Colonial Archaeology
Code
722051398
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Objectives
a) Investigate Portuguese overseas expansion´s material remains between 15th and 18th century, in a comparative perspective with similar processes occurred in other European nations and considering the characteristics of indigenous people.
b) To acquire theoretical and methodological tools appropriate for studying Portuguese and other European archaeological sources between Late Medieval and Early Modern periods.
c) To earn intelligence allowing reflection and elaboration of synthesis over these issues; to be able to coordinate archaeological research projects in these areas.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
- Urban Portuguese universe
- Rural and landscape archaeology
-Military archaeology
-Religious and civil structures
- Contact archaeology
- Maritime archaeology
- Material culture, trade and daily life
Bibliography
- DEAGAN, Kathleen, 2002, Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean 1500-1800. Washington / Londres: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2 vols..
- GRENIER, Robert; BERNIER, Marc-André; STEVENS, Willis (ed.), 2007, The underwater archaeology of Red Bay: Basque shipbuilding and whaling in the 16th century. Ottawa: Parks Canada, 5 vols.
- READMEN, Charles, 1986, Qsar es-Seghir: an Archaeological view of medieval life. Nova Iorque, Academic Press.
- ROSSA, Walter, 1995, A cidade portuguesa, in Paulo Pereira (dir.), História da Arte Portuguesa. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, vol. III, p.233-323.
- SOUSA, Élvio. D. M., 2011, Ilhas de Arqueologia. O Quotidiano e a Civilização Material na Madeira e nos Açores (Séculos XV-XVIII). Lisboa, Dissertação de Doutoramento em História Regional e Local, apresentada à Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa.
Teaching method
Theoretical classes with audiovisual support.
Practical classes adjusted to the development of researching methods in order to develop scientific studies and projects.
Visits to museums, archaeological and heritage sites.
Evaluation method
Two evaluation elements: one individual written paper (70% of the final mark), one oral presentation (30% of the final mark).