Archaeology of Roman Hispania

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Theoretical-practical classes using exposure and debate of the class themes.

Learning Outcomes

Students will understand Hispania's role in the Roman world and recognize the traces left behind from a Provincial Archaeology perspective.
Introduction to the study of the archaeological realities of the far west of the peninsula (particularly in what is now Portuguese territory) from the beginning of the 2nd century BC, with special emphasis on archaeological sites, materials and contexts.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Sources for the study of Roman Hispania;
2. The military conquest (the initial process of building up Roman Hispania since the arrival in Empuries in 218 B.C.);
3. Administrative organisation, territorial reorganisation and the management of natural resources;
4. From the cities to the countryside: from architecture to productive activities (from ‘models’ to regional diversity);
5. The profile of Hispano-Roman society and the demand for the sacred;
6. The last century of Roman Hispania;
7. Research: balance and prospects.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ricardo Jorge Costeira da Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 20.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

AAVV (1997): Portugal Romano. A exploração dos recursos naturais, MNA, Lisboa.

AAVV (1998): Hispania : el legado de Roma: en el año de Trajano: La Lonja-Zaragoza.

AAVV (2002): Religiões da Lusitânia. Loquuntur saxa. MNA, Lisboa.

ALARCÃO, J. (2018): A Lusitânia e a Galécia – séc. II a.C. ao séc. VI d.C. IUC. Coimbra.

ALVAREZ, J.; CARVALHO, A.; FABIÃO, C., eds (2015): Lusitania Romana. Origen de dos pueblos. Museo Nacional de Arte Romano. Mérida.

CARVALHO, P. C. (2007): Cova da Beira: ocupação e exploração do território na época romana. C. M. do Fundão e IAFLUC. Coimbra.

CURCHIN, L. (1991): Roman Spain. Conquest and Assimilation. Routledge: London-NY.

LOPES, M. C. (2013): Em tempos de Roma pela margem esquerda do Guadiana: Bloco 12 do Projecto de Salvamento Arqueológico do Alqueva. EDIA – DRCALEN. Évora.

MORILLO, Á.,coord. (2007): El ejército romano en Hispania. Guía arqueológica. Universidad de León.

NOGALES, T., Ed. (2010): Ciudad y Foro en Lusitania Romana. MNAR. Mérida