View from Punic Ports to Byrsa, Carthage |
CLAS 8020: |
This course interprets archaeology in its broadest sense, from briefly describing some of the mechanics of archaeology to considering how archaeological research impacts our understanding of the past and creates our images of the past. It introduces students to the archaeology of Carthage and places the ancient city within its historical and cultural contexts.
Each student will give a ca. 15 minute presentation in class on a classical author / text concerning the city of Carthage, its history or culture, or on a specific building or archaeological site at Carthage. Each student will also write a dictionary entry (5-6 pp.) on that topic for a web-based dictionary of ancient Carthage and submit on the last day of class an annotated bibliography on that topic. The bibliography will be subdivided into the following categories: primary sources, secondary sources for students, secondary sources for teachers, web resources. Each student will submit enough copies of the bibliography for all of the students in the class. The goal is to begin to create a web resource on Carthage and to create a resource file for everyone to take back to their own classroom.
Vergil, Aeneid book 1; Vergil Aeneid book 4; Apuleius, Apology; Tertullien; Livy on Punic Wars; Polybius on Punic Wars; Plautus, Poenulus; St. Augustine; Sallust; Passion of Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas; Vandalic Charioteer epigrams; funerary inscriptions from Carthage; annona; Circular Monument; "curse on Carthage"; governors of Africa Proconsularis; etc.