University of Malta

Faculty of Arts Department of Classics and

Archaeology

Course Catalogue

Academic Year 2008/2011

Archaeology B.A., B.A.(Hons), Subsidiary

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CONTENTS

1. Course objectives

2. Introduction, Methods, Theory

3. The Ancient Near East

4. The Graeco-Roman World

5. The Archaeology of the Maltese Islands

6. The Archaeology of the Western Mediterranean

7. Prehistoric Studies

8. Select Themes in Archaeology

9. Scientific Applications to Archaeology

10. Documentation Techniques and Report Writing

11. Monographic Courses

12. Archaeology Long Essay

13. Synoptic Study-Units

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COURSE OBJECTIVES The Archaeology Programme is intended to provide students with as broad a base for this discipline as possible. The programme consists of a number of compulsory study units, including an introductory unit and a series of other study units covering as much as possible of the chronological divisions of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Archaeology. These are complemented by other study units focusing on Maltese archaeology in the same periods. Other units are concerned with aspects closely related to Archaeology, such as Principles of Conservation, Surveying, Archaeological Illustration and Scientific contributions to the discipline. Foreign lecturers are regularly invited to complement the expertise available in Malta and to enhance the international currency of the course. The practical side of the discipline is also catered for by means of field sessions that are organized in collaboration with competent state agencies, namely, the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and Heritage Malta. G.I.S. and Photography courses are also provided by other University programmes and are as much as possible designed to provide those skills relating to archaeology.

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CATALOGUE INTRODUCTION, METHODS, THEORY Code ARC1001 Title INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY

Introduction to the Discipline (AB) Methods, Philosophy and Sources in Archaeological Research (AJF) Archaeological Interpretations of Pottery (AJF) Tutorial Sessions: archaeology in action (NCV)

Type Lectures + Tutorial ECTS credits 8 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Prof. Anthony J. Frendo, Dr Nicholas C.

Vella Description Introduction to the Discipline

Definition of Archaeology; its aims and functions in society. Geographical and chronological divisions. Specializations. Method: compilation of data, field exploration, post-excavation processing, elaboration and publication of data. New, scientific approaches to Archaeology. Methods, Philosophy and Sources in Archaeological Research Main bibliographic sources and basic tips on how to keep up-to-date. Note-taking, filing and retrieval systems. Reading archaeo-logical reports. Writing of essays and reports. The main types of arguments and logical fallacies in archaeological literature. Archaeological Interpretations of Pottery In this course the basic terminology of pottery studies will be clarified and various manners of interpreting pottery finds in an archaeological manner will be taken into account. Pottery samples from various collections will be handled by the students during some practical sessions. Tutorial sessions : archaeology in action A series of tutorial sessions that is intended to supplement the lectures in the rest of the unit. These sessions will include visits to some of the following institutions, agencies or workshops: the National Museum of Archaeology, the National Library of Malta, the Environment Management Unit at the Malta Environmental and Planning Authority, Borg in-Nadur, a traditional potter in Rabat.

Reading List Introduction to the Discipline C. Renfrew & P.Bahn, Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice, 4th edition, London, Thames and Hudson, 2004 [essential textbook] L. & R. Adkins, An Introduction to Archaeology, London, The Apple Press, 1989. K. Greene, Archaeology: an Introduction, London, Batsford, 1983

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W.L. Rathje & M.B. Shiffer, Archaeology, N.Y. 1980 David Hurst Thomas, Archaeology, 3rd edition, New York, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998 (the major snag is that all examples are taken from the New World) Methods, Philosophy and Sources in Archaeological Research Boulton, P. , (ed.), Signposts for Archaeological Publication: a Guide to good practice in the Presentation and Printing of archaeological Periodicals and Monographs, 3rd edn., London: Council for British Archaeology, 1991 Valentine Grinsell, Leslie, Rahtz, Philip and Warhurst, Alan, The Preparation of Archaeological Reports, London: John Baker, 1966 Mann, Thomas, A Guide to library research Methods, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987 Modern Humanities Research Association MHRA Style Book: Notes for Authors, Editors and Writiers of Theses, 4th edn., London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1991 Rosen, Leonard J. and Behrens, Laurence, The Allyn and Bacon Handbook, 5th edn, New York and London: Longman, 2003 Woodhead, Peter, Keyguide to Information Sources in Archaeology, London: Mansell, 1985 Archaeological Interpretations of Pottery Adams, William Y. and Adams, Ernest W., Archaeological Typology and practical Reality, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991 Anderson, Anne C., Interpreting Pottery, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1984 Arnold, Dean E., Ceramic Theory and cultural process, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985 Champion, Sara, Dictionary of Terms and Techniques in Archaeology, New York: Everst House Publishers, 1980 Cooper, Emmanuel, A History of World Pottery, 3rd revised and updated edn., London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1988 Orton, Clive, Mathematics in Archaeology, London: William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., Collins Archaeology, 1980 Orton, Clive, Tyers, Paul, Vince, Alan, Pottery in Archaeology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993 Whitehouse, Ruth D., (ed.), Macmillan Dictionary of Archaeology, London and Basingstone: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1983

N.B.: Cannot be taken by students who have registered, or intend to register for ARC1201 Introduction to Archaeology and Methods of Research. Code ARC1201 Title INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY AND METHODS OF

RESEARCH: Introduction to the Discipline (AB) Methods, Philosophy and Sources in Archaeological Research (AJF)

Type Lectures ECTS credits 4

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Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Prof. Anthony J. Frendo Description Introduction to the Discipline

Definition of Archaeology; its aims and functions in society. Geographical and chronological divisions. Specializations. Method: compilation of data, field exploration, post-excavation processing, elaboration and publication of data. New, scientific approaches to Archaeology. Methods, Philosophy and Sources in Archaeological Research Main bibliographic sources and basic tips on how to keep up-to-date. Note-taking, filing and retrieval systems. Reading archaeo-logical reports. Writing of essays and reports. The main types of arguments and logical fallacies in archaeological literature.

Reading List Introduction to the Discipline C. Renfrew & P.Bahn, Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice, 4th edition, London, Thames and Hudson, 2004 [essential textbook] L. & R. Adkins, An Introduction to Archaeology, London, The Apple Press, 1989. K. Greene, Archaeology: an Introduction, London, Batsford, 1983 W.L. Rathje & M.B. Shiffer, Archaeology, N.Y. 1980 David Hurst Thomas, Archaeology, 3rd edition, New York, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998 (the major snag is that all examples are taken from the New World) Methods, Philosophy and Sources in Archaeological Research Boulton, P. , (ed.), Signposts for Archaeological Publication: a Guide to good practice in the Presentation and Printing of archaeological Periodicals and Monographs, 3rd edn., London: Council for British Archaeology, 1991 Valentine Grinsell, Leslie, Rahtz, Philip and Warhurst, Alan, The Preparation of Archaeological Reports, London: John Baker, 1966 Mann, Thomas, A Guide to library research Methods, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987 Modern Humanities Research Association MHRA Style Book: Notes for Authors, Editors and Writiers of Theses, 4th edn., London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1991 Rosen, Leonard J. and Behrens, Laurence, The Allyn and Bacon Handbook, 5th edn, New York and London: Longman, 2003 Woodhead, Peter, Keyguide to Information Sources in Archaeology, London: Mansell, 1985

This study-unit is to be taken by students following a degree in Arabic and Near Eastern Studies. This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL.

