Teacher
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DI NOCERA Gian Maria
(syllabus)
Title: Environment and economy in the early agricultural societies of the Near East. The module is divided into two parts. In the first part of the course methodological issues are addressed. A short history of the studies will be followed by themes that aim to provide a critical reading of archaeological sources. Then the theme of the Near Eastern environment will be introduced between the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene. The epipaleolithic societies and the first agricultural societies of the Levant will be treated. The course will continue by proposing an examination of the Neolithic cultures in Anatolia. The Neolithic communities of the Near East are the oldest productive economy societies, therefore the aim of the course is also to understand the process of formation of the first communities of farmers in relation to ecological and economic aspects. The slides of the individual lessons in pdf format will be sent periodically by the teacher to the attending students only. Students who cannot attend classes are invited to contact the teacher for an interview on the exam schedule and to receive information on the exam texts.
(reference books)
Indication on the exam texts will be provided by the teacher on the first day of class.
An integral part of the course are the materials provided by the teacher to the attending students in PDF format of the individual lessons. This material can only be used for educational purposes.
Cauvin J. 2010 - Nascita delle divinità, nascita dell'agricoltura. La rivoluzione dei simboli nel Neolitico, Jaca Book, Milano.
Frangipane M. 2005 - La nascita dello stato nel vicino oriente, Laterza.
Frangipane M. 2006 - Il neolitico e la protostoria nel Vicino oriente antico, in Storia d’Europa e del Mediterraneo, Salerno editore: 215-265.
Frangipane M. 2007 - Different Types of Egalitarian Societies and the Development of Inequality in EarlyMesopotamia, World Archaeology, Vol. 39, No. 2, (Jun., 2007), pp. 151-176.
Schirmer W. 1990 - Some Aspects of Building at the 'Aceramic-Neolithic' Settlement of Cayonu Tepesi, World Archaeology 21, 3, 363-387.
Watkins T. 2008 - Supra-Regional Networks in the Neolithic of Southwest Asia, Journal of World Prehistory 21, 139-171.
Zeder M.A. 2015 - Core questions in domestication research, PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3191-3198; first published February 20, 2015.
Bibliography for those who do not attend Students who cannot attend classes are invited to contact the teacher for an interview on the exam schedule and to receive information on the exam texts. The bibliography is the same as that of attending students with the addition of the following volume:
Simmons A.H. 2007 - The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East: Transforming the Human Landscape, University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
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