090035 VO Death, Burial and Commemoration in Late Antiquity (2025S)
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Language: English
Examination dates
- N Thursday 26.06.2025 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 02.10.2025
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 13.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 20.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 27.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 03.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 10.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 08.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 15.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 22.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 05.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- N Thursday 12.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The lectures aim to discuss the development of burial and memorial rites in Late Antiquity using archaeological, literary, material and visual sources. The subject of the debate is the information documented in written sources on a variety of burial and memorial rites, such as masses, funeral processions, charitable meals and tomb visits. The development of memorial structures will be examined from an archaeological perspective - from catacombs to communal burials, from stellae in communal cemeteries to magnificent mausoleums. In particular, the spatial effects of burial zones linked to martyr burials and cults will be analyzed, from their establishment to their end. The typology of grave goods and epigraphic evidence as well as insights into the most modern scientific analysis will be used to discuss social and biometric aspects.
Assessment and permitted materials
Written exam at the end of the course
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The assessment will consider the correct interpretation of various archaeological sources (visual and material) discussed in the lectures.
Examination topics
Students are required to develop the ability to organize knowledge clearly in order to answer exam questions correctly. Minimum vote for positive assessment: 51% of the number of points.
Reading list
Lecture material (power points of the lectures); reading list (see below); additional material on Moodle platform and suggested during the lectures.Bibliography:
Duday H. and Van Andringa W. (2017) “Archaeology of mem¬ory: about the forms and the time of memory in a necrop¬olis of Pompeii”, in Ritual Matters and Ancient Religion (Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome) edd. C. Moser and J. Knust (Michigan 2017) 73–85.
Halsall G. (1995) Early Medieval Cemeteries: An Introduction to Burial Archaeology in the Post-Roman West (New Light on the Dark Ages 1) (Skelmorlie 1995).
Ivison E. (1996) “Burials and urbanism in late antique and Byz¬antine Corinth”, in Towns in Transition. Urban Evolution in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, edd. N. Christie and S. Loseby (Aldershot 1996) 99–125.
Johnson M. J. (1997) “Pagan-Christian burial practices of the fourth century: shared tombs?”, Journal of Early Christian Studies 5.1 (1997) 37–59.
Johnstone C. (2019) “Human remains”, in The Transition to Late Antiquity on the Lower Danube: Excavations and Sur¬vey at Dichin, a Late Roman to Early Byzantine Fort and a Roman Aqueduct, Poulter, A. (Oxford 2019) 663–66.
Quercia A. and Cazzulo M. (2016) “Fear of the dead? ‘Deviant’ burials in Roman Northern Italy”, in TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, The University of Leicester, 27–29 March 2015 (Oxford and Philadelphia 2016) 28-42.
Rebillard É. (2003) Religion et Sépulture: L’église, les vivants et les morts dans l’antiquité tardive (Paris 2003).
Rebillard E. (2012) Christians and their Many Identities in Late Antiquity: North Africa, 200–450 CE (Ithaca and London 2012).
Rife J. (2012) Isthmia IX: The Roman and Byzantine Graves and Human Remains (Princeton 2012).
Rose M. (1997) “Ashkelon’s dead babies”, Archaeology 50.2 (1997) https://archive.archaeology.org/9703/newsbriefs/ashkelon.html
Duday H. and Van Andringa W. (2017) “Archaeology of mem¬ory: about the forms and the time of memory in a necrop¬olis of Pompeii”, in Ritual Matters and Ancient Religion (Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome) edd. C. Moser and J. Knust (Michigan 2017) 73–85.
Halsall G. (1995) Early Medieval Cemeteries: An Introduction to Burial Archaeology in the Post-Roman West (New Light on the Dark Ages 1) (Skelmorlie 1995).
Ivison E. (1996) “Burials and urbanism in late antique and Byz¬antine Corinth”, in Towns in Transition. Urban Evolution in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, edd. N. Christie and S. Loseby (Aldershot 1996) 99–125.
Johnson M. J. (1997) “Pagan-Christian burial practices of the fourth century: shared tombs?”, Journal of Early Christian Studies 5.1 (1997) 37–59.
Johnstone C. (2019) “Human remains”, in The Transition to Late Antiquity on the Lower Danube: Excavations and Sur¬vey at Dichin, a Late Roman to Early Byzantine Fort and a Roman Aqueduct, Poulter, A. (Oxford 2019) 663–66.
Quercia A. and Cazzulo M. (2016) “Fear of the dead? ‘Deviant’ burials in Roman Northern Italy”, in TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, The University of Leicester, 27–29 March 2015 (Oxford and Philadelphia 2016) 28-42.
Rebillard É. (2003) Religion et Sépulture: L’église, les vivants et les morts dans l’antiquité tardive (Paris 2003).
Rebillard E. (2012) Christians and their Many Identities in Late Antiquity: North Africa, 200–450 CE (Ithaca and London 2012).
Rife J. (2012) Isthmia IX: The Roman and Byzantine Graves and Human Remains (Princeton 2012).
Rose M. (1997) “Ashkelon’s dead babies”, Archaeology 50.2 (1997) https://archive.archaeology.org/9703/newsbriefs/ashkelon.html
Association in the course directory
Anrechenbar: im Fachbereich Frühchristliche Archäologie:
im BA: M6, M13;
im MA: PM3, PM4, PM5;
im BA: M6, M13;
im MA: PM3, PM4, PM5;
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