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N.B.: Cannot be taken by students who have registered, or intend to register for ARC1001 Introduction to Archaeology. Code ARC3014 Title THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY Type Lectures + Seminar ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Assignment (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Dr Nicholas C. Vella/various speakers Description This course provides an introduction to the history of archaeology

and to a selection of major issues in archaeological theory. Part I of the course looks at the historical development of archaeological practice; Part II will provide the theoretical approaches for select themes in archaeology.

Reading List Daniel, G. and Renfrew, C. 1988. The Idea of Prehistory. Cambridge. Hodder, I. 1992. Theory and Practice in Archaeology. London. Johnson, M. 1999. Archaeological Theory. Oxford. Trigger, B. 1989. A History of Archaeological Thought. Cambridge. Whitley, D. 1988. Reader in Archaeological Theory: post-processual and cognitive approaches. London. A more detailed reading list will be supplied in class.

THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST Code ARC1006 Title PHOENICIAN AND PUNIC ARCHAEOLOGY

(GENERAL & MALTESE) Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Dr Nicholas C. Vella, Prof. Anthony Frendo Description This course is intended to provide an appreciation of Phoenician

and Punic history from material remains, including epigraphic sources. The lectures are built around themes examined diachronically in order to bring out the flavour of each Phoenician region outside the Levantine homeland over the course of the first millennium BC.

Reading List Aubet, M. E. 2002. The Phoenicians and the West: politics, colonies, and trade. 2nd edition. Cambridge. Gibson, J. C. L. 1982. Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions, vol.

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3. Oxford. Lancel, S. 1995. Carthage: a history. Oxford. Markoe, G. E. 2000. Phoenicians. London.

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. Code ARC3032 Title THE RIVERINE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE NEAR EAST

Mesopotamian Archaeology Egyptian Archaeology

Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Anthony J. Frendo Description Mesopotamian Archaeology

An archaeological picture of Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria from prehistoric times down to c. 1000 B.C. Basic notions on the writing systems in use in ancient Mesopotamia are also offered. Egyptian Archaeology An archaeological picture of ancient Egypt from prehistoric times down to the New Kingdom period. Basic notions on the writing systems employed in ancient Egypt are also offered.

Reading List Mesopotamian Archaeology Crawford, Harriet, Sumer and the Sumerians, 2nd edn, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 Postgate, J.N., Early Mesopotamia: society and economy at the dawn of history, reprint with revisions of the 1992 edition, London: Routledge, 1994 Reade, Julian, Mesopotamia, London: British Museum Publications, 1991 Roaf, Michael, Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East, Oxford: Facts on File Ltd., 1990 Egyptian Archaeology Grimal, Nicholas, A History of Ancient Egypt, trans. Ian Shaw, Oxford: Blackwell, 1992 (originally published in French in 1988) Kemp, Barry, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization, 2nd edition, London: Routledge, 2005 Redford, Donald B., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, 3 vols, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001 Smith, Stevenson W., The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., 1958 Watterson, Barbara, Introducing Egyptian Hieroglyphs, 2nd edn., Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1993

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL.

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Code NES1001 Title CLASSICAL HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 Type Lectures ECTS credits 8 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Anthony J. Frendo Description A basic course in Classical Hebrew: alphabet, morphology, syntax,

lexicography. Exercises in translation of Hebrew texts. Notions of Hebrew epigraphy.

Reading List Francis Brown, S.R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, with an Appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic, Oxford: Claredon Press, 1951(reprint with corrections of the 1906 edition) Karl Feyerabend, Pocket Hebrew Dictionary: Hebrew English, Münich, Berlin: Langenscheidt, n.d. H.P. Rüger, W. Rudolph (ed.), Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 2nd revised edn., Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1983 J. Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, 2nd edn., Oxford: Claredon Press, 1959

This course is offered every two years. Code NES1040 Title PHOENICIAN AND PUNIC LANGUAGE 1 Type Lectures ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit NES1001 Classical Hebrew Language 1 Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Anthony J. Frendo Description An introductory course in Phoenician and Punic. Basic notions of

Phoenician-Punic epigraphy. Basic grammar. Problems encountered in working with ancient unvocalized texts. Transliteration and translation of selected inscriptions from the Maltese islands and other Mediterranean countries.

Reading List Rev. G.A. Cooke, A Text-book of North-Semitic inscriptions: Moabite, Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, Nabatean, Palmyrene , Jewish, Oxford: Claredon Press, 1903 John C.L. Gibson, Textbook of Syrian semitic inscriptions, vol. 3, Phoenician inscriptions including inscriptions in the mixed dialect of Arslan Tash, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982 Maria Giulia Guzzo Amadasi, Le Iscrizioni Fenicie e Puniche delle colonie in Occidente, Roma: Istituto di Studi del vicino, Università di Roma, 1967 Zellig S. Harris, A Grammar of the Phoenician language, New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society, 1936 Richard S. Tomback, A comparative semitic lexicon of the

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Phoenician and Punic languages, Missoula, Montana: Scholars press for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1978

This course is offered every two years. Code ARC3008 Title ANCIENT ISRAEL

The Emergence of Ancient Israel: Literary and Archaeological Evidence Early Ancient Israelite Religion: Literary and Archaeological Evidence

Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Anthony J. Frendo Description The Emergence of Ancient Israel: Literary and Archaeological

Evidence A detailed analysis of the literary and the archaeological evidence stemming from the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age Period in Palestine is undertaken to throw light on the appearance of Israel in the eastern Mediterranean. The problem of relating Biblical and archaeological evidence is also examined. Early Ancient Israelite Religion: Literary and Archaeological Evidence The development from the "God of the Fathers" to the emergence and consolidation of Yahwism will be examined in the light of Israel's own literature and evidence retrieved from excavations in the ancient Near East.

