian Archaeology.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course offers an overview of the evolution of the material culture through both the merovingian and the carolingian periods mainly in North West Gaul. The main topics considered are linked with the funerary archaeology and the burial customs, the rural settlements and the paleoenvironment, the (re-)developement of urban centers, the development of Christianity, the craft productions and the economical networks, the social interpretation of the material culture.
Teaching methods
Ex cathedra lecturing including guest lectures ; field, museums and exhibition trips may be linked with several topics of the course (NW paleochristian and early medieval archaeology in Europe).
Evaluation methods
Oral individual examination added to a written report based on a portfolio.
Bibliography
La bibliographie de base est présentée lors de la première séance de cours et les bibliographies thématiques sont communiquées au gré des thèmes abordés.
Faculty or entity
ARKE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General