Modern and Contemporary archaeology

Code: HIS14574L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Archeology

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, French, Spanish

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

Modern and Contemporary Archeology studies the main characterizing elements of material culture in Early Modern and Contemporary periods, between the 15th and 20th centuries, especially in the Western Mediterranean, from a diachronic perspective, focusing on both elements of change and continuity.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Reduzir as desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Produção e consumo sustentáveis - Assegurar padrões de produção e de consumo sustentáveis.

Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes - Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes promover sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas par ao desenvolvimento sustentável, proporcionar o acesso à justiça para todos e construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis
e inclusivas em todos os níveis.

Learning Goals

Preventive archeology usually finds vestiges of the modern and contemporary times. It is very relevant in the urban space, but it is also important in the rural world, where we see, on the one hand, changes that led to the characterization of current rural spaces and, on the other, continuities that constitute social and economic testimonies of the past and heritage elements to preserve and enhance.
It is intended that the student
1) identify the main elements that characterize material culture in the modern and contemporary periods between the 15th and 20th centuries, especially in the Western Mediterranean, in a diachronic perspective;
2) use the vocabulary, concepts and categories of the archeology of these periods and
3) learn about the main historiographical debates on current themes, of great social impact, such as the archeology of historical memory or the archeology of conflict, in order to
4) develop observation, analysis, communication and civic intervention skills.

1. Post-medieval archeology: terminology, definitions and concepts.
2. Archeology of the rural world in Early Modern Times: the end of the Ancien Regime
3. The Early Modern town
4. Archeology of production in the Early Modern Age
5. Exchanges in a globalized world: conquests and colonization
6. The pottery of the Early Modern Age
7. Continuities and innovations in the contemporary rural world
8. The cities of contemporary towns
9. Industrial production and industrial archeology
10. Contemporary period ceramics: handicraft versus industry
11. The archeology of modern conflicts
12. New themes from current archeology
Theme 1 is intended for students to learn the vocabulary, concepts, and categories of Early Modern and Contemporary archeology.
Themes 2, 3, 7 and 8 introduce students to the issues of changes that are taking place in the rural and urban worlds respectively. Themes 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 allow to characterize the main elements of the material culture of the modern and contemporary

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodology consists of alternating lectures and practical classes in a proportion of 60/40%. The lectures will consist of the exposition of contents by the teacher and the group analysis of relevant bibliography on the different themes of the program. The practical classes will comprise the analysis of archaeological structures and materials from the modern and contemporary periods, the survey of archaeological remains from these times and the carrying out of study visits to allow students to have direct contact with concrete archaeological realities.
A) Ongoing assessment:
1) Individual work by students on some aspect of the syllabus (50% of the final grade),
2) Reading sheet on two relevant publications related to the UC (40% of the final grade) and
3) participation in classes (10%).
B) Final evaluation: written exam.