Reading List The Emergence of Ancient Israel: Literary and Archaeological Evidence Dever, William G., Who were the Early Israelites and Where did they come from?, Grand Rapids, Michigan/Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans, 2003 Finkelstein, Israel, The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement, Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1988. Frendo, Anthony J., Back to Basics: a holistic Approach to the Problem of the Emergence of Ancient Israel, in, John Day, ed. In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar, London/New York: T & T Clark International, 2004, 41-64 Stiebing, William H., Jr., Out of the Desert?: Archaeology and the Exodus/Conquest Narratives, Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1989 Whitelam, Keith W. The Invention of Ancient Israel: the Silencing of Palestinian History, London: Routledge, 1996 Early Ancient Israelite Religion: Literary and Archaeological Evidence Bartlett, John R., The Bible: Faith and Evidence: A critical enquiry into the nature of biblical history, London: British

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Museum Publications Ltd., 1990 Day, John, Yahweh and the gods and goddesses of Canaan, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000 Dever, William G., Did God Have a Wife?: Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel, Grand Rapids, Michigan/Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans, 2005 Dever, William G., Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Biblical Research, London: University of Washington Press, 1990 Ziony, Zevit, The Religion of Ancient Israel, London/New York: Continuum, 2001

Code ARC3015 Title SYRO-PALESTINIAN ARCHAEOLOGY Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Anthony J. Frendo Description An archaeological picture of Syria-Palestine from prehistoric times

to c. 586 B.C. Basic geography of the region. Digging tells. Problems of the relationship between written and non written evidence with special reference to some problems of Biblical Archaeology.

Reading List Akkermans, Peter M.M.G., & Schwartz, Glenn M., The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.a. 16,000 – 300 BC), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003 Day, John, Oxford Bible Atlas, 3rd edn., Oxford: O.U.P., 1984 Mazar, Amihai, Archaeology of the land of the Bible 10,000 - 586 B.C.E., New York, Doubleday, 1990 Levy, Thomas E., The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, London: Leicester University Press, 1995 Stern, Ephraim (ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological excavations in the Holy Land, Vol. I-IV, Israel: The Israel Map and Publications Co. Ltd., Simon and Schuster, 1993

THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD Code ARC1003 Title CLASSICAL ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade

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Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Anthony Bonanno Description History of the studies of classical art and archaeology. Basic

notions of Greek and Roman architecture. Survey of Greek and Roman art. Discussion in some detail of artistic personalities and individual works of sculpture and painting. Topographical notions of typical Greek and Roman cities.

Reading List J. Boardman, Greek Art (3rd ed., London 1986) G.M.A. Richter, Handbook of Greek Art (9th ed., London 1987) M. Henig (ed.), A Handbook of Roman Art (Oxford 1983) N.H. Ramage & A. Ramage, Cambridge Illustrated History of Roman Art (CUP 1991)

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. N.B.: Cannot be taken by students who have registered, or intend to register for ART1006 Greek, Hellenistic and Roman Art. Code ARC2022 Title GREEK, HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE Type Lectures ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. J. Tonna Description General characteristics and development of architecture in

Mycenaean, Classical, and Hellenistic periods and Roman times. The evolution and design details of the Orders with particular reference to the Doric order. The context, planning and construction principles of important building types, from temples to dwelling forms. Town planning and fortification design.

Reading List L. Benevolo, The History of the City, Cambridge, Mass, 1981 T.E., Brown, Roman Architecture, New York, 1963 J.J. Coulton, Ancient Greek Architects at Work: Problems of Structure and Design, Oxford, 1977 W.B. Dinsmoor, The Architecture of Ancient Greece, London, 1950 W.I. MacDonald, The Architecture of the Roman Empire, New Haven, Conn., 1986 R. Martin & H. Stierlin (ed.), Architecture of the World: Greece, Köln, 1993 G. Picard & H. Stierlin (ed.), Architecture of the World: The Roman Empire, Köln, 1993 F. Sear, Roman Architecture, London, 1989 R.A. Tomlinson, Greek Architecture, Bristol, 1999 J.B. Ward-Perkins, Roman Imperial Architecture, Harmondsworth, 1981

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Title SOURCES FOR ANCIENT ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY Type Lectures ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Anthony Bonanno Description This unit is meant to enhance the students’ wider knowledge of the

Classics by further reading from the original literary and epigraphic sources on art and history. The first part involves examining selected texts (extracts) in Classical literature in the original language, which shed light on the development of Ancient Art. Selected readings mostly from Pliny’s Natural History Bks 34-36, but also from other ancient authors, including Greek ones, depending on the students’ knowledge of this language.

Reading List Francis Brown, S.R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, with an Appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic, Oxford: Claredon Press, 1951(reprint with corrections of the 1906 edition) Karl Feyerabend, Pocket Hebrew Dictionary: Hebrew English, Münich, Berlin: Langenscheidt, n.d. H.P. Rüger, W. Rudolph (ed.), Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 2nd revised edn., Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1983 J. Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, 2nd edn., Oxford: Claredon Press, 1959

Code ARC3010 Title PALAEOCHRISTIAN & BYZANTINE ARCHAEOLOGY Type Seminars + Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (50%) + Classwork (50%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Dr Keith Buhagiar (2008)

Prof. Mario Buhagiar (2010) Description A mix of seminars and classroom lectures intended as an

introduction to Palaeochristian and Byzantine archaeology. The main focus is Italy and the Western Mediterranean with an emphasis on the catacombs and early churches of Rome, Sicily and North Africa.

Reading List Hertling, L., Kirschbaum, E., The Roman Catacombs, Darton, Longman & Todd, London (Reprinted 1990). Frend, W.H.C., The Archaeology of Early Christianity – A History, Goffrey Chapman, London, 1996. Reece, R., The Later Roman Empire – An Archaeology AD 150-600, Tempus Publishing Ltd., Gloucestershire, 1999. Stevenson, J., The Catacombs – Rediscovered monuments of Early Christianity, Thames and Hudson, Hampshire, 1978.

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N.B.: Cannot be taken by students who have registered, or intend to register for ART1007 Palaeochristian and Byzantine Art. Code CLA1009 Title LATIN GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX 1 Type Lectures ECTS credits 8 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Horatio C.R. Vella Description Students here learn Latin Grammar, that is, the five declensions of

nouns, the three declensions of adjectives, the personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, emphatic, relative and interrogative pronouns, the four conjugations in both voices, deponent verbs, adverbs, numbers and the moods: indicative, imperative, participle, infinitive and subjunctive. Of the subjunctive mood, the student will learn the use of exhortation, wish for the future, prohibition and cum-clauses. The explanation of the grammar is illustrated by examples taken from the English language, while attention is given to word order and style, as well as the right use of the lexicon.

Reading List Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary. Oxford. Kennedy, B.H., The revised Latin primer. Longmans.

Code CLA1011 Title Greek Grammar and Syntax 1 Type Lectures ECTS credits 8 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Exercices (50%) + Classwork (50%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Horatio C.R. Vella Description Students here learn Greek Grammar, that is, the three declensions

of nouns, the three declensions of adjectives, the personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, emphatic, relative and interrogative pronouns, vowel-stemmed verbs, consonant-stemmed verbs, contracted verbs and -µι verbs, all in the active, middle and passive voices, adverbs, numbers, and the moods being the indicative, imperative, participle, infinitive, subjunctive, optative and verbal adjective. Furthermore, some aspects of syntax will be tackled (eg. indirect statement, genitive absolute). The explanation of the grammar is illustrated by examples taken from the English language, while attention is given to word order and style, as well as the right use of the lexicon.

