Teaching Workshop: Cataloging and Analysing Archeological Artefacts: from Excavation to Publication
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The workshop enriches students' technical-professional skills, in order to allow them to find employment on archaeological excavation sites, in museums and superintendencies at the end of the training course. It also represents a required improvement to the professional training for students aiming to go on in scientific research.
Expected learning outcomes
Through this workshop students are provided with bibliographic and tools necessary to design and carry out a correct catalogue of the material culture brought to light during archaeological excavations. Particular attention is paid to different typologies of ceramics, metal and glass instruments.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
This workshop aims to provide the basic information about the study of the archaeological finds through lessons and practical activities. The course will provide theoretical, methodological and practical indications for the study, analysis and interpretation of contexts of archaeological finds from excavations. The lessons will focus in particular on ancient pottery, providing basic technical and technological knowledge, and will investigate in particular the Roman pottery wares. For each ware, the history of studies and main repertoires, manufacturing technology, production and distribution areas will be systematically illustrated, also with attention to the consumption and marketing habits. Finally, the most recent scientific literature on the subject and the use of numerous online databases will be illustrated.
Visits to Archaeological Museums are planned, in order to become more familiar with the ceramic finds.
Visits to Archaeological Museums are planned, in order to become more familiar with the ceramic finds.
Prerequisites for admission
No specific requirements. The workshop is open to bachelor (Cultural Heritage) and master (Archaeology) degree students. Having already passed at least one of the main archaeological exams and taken part to an excavation or the archaeological drawing workshop is recommended.
Teaching methods
Lessons and practical activities will be held in classroom.
Teaching Resources
- G. Bejor, M. Castoldi, C. Lambrugo, E. Panero, Botteghe e artigiani. Marmorari, bronzisti, ceramisti e vetrai nell'antichità classica, Mondadori Università, Milano, 2012, especially chapters 3 - 4 and Appendix: C. Lambrugo, Nella bottega del vasaio greco, pp. 65-129; E. Panero, Nella bottega del vasaio romano, pp. 163-207; Appendice, pp. 225-241.
- D. Gandolfi, Ceramica e archeologia: qualche nota introduttiva, in D. Gandolfi (a cura di), La ceramica e i materiali di età romana: classi, produzioni, commerci e consumi, (Quaderni della Scuola Interdisciplinare delle Metodologie Archeologiche (SIMA) 2), Bordighera (Imperia): Istituto internazionale di studi liguri, 2005, pp. 15-34.
- D. Manacorda, R. Francovich (a cura di), Dizionario di archeologia: temi, concetti e metodi. Bari -Roma, GLF Editori Laterza, 2017, especially s.v. Ceramica, pp. 53-61; Classificazione e tipologia, pp.61-65; Contesto, pp. 90-92.
The volumes can be found in the University Library "Scienze dell'Antichità e Filologia Moderna (SAFM)".
- A. Gabucci, L'archeologia come mestiere. Dallo scavo al magazzino: i materiali, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, (Polymnia: Collana di Scienze dell'Antichità. Studi di Archeologia Polymnia.03), Trieste, 2013, reperibile online all'indirizzo www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/10321
Further bibliographic references will be provided during the course.
- D. Gandolfi, Ceramica e archeologia: qualche nota introduttiva, in D. Gandolfi (a cura di), La ceramica e i materiali di età romana: classi, produzioni, commerci e consumi, (Quaderni della Scuola Interdisciplinare delle Metodologie Archeologiche (SIMA) 2), Bordighera (Imperia): Istituto internazionale di studi liguri, 2005, pp. 15-34.
- D. Manacorda, R. Francovich (a cura di), Dizionario di archeologia: temi, concetti e metodi. Bari -Roma, GLF Editori Laterza, 2017, especially s.v. Ceramica, pp. 53-61; Classificazione e tipologia, pp.61-65; Contesto, pp. 90-92.
The volumes can be found in the University Library "Scienze dell'Antichità e Filologia Moderna (SAFM)".
- A. Gabucci, L'archeologia come mestiere. Dallo scavo al magazzino: i materiali, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, (Polymnia: Collana di Scienze dell'Antichità. Studi di Archeologia Polymnia.03), Trieste, 2013, reperibile online all'indirizzo www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/10321
Further bibliographic references will be provided during the course.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The students, during the practical activities, will be evaluated by the teacher about the achieving the intending goals of the workshop. The attendance is mandatory (at least the 90% of the hours).
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