Archaeology of the Medieval Territory
Code: 100330 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 4 | 0 |
| 2500501 History | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ramón Martí Castelló
- Email:
- Ramon.Marti@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
Those that are own of the optional subjects of the studies in Archaeology and History
Objectives and Contextualisation
In the last stage of the studies of degree, this subject offers the students interested by Archaeology and the Mediaeval History or the historical study of the territory, the tools and the necessary resources to analyse and comprise the territorial structures.
Here, from archaeologic and documentary analysis, the social and economic guidelines that govern the constitution and the transformations of the territorial districts during the mediaeval period are studied, all attending his systems of defence and the trends that follows the distribution of the settlement.
In its diachronic, prioritises the study of the centres of power and its organisms of representation or government, as well as the development and the management of the fortifications or the main transformations that govern the distribution of the habitat in the rural field.
Competences
- History
- Contextualizing the historical processes and analysing them from a critical perspective.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Applying both knowledge and capacity for analysis to the resolution of problems related to the field of study.
- Autonomously searching, selecting and processing information both from structured sources (databases, bibliographies, specialized magazines) and from across the network. Expertly making use of the possibilities of Internet.
- Effectively communicating and applying the argumentative and textual processes to formal and scientific texts.
- Identifying the context of the historical processes.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the specific methods of archaeology and their relationship with the historical analysis.
- Identifying the specific methods of history and their relationship with the analysis of particular facts.
- Interpreting material and documentary sources.
- Mastering the general diachronic structure of the past.
- Mastering the relevant languages to the necessary degree in the professional practice.
- Recognising the importance of controlling the quality of the work results and their presentation.
- Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
- Transmitting the results of archaeological research and clearly communicating conclusions in oral and written form to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Using suitable terminology when drawing up an academic text.
- Using the specific technical and interpretational vocabulary of the discipline.
Content
1. The mediaeval districts: go in the ancient territory and the modern jurisdictions
1.1. The four basic resources: the sources written; the archaeologic and monumental register; the toponymic register; the cartographic resources
1.2. The classical territorium and the villae: civitates, agri and fundi
2. The cities and the rural settlement during the late antiquity.
2.1. The exploitations and his social and economic model
2.2. The ecclesiastical foundations
2.3. The fortifications of the late antiquity
2.4. The initial Islamic State and his resources
2.5. The State of Charlemagne and his resources
3. The formation of new societies
3.1. Villas and other rural exploitations: the IXth century
3.2. The territorial principality and the processes of incastellamento
3.3. The urban innovation in al-Andalus
3.4. The religious conversion in the rural field
4. The feudal change and his resources
4.1. The castrum
4.2. The parrochia
4.3. The mansi
4.4. The genesis of the markets
5. The feudal monarchies
5.1. The mercantile farms
5.2. The new villa of the late middle ages
5.3. Crisis of a contradictory model
5.4. The modern homesteads
6. Presentation of works
Methodology
- Assistance to theoretical and discussion lessons directed by the teacher.
- Personal study and compilation of data in the development of an assignment (individual or collective).
- Writing of the assignment and oral presentation.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Research, writing of assignments and presentation | 40 | 1.6 | 9, 4, 6, 15 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Supervision | 20 | 0.8 | 5 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Theoretical and discussion lessons | 90 | 3.6 | 1, 2, 10, 3, 14, 8, 12, 11, 13 |
Assessment
The evaluation is verified by the preparation of an assignment. Only the assignments delivered before the deadline stablished will have option to recover. Not accepted the works presented later of the date of recovery.
At the start of the course, three terms of follow-up and delivery of evidences on the preparation of the assignment with the teacher will be fixed: first with a personal interview, where objectives are determined; next with the script of the work and the bibliography; and finally with the delivery of the final assignment.
The participation, assistance and progression is not recoverable.
The copy of written sources (internet, books, works, etc.) supposes a zero in the qualification of the assignment and losing the announcement of the total of the course.
Students will have right to review the results. The teacher will establish the mechanisms to do it.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral presentation of results | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 10, 9, 3, 14, 7, 5, 8, 13 |
| Participation, assistance and progression | 10% | 0 | 0 | 4, 6, 7, 15 |
| Writing of an assignment | 70% | 0 | 0 | 14, 4, 12, 11, 15 |
Bibliography
THULIN, C.: Corpus agrimensorum romanorum. Opuscula agrimensurum veterum, Stuttgart 1913 i 1971.
MARTÍ, R.: Territoria en transició al Pirineu medieval, Actes del 3er curs d'arqueologia d'Andorra, Andorra 1995, pag.37-83.
SABATÉ, F.: El territori de la Catalunya medieval. Percepció de l'espai i divisió territorial al llarg de l'Edat Mitjana, Barcelona 1997.
BOLÒS, J.: Els Orígens medievals del paisatge català : l'arqueologia del paisatge com a font per a conèixer la història de Catalunya. Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona 2004.
CONTAMINE, BOMPAIRE i altres: La economía medieval. Akal. Madrid, 2000.
WICKHAM, C: Una historia nueva de la alta Edad Media. Crítica, Barcelona, 2009.
ACRAM: (I, II, III i IV) Congrés d’Arqueologia Medieval i Moderna a Catalunya, Igualada, Sant Cugat, Sabadell, Tarragona i Barcelona 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011 i 2014.
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