Reading List Abbot and Mansfield, Primer of Greek grammar. Rivingtons. Liddle and Scott, English-Greek lexicon. Oxford.

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Code CLA1015 Title Latin Texts Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Ms Maria Zammit Description In order “to teach the easy before the difficult”, the Latin readings

start with simple sentences to adapted continuous prose to provide a progressive course, taking into consideration the standard reached in grammar. The obvious advantage of this progressive method is that students can be introduced to, or can revise, the main constructions one at a time. Handouts of such readings are to be provided by the lecturer and/or J.A.C.T. Latin Course, comprising grammar, reading, composition and vocabulary.

Reading List J.A.C.T. Latin course: reading Latin - grammar, vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press. Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary, Oxford University Press, or Cassell’s Latin dictionary.

Code CLA2017 Title Greek and Roman Civilization Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Mr Victor Bonnici Description A survey of the development of Greek and Roman civilizations

from Minoan and Mycenaean times to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the west. Topics under review include the following: the geography of Hellas and its impact on Greek civilization; migrations, colonization and reciprocal influences; the political development; causes and effects of major confrontations; Athenian and Spartan society in the 5th century; the rise of Macedon and the conquests of Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic age; the geography of Italy; the Etruscans and early Rome; the political development from monarchy to republic to principate; causes and effects of major wars; the collapse of the republic; Augustus and the Julio-Claudians; Roman society and change; the crises of the 3rd century A.D.; Diocletian and Constantine; the collapse of the empire in the west.

Reading List Buckley, T., Aspects of Greek history, 750-323 B.C., London, 2000. Bury, J.B. and Meiggs, R., A history of Greece, London, 1979. Cameron, A., The later Roman empire, London, 1993.

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Cary, M. and Scullard, H.H., A history of Rome, London, 1994. Code CLA3001 Title Classical Mythology in Pictorial Art Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Ms Maria Zammit Description The course provides an analysis of mythological data in

Greek vase painting. The first lectures in the course will discuss the techniques in black-figure and red-figure vase painting used in the ancient world; focus briefly on different artists and their style; analyze general conventions and inscriptions on the vases; and discuss the origin of the vases and museums in which they are found. Subsequent lectures will give an overview of the nature and definition of Greek myth; theories of myth (historicism, allegory, myth-ritual, comparative mythology, psychoanalysis, structuralism); sources for Greek mythology, notably Homer, Hesiod, Stesichorus, Simonides, Bacchylides, Pindar, the Greek tragedians, Plato; and the content of Greek myth in terms of the classification of Apollodorus. Extant Greek vases will be analyzed in terms of the Greek gods and goddesses; creation myths and fights between gods and other creatures; myths about heroes (Perseus, Heracles, Theseus); the Trojan War and its aftermath. Towards the end of the course there will also be discussion on the nature of the hero in Greek myth, and the nature of the Greek gods and their society in the light of their appearances in Greek pictorial art.

Reading List Boardman J., Athenian black figure vases, London, 1974 Boardman J., Athenian red figure vases: The Archaic period, London, 1975 Boardman J., Athenian red figure vases: The Classical period, London, 1989 Grant M., The myths of the Greeks and Romans, London, 1962 Graves R., The Greek myths, 2 vols., Harmondsworth, 1955 Kirk G.S., The nature of Greek myths, Penguin, 1974 Sprecate” in Archeologia Viva, July/August 2001, XX.88 n.s. Rose H.J., A handbook of Greek mythology, 6th ed., London, 1958

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL.

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Code CLA3108 Title A survey of Greek Mythology Type Lectures ECTS credits 3 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Oral Examination Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella Description This unit is meant to help the student penetrate into the mystery of

myth creation and tradition, analyzing theoretical assessment, as well as literary evidence. Topics discussed will include various definitions and interpretations of what is mythology, what is special with Greek mythology, the common episodes which Greek mythology shares with Hurrian, Babylonian and Hebrew myths, the historical sagas, and the relationship of myth with religion, particularly with the concept of fertility.

Reading List Kirk, G.S., Greek myths, Penguin, Aylesbury, 1974. Morford, M.P.O. and Lenardon, R.J., Classical mythology, Longman, New York, 1995. Rose, H.J., A handbook of Greek mythology, Methuen, London, 1965.

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. N.B.: Cannot be taken by students who have registered, or intend to register for CLA3008 Greek Mythology. Code CLA3128 Title A survey of Classical Epic Type Lectures ECTS credits 3 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Oral Examination Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella Description This is a survey of the development of epic writing from Homer to

Latin Silver Age poets, with particular focus on Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil’s Aeneid. The background of epic writing is given with reference to Greek prehistory and oral tradition. Then follows a discussion of the art and contents in the two epics of Homer, including myth, structure, imagery, morality, tragedy, travel and novel. Vergil’s historical background is next given. A comparison of Vergil with Homer is a necessity, bringing out the originality of Vergil especially through his use of allegory and indirect reference to his Roman situation.

Reading List Bowra, C.M. ed., The Oxford book of Greek verse, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Garrod, H.W., The Oxford book of Latin verse, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

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Homer, The Iliad (tr. E.V. Rieu), Penguin. Homer, The Odyssey (tr. E.V. Rieu), Penguin. Toohey, P. Reading epic, Routledge, 1992. Vergil, The Aeneid (tr. W.F. Jackson Knight), Penguin.

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. N.B.: Cannot be taken by students who have registered, or intend to register for CLA3028 Classical Epic. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS Code ARC3004 Title MALTESE PREHISTORY Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. A. Bonanno Description The course aims to provide students with a general idea of

Malta's prehistory and the problems involved in its study. A survey of the prehistoric antiquities of the Maltese islands. History of discoveries and studies. Chronological sequence of cultures. Discussion of specific problems. Field visits.

Reading List L.M. Ugolini, Malta, Origini della Civiltà Mediterranea (1934) C. Ceschi, Architettura dei Templi Megalitici Maltesi (1939). J.D. Evans, Malta, London, 1959. J.D. Evans, The Prehistoric Antiquities of the Maltese Islands, a Survey, London, 1971. C. Renfrew, Before Civilization, London, 1972. E. MacKie, Megalith Builders, Oxford, Phaidon, 1977. A. Bonanno (ed.), Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean, Amsterdam, 1986. A. Fradkin Anati & E. Anati (eds), Missione a Malta, Milan, Jaca Book, 1988. C. Malone et al. 1988; A. Bonanno et al. 1990; S. Stoddart at al. 1993; C. Malone et al. 1993: on recent excavations in Gozo. D.H. Trump, Malta: Prehistory and Temples, Malta, Midsea, 2002

Code ARC3005 Title ROMAN MALTA Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. A. Bonanno

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Description Malta came to form part of the Roman empire in 218 B.C. and remained so until it was absorbed in the Byzantine empire around A.D. 535. A study of the literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources of the period relating to Malta in the context of Roman civilization. Field visit.

