Mediterranean Archaeology

In the course, all the main topics and recent advances in the Palaeolithic Archaeology will be addressed, first with a theoretical approach and then with examples of archaeological case studies and reading of recent papers and fundamental books. The course aims to provide, in the context of Palaeolithic Archaeology, the knowledge and understanding necessary to address original topics in a research context, and it aims at building a complex and articulated point of view, communicating the advances and discoveries and the processes that led to their acquisition, and preparing the students to study the topics autonomously. A specific point of view will concern the Palaeolithic of the Mediterranean. The course will allow students to obtain an updated and detailed preparation on the primary debates that animate the discipline at the current moment. It will touch on topics such as the evolution of Hominins in the Pleistocene, the mobility of hunter- gatherers, specific behavioural and ecological adaptations, modes of cultural transmission, lithic technology, subsistence. A specialized seminar will be chosen together with the students in order to work on a specific theme, producing a scientific paper.