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View from Punic Ports to Byrsa, Carthage

CLAS 8020:
The Archaeology of Ancient Carthage

Summer 2003: First Short Session 12 June - 8 July

Final Exam: 9 July

9:15 am - 11:45 a.m., Park Hall 228

Syllabus for Summer 2003

Date

Topic

Reading Assigment for this day's class
Thursday, June 12 Introduction: What you and your students need to know about archaeology No assignment.
Friday, June 13 Setting the Stage:
  • Topography of Carthage
  • Foundation Stories
 Vergil, Aeneid, books 1 and 4
Raven, pp. 1-16
Unpublished article by N. J. Norman on excavations (pdf file)
Monday, June 16 Life and Death in the Punic City
  • Byrsa Hill
  • Kerkouane
  • Punic Cemeteries in Carthage
Raven, pp. 17-32
Lancel, pp. 134-172
Tuesday, June 17 Religion in the Punic City
  • Baal Hammon and Tanit
  • The Tophet of Carthage
Pedley, pp. 1-23
Lancel, pp. 193-256
Wednesday, June 18 Carthaginian Commerce
  • Harbors
  • Quarries at El Haouaria
  • Motya
  • Marsala shipwreck
Lancel, pp. 171-192

Tell me your project topic today
Thursday, June 19 Carthage and Rome
  • Carthaginian government
  • The Punic Wars
Raven, pp. 33-48
Friday, June 20 Roman Carthage
  • The Gracchi, Caesar and Augustus
  • The City Plan
Pedley, pp. 29-46
Raven, pp. 64-78
Monday, June 23 Daily Life in Roman Carthage
  • Water
  • Food
  • Agriculture
Raven, pp. 79-99
Carthage Papers, pp. 65-102
Tuesday, June 24 Test
Video 		Study for test
Wednesday, June 25 Entertainment of Roman Carthage
  • Circus
  • Amphitheater
  • Theater
  • Odeum
Life and Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire, pp. 205-55
Thursday, June 26 Public Architecture of Roman Carthage
  • Forum
  • Capitolium
  • Defences
  • Harbors
Pedley, pp. 47-66
Friday, June 27 Roman Pottery & Numismatics
Death and Burial in Roman Carthage, Part I 		Roman Crafts, pp. 63-92
Monday, June 30 Death and Burial in Roman Carthage, Part II
  • Yasmina Cemetery
  • Theodosian Wall Cemetery
  • Cemetery of the Officiales
  • Funerary Inscriptions
Norman & Haeckl offprint
Tuesday, July 1 The 600 Cities of North Africa
  • Dougga
  • Bulla Regia
  • Leptis Minor and Leptis Magna
Raven, pp. 100-121
Wednesday, July 2 Student Presentations No assignment
Thursday, July 3 Student Presentations No assignment
Friday, July 4 Holiday. No class today. No assignment
Monday, July 7 Christian Carthage, Part I
  • The Churches
  • The Ecclesiastical Complex
  • The Iconography
Excavations at Carthage 1976, 21-40
Tuesday, July 8 Christian Carthage, Part II
  • St. Augustine and the Donatists (guest lecturer, Dr. Erika Hermanowicz)
 TBA
Wednesday, July 9 Final Exam Study for test