Reading List A. Bonanno, Roman Malta, Rome 1992 (with previous bibl.). A. Bonanno, The Maltese artistic heritage of the Roman period, in S. Fiorini (ed.), Proceedings of History Week 1984, Malta 1986, 1-4. A.A. Caruana, Report on the Phoenician and Roman Antiquities in the Group of the Islands of Malta, Malta 1882; Recent Discoveries at Notabile, 1881; Remains of an ancient Greek building discovered in Malta, AJA 4 (1888); Ancient Pagan Tombs and Christian Cemeteries, 1898; Ancient Pottery from the Ancient Pagan Tombs and Early Christian Cemeteries, 1898; Frammento Critico della Storia Fenicio-Greca...delle Isole di Malta, 1899. T. Ashby, Roman Malta, JRS 5 (1915) 23-80. Missione Archeologica Italiana a Malta, Rapporti Preliminari 1963-70, Rome 1964-72: sections on Tas-Silg and San Pawl Milqi.

Code ARC3007 Title PALAEOCHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE MALTA Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (50%) + Classwork (50%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Dr Keith Buhagiar (2008)

Prof. Mario Buhagiar (2010) Description The study-unit discusses the archaeological, artistic, and textual

evidence for the period between approximately the fourth century A.D. and the Muslim conquest of 870. A mix of classroom and on-site lectures, and seminars.

Reading List M. Buhagiar, Late Roman and Byzantine Churches and Related Burial Places in the Maltese Islands, Oxford 1986.

M. Buhagiar, “The St Paul Shipwreck Controversy : An Assessment of the Source Material”, Proceedings of History Week 1993, (ed. K. Sciberras), The Malta Historical Society, Malta 1997. M. Buhagiar, “The Maltese Palaeochristian Hypogea - A

Reconsideration of the Evidence”, Collegium Melitense Quatercentury Celebration - Papers Contributed by the Academic Staff of the University (eds R. Ellul-Micallef and S. Fiorini) University of Malta, 1992.

M. Buhagiar, “Early Christian and Byzantine Malta - Some Archaeological and Textual Consideration”, Library of Mediterranean History (ed. V. Mallia-Milanes) vol. 1, no. 1, Malta 1994

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Code ARC3033 Title MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY Type Lectures + Seminar ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (50%) + Seminar Paper (25%) + Essay (25%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Mr Keith Buhagiar Description The study unit discusses the archaeological, architectural, material

and textual evidence for the central Mediterranean region during the medieval period. Particular reference is to be made to the main features which characterise Malta’s medieval record and discussion will centre on probable cross-cultural influences which filtered into Malta through neighbouring countries. The period under review will span from the Muslim takeover of Malta in AD 870 to 1530 and reference is to be made to the possibility that several of the discussed aspects of material cultural evidence remained present locally in the Early Modern period. A mix of seminars/coursework, classroom and on-site lectures that discuss the sources, and wider Mediterranean contexts provide the background for the discussion.

Reading List Blagg, T. F. C., Bonanno, A. & Luttrell, A. T., Excavations at Hal Millieri, Malta , Malta, 1990. Buhagiar, M. & Fiorini, S., Mdina The Cathedral City of Malta, vol. 1, Malta, 1996. Buhagiar, M., The Late Medieval Art and Architecture of the Maltese Islands, Malta, 2005. Luttrell, A. T. (ed.), Medieval Malta - Studies on Malta before the Knights, The British School at Rome, London 1975. Luttrell, A. T., The Making of Christian Malta, Variorum Collected Studies Series, Ashgate, 2001.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN Code ARC3034 Title THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN

MEDITERRANEAN 1 The Archaeology of Sicily and its Islands The Archaeology of Sardinia

Type Lectures + Seminar ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Assignment (60%) + Presentation (40%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory

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Lecturer Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description This course is about the prehistory of one part of southern Europe,

the western Mediterranean, with the main attention devoted to two major islands: Sicily and Sardinia. The lectures will look at their archaeology thematically and diachronically from the first colonization of the islands down to the Iron Age

Reading List Leighton, R. 1999. Sicily before History. London. Webster, G. S. 1996. A prehistory of Sardinia 2300-500 BC. Sheffield.

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. Code ARC3031 Title THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MAGHREB Type Lectures ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Assignment (40%) + Oral Examination (60%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description This study-unit is intended to give a general overview of the

archaeology of the Maghreb, that stretch of North Africa that includes modern Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya: from the first appearance of humans in the Maghreb, through the formidable kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania, and the impact of foreign powers – Phoenician, Greek, Roman.

Reading List Gilman, A. 1975. A Later Prehistory of Tangier, Morocco. Harvard. McBurney, C. B. M. 1967. The Haua Fteah (Cyrenaica) and the Stone Age of the South-East Mediterranean. Cambridge. Raven, S. 1993. Rome in Africa. 3rd edition. London. Additional reading material, especially journal articles, will be supplied during the course.

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. PREHISTORIC STUDIES Code ARC1004 Title GENERAL PREHISTORY Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Assignment (25%) + Examination (75%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description This is an introductory course on prehistory with a focus on the

Mediterranean. The first part of the course tackles human evolution and adaptation, focusing on selected aspects of physical

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anthropology and prehistoric archaeology as they relate to the origin of humanity, the origin of culture, and the development of human biological and cultural diversity. A site visit to Għar Dalam (Malta) is scheduled. The second part of the course looks at Neolithic and Bronze Age cultural manifestations in the Mediterranean and will include various topics, island colonisation, lithic technologies, metallurgy, trade, the material expression of ritual and cult, settlements and megalithic monuments.

Reading List Haviland, W. A. 2002. Human Evolution and Prehistory, 6th edition. Knapp, B. and Blake, E. (eds) in press. The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory. Blackwell. Wenke, R. 1999. Patterns in Prehistory: humankind’s first three million years. 4th edition. Oxford University Press.

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. SELECT THEMES IN ARCHAEOLOGY Code ARC2017 Title MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY

Type Lectures ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Essay (50%) + Examination (50%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Dr Timothy Gambin Description A unit aimed at giving undergraduate students a general

introduction and overview of maritime archaeology and history. Through this course the students will obtain a clear idea of the history, theory and diverse aspects of maritime archaeology. This course will also highlight the important relationship between Maritime archaeology and history.

