Ancient Topography

The course aims to study the territory and the environment in relation to the work of man.
Each community is in fact acting on the territory to organize and adapt it to its own needs. The task of the topographer is to reconstruct the evolution and history of a territory, a region, alongside the study of sources to research on the ground, thanks to the use of targeted scientific instruments and skills.
The topics and themes of the course will be illustrated through slides; attendance is highly recommended.
The course uses a specially dedicated ARIEL website, on which images, ppt, abstracts and pdfs relating to the course will be made available to students. ARIEL materials are available to everyone, attending and non-attending.

Knowledge: At the end of the course the student will acquire a basic knowledge of the themes of the ancient topography and the problems relating to the discipline in the context of the ancient research, understanding which are the most appropriate methodological approaches to the diachronic study of urban and rural landscapes.
Skills: At the end of the course the student will develop a basic competence in the use of the essential tools useful for topographic research and the knowledge to create an archaeological map, demonstrating familiarity with cartography (historical and digital), with the different survey techniques and with GIS software for spatial analysis.