Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer and Course co-ordinator
Danijel Dzino
Contact via email
W6A 506
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above or 6cp in AHIS units at 200 level or 6cp in CRO units at 200 level
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
The unit is co-badged with International Studies (Croatian Studies)
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Unit description |
Unit description
This course explores the human past from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages in the region of Dalmatia. The students will examine a range of archaeological material and sites - as well as important written and epigraphic sources - from the eastern Adriatic coast and its deep hinterland. It will enable students to engage in a study of long term historical processes affecting landscape, habitation, etc. in the region which is known as a border area, positioned as a liminal zone between different cultural circles. Students will be able to tackle a number of different periods (Iron Age, Greek, settlement, Roman, Early Christian, Early Medieval, Byzantine, etc.) relevant for the study of Ancient history and archaeology, but also for understanding culture and the past of this poorly known area.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Major Essay | 40% | No | 09/06/16 |
Short paper | 30% | No | 31/03/2016 |
Online Quiz | 30% | No | Week 9 and Week 13 |
Due: 09/06/16
Weighting: 40%
Major essay is 2500-3000 words essay, and due on 5PM, 9th of June. Please submit it through turnitin. For bibliography refer to Assessment guide document on iLearn.
Questions:
1. The term 'Illyrians' was often used by the scholars in the past to describe prehistoric population of Dalmatia and neighboring areas. Do you think the term should be kept as convenient way to describe these prehistoric communities, or it should be fully rejected and replaced with different terminology?
2. Discuss the sites of Spila Nakovana and the Diomedes' sanctuary on the Cape Ploča. Can they help us to understand better the purpose of the myths of Cadmus and Harmonia and Diomedes' return?
3. The cults in the Roman era became important part of the debate on Romanization. Describe the arguments used in the new and old approaches to the cults in Dalmatia. Do you agree with either side?
4. Describe early Christianity in Dalmatia before the 7th century. What was its major impact on local population?
5. Describe and critically assess the changes that we see in material record of late 8th and 9th century Dalmatia.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes
Due: 31/03/2016
Weighting: 30%
You must submit one tutorial paper (1200-1500 words), which is based on tutorial question. Tutorial papers are due on 5PM 31st of March. Please submit it through turnitin. For bibliography, refer to Assessment guide document on iLearn
Questions:
1. What is purpose and significance of Illyrian helmets in prehistoric Dalmatia?
2. Describe material culture of the Iapodes. Were they Celtic people?
3. What kind of changes causes Roman conquest on indigenous identities in Dalmatia? Do they stay the same, or change?
4. What happened in 7th and 8th century Dalmatia: Slav migration, or something else?
5. How did the cities in Dalmatia transformed from Late Antique to Early Medieval Dalmatia. Provide some examples.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Due: Week 9 and Week 13
Weighting: 30%
Answer a series of questions (e.g. multiple choice, true/false) from lectures in limited time. The questions will be based on lectures and lecture powerpoints. The quiz will go live at 6pm on the Thursday of the relevant weeks (9 & 13) and close at 11.59pm on the Sunday night (11-14/5, and 8-11/6). You will not have access to the quiz after this time and you cannot take a ‘make up’ quiz later to catch up. Complete the quiz using the iLearn quiz tool. The quizzes carry 15% each.
To complete the unit satisfactorily you will need to achieve an overall mark worth 50% or above
Early feedback will be provided to students through lecture questions and Week 3 exercise in proper referencing of academic paper.
Lectures will be recorded and available via Echo 360, together with powerpoints from the lectures.
Most of the resources are available in iLearn, but there are some items available for this unit in e-reserve, reserve collection or general library collection.
There are also significant resources online (see iLearn for recommended websites)
Bulk of literature on archaeology of Dalmatia is written in Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian languages. The unit will primarily use English language literature, but if you can read those languages it cannot hurt to put your knowledge to a good use.
There are no tutorials. Attendance at lectures is recommended for internal students.
Personal computer and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement. Any problem, contact onehelp@mq.edu.au (9850 4357) and not the unit convener.
Set books
- Due to a high price, you are not expected to obtain both books (especially Becoming Slav) - library has electronic and hard copy. However, it would be useful to have at least your own copy of Illyricum in Roman Politics.
D. Dzino, lllyricum in Roman Politics, 229 BC-AD 68 (Cambridge, 2010)
D. Dzino, Becoming Slav, Becoming Croat: Identity transformation in post-Roman and early medieval Dalmatia (Boston-Leiden, 2010)
The unit deals with the territorry of Roman and Late antique Dalmatia (parts of modern-day Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and western Serbia)
Week 1: Introduction to the course: Geography, scholarship and overview of the unit.
Week 2: The written sources for ancient and Early Middle Ages
Week 3: Iron Ages
Week 4: Bribirska glavica: learning about the site
Week 5: The Adriatic Greeks
Week 6: The Roman conquest
Week 7: Roman Liburnia
Mid-semester break
Week 8: No lecture
Week 9: Roman Dalmatia
Week 10: Late antiquity and Early Christianity in Dalmatia
Week 11: Slav migrations
The end of antiquity
Week 12: Dark Age archaeology (ca. 600-800)
Week 13: Medieval archaeology of Dalmatia
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