Reading List Muckelroy Keith, 1978, Maritime archaeology, Cambridge Delgado James (ed.), 1997, Encyclopedia of underwater and maritime archaeology, British Museum Press Dean M., Ferrari B. (ed.), 1992 Archaeology Underwater, The NAS Guide to Principles & Practice, Dorset

This study-unit can be taken as an OPTIONAL. Code ARC2037 Title MORTUARY STUDIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY

Osteology for Archaeologists (JST) The Archaeology of Death (NCV)

Type Lectures + Seminar ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Assignment (70%) + Presentation (25%) Result Percentage mark & grade

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Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Dr John Samut-Tagliaferro, Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description The course is divided into two parts. Part I provides students with

the rudiments for the interpretation of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. Part II explores the theme of Death cross-culturally in an effort to create an empirical and experiential base for an insight into social reactions to death.

Reading List Bass, W. M. 1987. Human osteology: a laboratory and field manual. 3rd edition. Missouri. Boddington, A., Garland, A. N. and Janaway, R. C. (eds) 1987. Death, decay and reconstruction: approaches to archaeology and forensic science. Manchester. Metcalf, P. and Huntington, R. 1991. Celebrations of Death: the anthropology of mortuary ritual. 2nd edition. Cambridge. Parker Pearson, M. 1999. The Archaeology of Death and Burial. Sutton.

This study-unit can be taken as OPTIONAL CONSERVATION & HERITAGE MANAGEMENT Code ARC2016 Title PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Prof. JoAnn Cassar Description Principles, philosophy, and ethics of conservation. Objects and

archaeological sites: materials (stone, plaster, mortar; ceramics and glass; metals; wood, bone, ivory, horn, textiles, skin, leather - composition and properties; deterioration - causes, manifestation. "First aid" and preventive conservation. May include one or more visits.

Reading List Conservation Unit of the Museums and Galleries Commission. Science for Conservators. Conservation Science Teaching Series, London, 1992. 3 books. Cronyn J.M. The Elements of Archaeological Conservation. Routledge, 1990. Pearson C. (ed.) Conservation of marine archaeological objects. Butterworth, 1988. Pye E. Caring for the past. Issues in conservation for archaeology and museums. James and James, 2001. Sease C. A conservation manual for the field archaeologist. University of California Press, 1994. Watkinson D. and Neal V. First aid for finds. Rescue, The British Archaeological Trust/United Kingdom Institute for Conservation Archaeology Section, 3rd edition, 1998. ICOMOS International Committee on Archaeological Heritage

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Management. Archaeological Remains - In Situ Preservation. Montreal, Canada, 1994.

This study-unit is suitable to be taken as an OPTIONAL Code ARC2038 Title THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE

CULTURAL HERITAGE IN MALTA Type Lectures ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Essay (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Mr Joseph Magro Conti Description The course will highlight the diverse managerial and legal factors

that affect the study and conservation of Malta’s archaeological heritage. Students will be encouraged to view their present academic endeavors in relation to the professional realities in which they may be working on completion of their studies. Discussion will also touch upon some of the broader aspects of cultural heritage management in Malta - such as the conservation of the natural and urban environment and the ethical implications of the import/export trade in cultural properties. Issues discussed will include: The significance of the term “Heritage Management” - a theoretical introduction. The Maltese archaeological resource - its identity. A historical perspective of Maltese heritage management - G.F. Abela and the Baroque ethic, the Colonial rule up to 1910. The post-1910 situation: the Antiquities (Protection) Act. Prospects for future developments, or rather, where will the jobs be in the coming years? (the need for the legal reform, the upgrading of the national heritage management service, the role of NGOs in Malta).

Reading List Carver, M.O.H. 1993. Arguments in Stone, Oxbow Monograph 29, Oxbow, (Oxford). Carver, M.O.H. 1996. “On archaeological value” in Antiquity 70: 45-56 Cleere, H. (ed.) 1984 Approaches to the Archaeological Heritage, CUP (Cambridge) Francovich, R. and Manacorda, D. (eds.) 1991. LO SCAVO Archaeologico dalla diagnosi all’edizione, Atti del III Ciclo di lezioni sulla ricerca applicata in Archaeologia, All’Insegna del Giglio, (Firenze) Gaffney, V. and Stancic, Z. 1991. GIS Approaches to Regional Analysis: A Case Study of the Island of Hvar, University of Ljubjana, (Ljublana) Lowental, D. 1985. The Past is a Foreign Country, CUP (Cambridge)

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SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS TO ARCHAEOLOGY Code ARC2040 Title ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Scientific Applications to Archaeology (CC) Environmental Archaeology (PJS/additional lecturers)

Type Lectures ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Essay (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Dr Carmel J. Caruana, Prof. Patrick Schembri, additional lecturers Description Scientific Applications to Archaeology

Atomic and nuclear physics relevant to scientific applications to archaeology. Dating techniques based on seasonal and long-term climatic changes. Radiocarbon dating, thermoluminescence and other dating techniques. Accuracy, precision and uncertainty in scientific data. Remote sensing and ground profiling methods. Radiological methods. Methods for characterisation studies. Environmental Archaeology • Introduction: Ecology and archaeology. • Basic ecological concepts: Limits of tolerance and ecological

valency; populations and communities; habitat, niche and ecosystem.

• Biological classification: The concept of species; classifying species; practical taxonomy; zoological nomenclature.

• Key characteristics and major subdivisions of the main animal groups represented in archaeological deposits: Cnidaria, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Chordata.

• Zooarchaeological analysis: Mollusca and Arthropoda Reading List Scientific Applications to Archaeology

Aitken, M. J., (1990). Science-based Dating in Archaeology (1st ed.). Longman: United Kingdom Aitken, M. J., (1974). Physics and Archaeology (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press. Corfield, M. (1995). Radiography in archaeology. Physics Education. 30 (6), 360-366. Johansson, S. A. E., Campbell, J. L., Malmqvist, K. G. (Eds) (1995). Particle-Induced X-Ray Emission Spectrometry (PIXE). New York: Wiley. Jones, R. (1992). Archaeological radiography in 1992. Radiography Today. 58 (665) 9 – 11. Pollard, M., Brothwell, D. (2001). Handbook of archaeological science (1st ed). New York: Wiley. PORT Maritime Information Gateway, (2002). Underwater Archaeology links. Retrieved October 29, 2002, from

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http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk. Scollar, I., Tabbagh, A., Hesse, A., & Herzog, I. (1990). Archaeological prospecting and remote sensing No. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Universities of Waikato (NZ) and Oxford (UK), (2002). The radiocarbon info- web. Retrieved July 1, 2002, from http://www.c14dating.com. Environmental Archaeology For a general introduction to ecological concepts see the ‘Ecology’ section of any good introductory biology text, of which the following are examples: − Jones, M & Jones, G (1997) Advanced biology, Cambridge

University Press. − Purves, W.K. et al. (2004) Life: the science of biology, [7th ed]

Sinauer Associates. − Audesirk, T et al. (2002). Biology. Life on earth, (6th ed or later)

Prentice Hall. For general information on animals, see any good introductory zoology text, of which the following is an example: − Hickman, C P; Roberts, L S & Larson, A (2003) Animal

diversity, [3rd ed] McGraw Hill For zooarchaeological analyses, consult the following text: Reitz, E J & Wing, E S (1999) Zooarchaeology, [Cambridge manuals in archaeology]. Cambridge University Press.

DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUES AND REPORT WRITING Code ARC2042 Title DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUES FOR ARCHAEOLOGY 1

Photography for Archaeologists (AC) Archaeological Illustration and Draughtsmanship (NCV)

Type Lectures + Practical Study-Unit ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Photography portfolio (50%) +Illustration portfolio (50%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Mr Alfred Cauchi, Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description This course is intended to acquaint archaeology undergraduates

with the basic techniques used in the drawing of archaeological artifacts. The course is mainly practical but eth conventions and principles used in archaeological illustration will be tackled. Inking, shading, pasting, and reduction ratios for publication will be discussed. Small portfolio of drawn objects (more details will be given during the lectures). Please note that a good deal of practice should be devoted to this credit to attain satisfactory results.

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Reading List Adkins, L. and Adkins R. A. 1989. Archaeological Illustration. Cambridge. Griffiths, N., Jenner, A. and Wilson, C. 1991. Drawing Archaeological Finds: a handbook. London. Leonardo, G and Penello, G. 19991. Il disegno archeologico della ceramica e altri problemi. Torino. Philo, C. and Swan, A. 1991. Preparation of artwork for publication. Birmingham.

Code ARC2043 Title DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUES FOR ARCHAEOLOGY 2

Principles of Archaeological Surveying Principles of Archaeological Surveying

Type Lectures + Practical Study-Unit ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Portfolio of maps and drawings (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description Drawing topographical maps and site plans is a major part of field

archaeology. This practical course is intended to acquaint archaeology undergraduates with the surveying process, including the use of appropriate equipment. Advice on style and presentation for publication purposes will be given.

Reading List Bannister, A., Raymond, S. and Baker, R. 1998. Surveying. 7th edition. London. Bettess, F. 1998. Surveying for Archaeologists. 3rd edition. Durham. Hogg, A. H. A. 1980. Surveying for Archaeologists and other fieldworkers. London. Leach, P. 1994. Surveying of Archaeological Sties. London.

Code ARC2035 Title GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Type Lectures + Project ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Report (70%) + Examination (30%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Ms Maria Attard Description The aim of this study-unit is to understand the process of handling

and analysing geographical data. This unit is supported by lecturers, practical exercised and a rich vein of paper and web-based learning resources. Web resources are crucial to this unit since most of the up-to-date material is found on the web.

Reading List Clarke, K. (1997) Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, Prentice Hall.

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Burrough, P. (1986) Principles of Geographic Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment, Oxford Science Publications. McDonnell, R. and Kemp, K. (1995) International GIS Dictionary, John Wiley and Sons. Mitchell, A. (1999) The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis Vol. 1 Geographic Patterns and Relationships, ESRI Press. Burrough, P. and McDonnel, R. (1998) Principles of Geographical Information Systems, Spatial Information Systems and Geostatistics, Oxford Science Publications.

MONOGRAPHIC COURSES Code ARC1011 Title MONOGRAPHIC COURSE 1 Type Independent Study ECTS credits 2 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Essay (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Foreign Lecturer Description A course on a specific theme of specialized interest outside the

competence of present members of staff of the University. Specific title and course description to be published as soon as it is supplied by the visiting lecturer concerned.

Reading List No fixed Reading List Code ARC2012 Title MONOGRAPHIC COURSE 2 Type Independent Study ECTS credits 2 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Essay (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Foreign Lecturer Description A course on a specific theme of specialized interest outside the

competence of present members of staff of the University. Specific title and course description to be published as soon as it is supplied by the visiting lecturer concerned.

Reading List No fixed Reading List Code ARC3012 Title MONOGRAPHIC COURSE 3 Type Independent Study ECTS credits 2 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Essay (100%)

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Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Foreign Lecturer Description A course on a specific theme of specialized interest outside the

competence of present members of staff of the University. Specific title and course description to be published as soon as it is supplied by the visiting lecturer concerned.

Reading List No fixed Reading List Code ARC4012 Title MONOGRAPHIC COURSE 4 Type Independent Study ECTS credits 2 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Essay (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Foreign Lecturer Description A course on a specific theme of specialized interest outside the

competence of present members of staff of the University. Specific title and course description to be published as soon as it is supplied by the visiting lecturer concerned.

Reading List No fixed Reading List Code ARC2020 Title STUDY TOUR ABROAD Type Independent Study ECTS credits 3 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Report (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturer Various Description A report on a visit abroad, of at least two weeks duration, with a

specific project connected with archaeological studies, such as sites and museums or an excavation experience. In each case the project has to be approved by the competent tutor before the visit takes place.

Reading List No fixed Reading List Code ARC2015 Title MONITORED FIELD WORK (EXTENDED) Type Fieldwork + Practical Study-Unit ECTS credits 8 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Report (80%) + Fieldwork (20%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory

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Lecturers Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description Monitored active participation in some field project related to

Archaeology, followed by a written report. Such field work may take place during the summer months after the completion of the first or second year in Archaeology (minimum 20 credits). Students have to follow 4 weeks of excavation. The grading will be based on the performance during the excavation and a written report.

Reading List / Code ARC2025 Title MONITORED FIELD WORK Type Fieldwork + Practical Study-Unit ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Report (80%) + Fieldwork (20%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description Monitored active participation in some field project related to

Archaeology, followed by a written report. Such field work may take place during the summer months after the completion of the first or second year in Archaeology (minimum 20 credits). Students have to follow 2 weeks of excavation. The grading will be based on the performance during the excavation and a written report.

Reading List / B.A (Honours) ONLY Code ARC3002 Title ARCHAEOLOGY HONOURS LONG ESSAY Type Independent Study ECTS credits 10 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Long Essay (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description Dissertation and Viva Reading List No fixed Reading List Code ARC3021 Title Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Archaeology Honours:

Archaeological Theory and Method Type Synoptic Study-Unit ECTS credits 6

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Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description This study-unit will examine the student in a synoptic manner on

the material previously covered in those study-units dealing with Archaeological Theory and Method, e.g., Introduction, Development and Theory, Mortuary Studies, Scientific Applications, Conservation, Heritage Management, Fieldwork. The unit will be conducted on the basis of personal study followed by seminar sessions.

