Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer and Course co-ordinator
Danijel Dzino
Contact via email
Australian Hearing Hub - 2nd floor
By appointment.
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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 colonization, Roman Republic and Empire, Late Antiquity/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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Early feedback will be provided to students through lecture questions and Week 3 exercise in proper referencing of academic paper.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Major Essay | 40% | No | 01/06/18 |
Short paper | 30% | No | 30/03/2018 |
Online Quiz | 30% | No | Week 9 and Week 13 |
Due: 01/06/18
Weighting: 40%
Major essay is 2500-3000 words essay, and due on 5PM, 1st of June. Please submit it through turnitin. For bibliography refer to Assessment guide document on iLearn.
Questions:
1. Do you think the term 'Illyrians' should be kept as convenient way to describe prehistoric communities from wider Adriatic hinterland?
2. Can the sites of Spila Nakovana and the Diomedes' sanctuary on the Cape Ploča help us to understand better the purpose of the myths of Cadmus & 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 characteristics of early Christianity in Dalmatia before the 7th century (spread, ecclesiastic organisation, etc). What was its major impact on local population?
5. Describe and critically assess social and political changes that we see in Dalmatia from material record and written sources of late 8th and 9th century Dalmatia.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes
Due: 30/03/2018
Weighting: 30%
You must submit one tutorial paper (1200-1500 words), which is based on tutorial question. Tutorial papers are due on 5PM 30th of March. Please submit it through turnitin. For bibliography, refer to Assessment guide document on iLearn
Questions:
1. Discuss the diverse meaning of 'Illyrian helmets' in prehistoric Dalmatia and surrounding areas.
2. Describe material culture of the Iapodes. Do they fit Strabo's description of „Illyrians who are Celts“?
3. The Roman conquest of Dalmatia was traumatic for local population. What happens to their identities?
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, recognize the image) 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.
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, but also in 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.
Late Bronze Age Dalmatia and the contacts with the Mycenaean world.
Week 2: Iron Ages in Dalmatia
Week 3: The Adriatic Greeks
Week 4: Bribirska glavica: learning about the site
Week 5: No lecture (Good Friday)
Week 6: The Roman conquest
Week 7: Roman Liburnia
Mid-semester break
Week 8: Roman Dalmatia
Week 9: Late antique and Early Christian art and architecture in Dalmatia
Week 10: Late antique transformations in Dalmatia (burials, urbanism, identity)
Week 11: Slav migrations and the end of antiquity
Week 12: Dark Age archaeology (ca. 600-800)
Week 13: Medieval archaeology of Dalmatia
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