Reading List / Code ARC3022 Title Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Archaeology Honours:

Prehistory (including Malta) Type Synoptic Study-Unit ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description This study-unit will examine the student in a synoptic manner on

the material previously covered in those study-units dealing with Prehistory (including Malta), e.g., General Prehistory, Maltese Prehistory, Sicily and Sardinia, Maghreb, related Monographic Courses. The unit will be conducted on the basis of personal study followed by seminar sessions.

Reading List / Code ARC3025 Title Synoptic Study-Unit 3: Archaeology Honours

Near Eastern Archaeology Type Synoptic Study-Unit ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description This study-unit will examine the student in a synoptic manner on

the material previously covered in those study-units dealing with Near Eastern Archaeology, e.g., Language (Hebrew and /or Phoenician), Riverine Civilizations, Syro-Palestine, Phoenician and Punic (incl. Malta), Ancient Israel. The unit will be conducted on the basis of personal study followed by seminar sessions.

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Reading List / Code ARC3026 Title Synoptic Study-Unit 4: Archaeology Honours

Classical and Post-Classical Type Synoptic Study-Unit ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description covered in those study-units dealing with Classical and Post-

Classical, e.g., Language (Latin), Classical art & Archaeology, Epigraphy, Roman Malta, Palaeochristian Archaeology, Palaeochristian and Byzantine Malta, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Malta. The unit will be conducted on the basis of personal study followed by seminar sessions.

Reading List / B.A. ONLY Code ARC3023 Title Synoptic study-unit 1: Archaeology Ordinary

Archaeological Theory and Method, Prehistory Type Synoptic Study-Unit ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description This study-unit will examine the student in a synoptic manner on

the material previously covered in those study-units dealing with Archaeological Theory and Method, Prehistory, e.g., Introduction, Development and Theory, Mortuary Studies, Scientific Applications, Conservation, Heritage Management, Fieldwork, General Prehistory, Maltese Prehistory, Sicily and Sardinia, Maghreb, related Monographic Courses.

Reading List / Code ARC3024 Title Synoptic study-unit 2: Archaeology Ordinary

Near Eastern and Classical Archaeology Type Synoptic Study-Unit ECTS credits 6 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Examination (100%)

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Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description This study-unit will examine the student in a synoptic manner on

the material previously covered in those study-units dealing with Near Eastern and Classical Archaeology, e.g., Riverine Civilizations, Syro-Palestine, Phoenician and Punic (incl. Malta), Ancient Israel, Classical art & Archaeology, Epigraphy, Roman Malta, Palaeochristian Archaeology, Palaeochristian and Byzantine Malta, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Malta.

Reading List / Other Optional Study-Units from within the Departmental Programme of Studies: Code ARC4013 Title DIRECTED STUDY

Type Independent Study ECTS credits 3 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Assignment (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Various Description A theme developed by student through personal reading and

research under the regular guidance of a member of the Department. The choice of theme requires the approval of the Head of Department. This study-unit can be followed by students following the MA Qualifying/M.A. programme only.

Reading List No fixed Reading List Code ARC2044 Title Introduction to Maltese Archaeology (Summer School)

Type Lectures ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Assignment (100%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Prof Anthony Bonanno, Dr Nicholas C. Vella, various guest

lecturers Description This is a course intended to introduce participants of the Summer

School in Archaeology to the theory and practice of archaeology in general and to Mediterranean and Maltese archaeology in particular. The course considers the general principles and methods of archaeological practice, including field archaeology, and other topics. These include principles of archaeological conservation, cultural heritage management, and maritime archaeology. The course includes a number of field trips to the more important

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archaeological sites of Malta and Gozo. Reading List Bonanno, A., Frendo, A.J., Vella, N.C. (ed), “Excavations at Tas-

Silg, Malta”, /Mediterranean Archaeology/ 13 (2000) 67-114 Bonanno, A., /Malta: Phoenician, Punic and Roman, Malta: /Midsea Books, 2005 Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P., /Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice/, 3rd edition, London: Thames and Hudson, 2004 Trump, D.H., /The Prehistory of the Mediterranean/, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd., 1980 • Trump, D.H., /Malta: Its Prehistory and //Temples/, Malta, Midsea, 2002; • Horden, P. & Purcell, N., /The Corrupting Sea: a Study of Mediterrranean History/, Oxford, Blackwell, 2000.

Code ARC2045 Title Monitored Fieldwork (Summer School)

Type Fieldwork ECTS credits 4 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Report (80%) + Performance (20%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Dr Nicholas C. Vella Description Monitored active participation in the field project undertaken by the

Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, to include excavation and post-excavation analysis (pot washing, finds processing and recording). Students have to follow 2 weeks of excavation and submit a written report for assessment.

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Code ARC2046 Title Introduction to Maltese Archaeology and Monitored Fieldwork

(Summer School)

Type Lectures + Fieldwork ECTS credits 8 Pre-requisite study-unit / Method of assessment Report (80%) + Performance (20%) Result Percentage mark & grade Attendance Obligatory Lecturers Prof Anthony Bonanno, Dr Nicholas C. Vella , guest lecturers. Description This is a course intended to introduce participants of the Summer

School in Archaeology to the theory and practice of archaeology in general and to Mediterranean and Maltese archaeology in particular. The course considers the general principles and methods of archaeological practice, including field archaeology, and other

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topics. These include principles of archaeological conservation, cultural heritage management, and maritime archaeology. The course includes a number of field trips to the more important archaeological sites of Malta and Gozo. The course will be followed by monitored active participation in the field project undertaken by the University of Malta, to include excavation and post-excavation analysis (pot washing, finds processing and recording). Students have to follow 2 weeks of excavation and submit a written report for assessment.

Reading List Bonanno, A., Frendo, A.J., Vella, N.C. (ed), “Excavations at Tas-Silg, Malta”, /Mediterranean Archaeology/ 13 (2000) 67-114 Bonanno, A., /Malta: Phoenician, Punic and Roman, Malta: /Midsea Books, 2005 Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P., /Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice/, 3rd edition, London: Thames and Hudson, 2004 Trump, D.H., /The Prehistory of the Mediterranean/, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd., 1980 • Trump, D.H., /Malta: Its Prehistory and //Temples/, Malta, Midsea, 2002; • Horden, P. & Purcell, N., /The Corrupting Sea: a Study of Mediterrranean History/, Oxford, Blackwell, 2000.

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NOTES All courses are offered subject to availability of staff. Courses offered in any given year are listed separately before the beginning of the academic year. It is understood that NOT all study-units followed during the course will be represented in the papers of the Final Examinations whose nature is, statutorily, synoptic. Study-units which provide basic skills related to field work, like Surveying and Photography, may be examined indirectly in study-units that deal with archaeological method and theory. Possession of these credits is, moreover, an asset for prospects of careers connected with archaeology. The information contained in this list is believed to be correct at the time of typing but no guarantee can be given that it will not be amended before the commencement of, or during, the academic year.